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At lunw, SoHc u Aor:l and October. • M«; rvl Mo v in April mid Oo- in Marcli and Jay in Apnl and t>© »„n.ia\ m March and Scptem t Momluy in February and •f. Monday -In January and :Va Monday in April ond Oc- nl Monday in February and Invarti r the fourth Monday io Twentv-five Horses, ana Midas, ' at ‘ v .COOPERS SABLES, 18. GA* •&*!»» ATHEiNt Kcrtheastern Railroad. * Nort’vuatern Railroad on i trains on thin rood pt Sunday. ... 3.50 l*. M. M. ti.S0 J lo.3o J\ M 3.30 1\ M 7.40 1*. M to.oo 1*. M. •nimcrti* chicly »t Lula 1 h»v» an handm my Stable. tl» tiboi ontiina-aui-mrll—mum! jj -*■ er*on. wi.ihin.rt> Knjr-wronM on.mo before j-uit lining. Phoebe Henaparroar, of North Carolina, 'V° ber ipoma, when the non was quite high: u&ftffftfetf loafer, and at retch me a line, ' 'And nang out these olothea ter to dry.** i^the while,’ herTpbiaa re- ,_~w -jgpises huch’work : ii!? 0 * v©*ft.h*l»py aa a calm at high tide, I’llioopbeeot&eiit u .Turk. “No more of this waahing, to* Phcsbe, for Jon— ^ W.taq.Sm. n*«*\ R Wain x — . , My goods are all ireah and rdu\* the follow in* 1 newly p,.Uen up My price*cannot be beet. My t llurny \\ Mm ra ut I* equaled. My $1.50 Sad- (lAS V. M. ! \ , 1 le YS n, ' ut ,, u d "’•/where else except at B. * ' 4 - | 11. Allen *. ltcpi mg done atabort notlcj. >.*> A. M. u.s» a. m. i cWlvut Lula for At- itc to Atlanta only tour j!‘ m.‘ f.dw \ui>s, Superintendent. ttwa r^a^hCwWtodo Ob well to cell *°* dreaein’ an’ puttiu’ on style. J.Z. COOPER. b.». ftitErs hoes: and ple ory Atii vs, Georgia. The Mamni *tli larnaea and Saddle 8tor» of NortheastGeorg 1 bare enlarged my sale rotes tl ha\ r if atochg with hand made goods, such aa Bridles, Whips, Horse Georgia Rail Road Company y.4ft am 1H.SP A M ln.48 A M 11.U&AM 11.21 A M 11.45 a V B. H. ALLEN. ASSES A its NOTICE. Notice ix licrefl given that the 1*1 wsearun have eomplated tl Assessments of Real Fx- tate tor 1"80. iiniiftaccd their hooka in mv of fice for cxamiiifttimiy all concerned. Objec tion.* to u'.-cAAmftnn* required to be made in writing, >*orn to m tiled with me within ten dav* lYom the datftfthia notice. ’ W. A GlI.l.hjM), Cl’k of Council. \V‘.»t. CHEAPl.CrilJtR! CHEAPEST ! | > ■ » f Famih Gricery Sire and Confectionery, I roa<l /Athens,! Georgia, iJxt dm to k S. DORSEY i •• i\ r M 0»gca, lpplea, I'inuts, Candies and Con , *i ...8.i*»p M| tV<f>naiiti general!. Ala© keeps on hand i . ihiih . t'lose et«nneetions mm-e it j oorajit sApnly of j|l country produce, auoh a . i vi;,.,uw »«!«»'* NonluuKl Mg,ChlluBsE«l*.Wkfc«(w. F«««fcc»m*. . !•ml South. etc The fthea|>est7Fam<)y Grocery Store am , i; i.y, i iii).. Puss., Apt. COectiomry inti# city. 'Give ine a call. S. K. JciiKsoK, Supt. kv.18.iftm. J V. LEWIS. , 4 ENbCkss floCK OF OLD NEWSPA r a V niHDlfmp 1 ! ' i i/ h i A & Air-1 5no Ihulway. Passenger Department ATLANTA —TO— ■ TZA JCM Cl’iT ! i H A N<»K OK srilKDULE. fX CENTS er Hundred, and FOUR * thOU!OUld I>«'t ih.n mojr oilier >ind »f Wr»i> I very useful aU»u T'Packlng''Goods u», Washing Windows, Etc., Etc. ?HIS OFFICE. trffERS l R badd yon a house in the haart of the town And paint it iu color* briex bright, And you from the windows shall hrash'y loek down,” f 9. ff Alike io .he black and tl* white. **1 jsekon m bay Colonel Jimmerson** place— 'Taill suit toe, 1 know, to » ch-rai— And git ms blood horses to ride and to race, While the niggers look ont lor the farm. **&*• 8®hi’ tp take cash, and a heap on it, too, ,*wbold tlie Republican tort, I wish that I knew—say, Phcsbe, do vou 1— How diamonds sell by the quart 1” “Law sakes!” exclaimed Phcsbe; “the man is a loon; Ilia heud’s in a terrible state,” Tobias replied: “The convention’s in June, And you bet I’m a full delegate !” A AO TAX MAX. Bill iSaiedlty wag realm;' his letl foot o!» the lop ol a beer keg ill front of a saloon in Buttle City, Montana Tenitory, the last time I saw him. On his bent left knee he rested an elbow, thereby arranging bis arm so as to support bis chin, which rested on his band. Ilia clothes were well worn, and here and there a rent. His hair atuckpdrthjraoglirtrSole in th» enpwn of ffia hat, whir« the gio.it toe of bis Agflt loot peeped forth, rwfdy and cheerful from, the bojt. The whiffs ot smoke, drawn from a short, black pipe, curled luzi y from his lips, llis eyes were halt closed and dreamy. His thoughts were iu dreamland. Bill had experienced the ups and downs of \Vestern life; and had been rich and poor by turns, and was now very poor. He bad grown philosophic, and looked at things in a way difTer> ent from what be had in his youth, when tile’s pathway smiled to him, bud seemed rose-gai lauded. ' / ‘Hellow, Bill! been looking for you,’ said the tax collector coming up. Theie was no response. He re peated. Bill, hello!* •Well ?’ ‘Want to collect your tax.’ ‘Hain*t ho'y>fwper:y.’ ‘I mean jour poll tax.’ ‘Don't own no pole.’ ‘A pole tax is a tax on yours-It, you know.’ ‘I ain't no property.’ ‘But life ppuhly ooort 'levied this tax or. you.’ ‘Didift authorise ’em to levy any tax on me 1 ’. ‘The law does, thongh.’ •What if it doesl.’aposeI’m goin’ler pay for breathin’ the air?’ ‘Still you are one of us; you live bei e.’ 'I didn’t bring myself into th world Telegraph and Messenger. Washington, May'20,1880. “ At)—D KBOt>.” tlrman Who Is In a Position I to Enow. J PHILABpLPittA, May 7, Editor* Chronicle and Constitution- alist :—Dear Sir In your issue of April 20th, I see the following in a letter written by the Hon. A. H. Ste phens : Another of the ‘positive statements’ of mine, which General Gordon as sumes to disprove, is in these words: This statement Gen. Gordon char acterizes as ‘another instance ot those aberrations of intellect into which Mr. Stephens is too often betrayed by the intensity of his prejudice!’ A singu lar expression, this, indeed, coming from one who has so recently, to say nothing of former occasions, passed through the painful ordeal of apolo gizing for extravagance of langaase used in the heat of passion or preju dice, with an applieaiion of it to one who has never in his life been sub j eted to such a humiliation. Mira' bile dicta J Upon what meat doth this our Cie-ar teed, That he has grown so gieat! What so puffed him up with empty vanity and arrogant insolence? Is it tho South idown mutton from his sheep ranche established by means received from a source so questions- j mao instinct with life and radiant hie? According to the ancients, j with color tor nearly tour hours. If ‘beef genders bile,’ while ‘mntton the hack men and street car people did produces gaseous inflations.’ i not make enough yesterday to last The tacts in reference to General | pretty well through the coming dull Gordon’s sheep ranche, are these: ; months, I am no judge of business. I My tather-in-law, the Hon. Jnn. G. j have seen anything like it since I have Whitehouse, of Poughkeepsie. N. Y., | been here, and I hope I never shall and late a Democratic m-iuber ot j again, tor I was more than two hours Googreas from that State, and a friend I waiting tor a car, in which there was of the Southern people, furnished ! not even standing room to get to my capital to General Gordon eSIO,000) j dinner. to test sheep-raising in Georgia, on j Of course Haitian is happy and so shares. General Gordon purchased i are the ‘Hop Bitter’s people. The the laud, etc., and has an interest, the j former fingered the nurse of $B,000 deeds Wing in Mr. Whitehouse. i this morning at 10 o’clock, and the Very respectfully, I latter have had ten time that amount vA E. N. Howell, i of tree advertising. i ' ** 7T~ GENERAL GORDON’S Pruitts or Cotton Culture. . , . _• i resignation, which was announced in A South Carolina correspondent of t ] 1 ® l,10, 'ning papers by telegraph from the New York bulletin has been I Al ] a,lts ' lms f»used universal surprise making some inquiries among his an< 1 comment. It came liken lightning neighbors in regard to their acreage in ! T -• oimdy that I have seen had cotton for this year as compared with i, . nt,, st premonition of it. Per- 1879, and finds that they aie plant- i ‘ la I’ s 11 " as known to a few, hut if so, ing nearly fitly pur cent. more. It is [ kept their counsel most remark- thought that the same causes which ll - v * ' 1 ® appointment ot cx-Gov- operate in South Carolina areal work I ® rnor Brown as his successor is nearly all over me South to looter the in- ! * n ‘ ‘i 111 surprise. So far as I have crease, which is in uddiiion to the heard, no one dreamed that fie had opening up of new lands and the oat- | : ' n - v desires or aspirations in a politic: I ural extension of ci kivatiou in the j dtrectmn. The two events have ere- , This is what I heard a bucolic look- JW purely ‘American, for it does /not ing gentleman, with his coat hangin^ on his arm, and a very red and angry looking face, remark yesterday as he tramped up the avenue, in response to a question what he thought of the great Wat race just finished. From' his pronunciation of the word, I judg ed that he hailed from the land of that late eminent, and accomplished states man ofthe Radical party, Mr. John Covodo, who, I am told, was wont to sp«ll fraud, ‘trod,’ and to insist that if it, ‘trod,’ didn’t spell fraud it didn’t spell anything. I am pretty sure this morning that my friend voiced the geneial verdict on the great ‘Hop Bitters’ boat race. A tamer affair never took place and a deeper or more general disgust was never telt or ex pressed. Huilan won without half an effort. Courtney was either sick or drugged, and no more tit to pull than a nervous girl. He had almost to be Idled into his boat and after one con vulsive effort at the start broke com pletely down. And yet this miserable farce drew an audience of aj least 50,000 people, who made the pictur esque hills on both sides of the Poto- Southwest. This leads to the natural a ! e ‘* :i genuine sun rise even in this inference that the cotton crop of 1880 j c "? serpn. es. I ha-e not been able will be very large, ami it is attributed i !° * eu General Gordon to-day, so to the fact that experience lias dem- i know nothing more than the papers on-traled that cotton cultivation is ] ’bite, lint, iu advance, I can safely more profitable than ever, even at the . ,l resignation will cause present prices. In addition to -being g® n,, me and universal regret not only tW principal cash product of thec/un- I among the people of Georgia, but of try, there is an absolute certainty a’- ! t,,e °"! uh ‘ ,ie lla9 he ’’ n ‘"e' 1 ,n every most that the entire crop can W dis- ® rucll,|c h,s country desired of him, or posed of to meet the great and in- I his ene.mes could devise, and has come creasing demand of manu’aciurers. j °" 1; ol without so much as even the It is estimated that the average emt I s,ne '| ol fire “lion Ins garments, the X - 4X011 exercise :lto privilege of a cit- I of raising, ginning, baling and deliver- I l )eo l l ] e Georgia, who have loved i il|n; yon vote.? y i . ing tlie crop at the lailroad for sbiii- RUI honorid lnm so many eventtnl k<ltd* w-ioWl M. :< *—i e.„. mem is about SH l-er acre, while the | J ,an *» J'BI find it hard to accustom average yield is 191 pounds per acre, I "iem-elves to bis absence from then 1UIIT THAIS. . JEE^ Forfr the System.. Ami ktre. unin u^ninut disease. The flne?t | toniclihi* piftoBc is lloitcttcr’s Stomach Atlanta for ail ^'iiitf | Hitteahich remrs digestion easy and com- roniwci ; n!» > « * lmrl-ttr J nleU JttcractiMUiou.-'in ss and keep* tho ,ri utrli Ticket* « u ' Wvweaordvr, ^ m> genial and beneficent Greenville 1 u Fnktand West. rul Ms ally. F e tlmtftt only ia the Inxly invig- rcirulaq by it* «*e, but dv^ponden- d from ft* mind. by all ftggist* and dealtnt genar- ri;on:ssioNAL cakos. G- C Tfc.ctaa.a3. AITOHNEY AT LAW. watkinsvillk, ga. AKKItT. IN rOlUT-HOrSF., OPPOSITE l ft «t n twr\ V 1 »tVu*v. l’er*onal attention ft*all \,t Dirii8t» d to hi* care. wfO-tt Lamak (’obh. IIowell Cobb, PiffnonRestauranI li’T BY aAKKLOUIS. I Mebllll bowrJGood bed*, and ecery- ! thing it ^‘la** t 1 f— H m UlAfl HOW X.O 4T, ! Il II /VlULli now lllsiSIRFSTORED! Lradlnlure (without medicine) IvatokIka or Seminal Weakness ipt.2S.l87y.2t. j Involuntfti'ininutoM**’!*, impotency. Men- | tal and Vical la}>aeity. Impediments to Marriugci.; »lso,V>!U mition, Kpii.efsy, [ stud FiTsA.oed bjftf-mdulgenoe or sexual exiruvagalskc. | t ncn’ly located in Athens, oil The celled aatft in hi* admirable Ks«uy «.i ul M’rvice* to the citizens* o clearly dt».trate*lni thirty year*’*ucces- irroin.Jmg country. Mav be f n i pr’uet'uF.t tholming eonsi^-tauees ot « d:»v i t the l>mg Store of E. C. j ^tFt-ubueci be r*tlly cured without the Lrotul Street, ond at nigl t at dangerous of intcl medicine or the !.p** !.ti i.nkiu St., house formerly ; plication <4 knite;|ntiug out s mode of i. WiVifsir*. women » 8pccialty. IV. UOliB, ATIOHM VS AT LAW, (Athens, Ga Sr. D. 0. C. HEERY, 1 cure at oiivmple, i 500 MILE TICKETS, I A r. ' J LUO AH (»MVAN Y, j .... eh 2, 1880. 'I rtl." HA IK, thl* Company *\ NVL1.1* M11.K TlCKJlTN iTimiTF.EN will he ii*- .nd etfoetual, by 0 , no matter what JitiVay be. I eure himself cheaply ,frivatclv% I’.Mfit AQ Th v tnre sftl be in the hands of ■> you |1 evetyft) in tlie lund. ;nt nmlal, in envelojie, to any address, rohm, onftipt of six Cv*uta vr two postsgd ips. f Audreys 4'ublishl THE 0 KRjVlMEDICAL CX». Sit - VAtftt <)«inb R- ^ A tin wnavtp^ ote, il yua charge V H ,■ "‘Don’t yon want a voice io ine led ion of officers ?’ ‘No; if there was no officers you wouldn’t be here consumin’ my time. ‘The schools must be supported.— Wo most educate the children.’ ‘If you do they won’t work.’ •There are other county expenses paupers, and so oil. It you were to die without means yon would want us to bury you.’ ‘No you needn’t.’ •Why, you would smell lad to oth er people 8 i - ‘J kin aland it iftlicy kin.’ ‘I will levy on your property,’ said the officer, growing impatient; ‘I will hunt it up.’ ‘I’ll help you; I want to see some of my property.’ The officer moved on rather ab ruptly, while Bill continued, as if musing: , | t , ‘Let th -in fellers hare their way an’ tbcyM make life a burden. Want to asses my existence ; want to charge for enjoyin’ the bright sunshine; ask me lor beholdin’ the beautiful land scape ; charge ine ior lookin’ at the ^hp^'grow and j die rose unfoldin'; charge me for walchin’ the hirda fly, an’ one cloud chase t’other.’ The eyes continued to blink dream ly. The whiffs of some reached lip in graceful spirals riowards the blue dome. The fuol-talls of the tax col lector grew ab-enter end ubseiiter— Picayune. HOLD FEATS OF CHIU) lUDEKS. litm-,1. F.. lb DORSEY, TO THE PUBLIC. 'vtliming thanks to my or their liberal patron- Dissolum J Copartner shif The Oopur*bip ftoforc existing l*c- .weOb L. l*r «fc f ivteuary 183«tk»o1vA- mutual consent. Jan business be comc«l by J. C. 1‘itner Tlie a-'aiunes mbililfttiul will dtteud to who"cttSemen the l^a of the former the rtnership COJttt n.6.tf. rictoraHp of the hie'i tin*’* I will flhc public, tlie \V E: BCL1NARD HOUSE, .tied ou Clavton Street, one of tlie ,!„•'* strfot* in Athens, where 1 eel jny funnel patrons and til c it- griicTHllvto stop when vistingi d/„.g my’sclf to dq all in wv r eoinfo’.tl l remain the pnh'ic** A. U. CUNARD. Do#' of the South BLACKSMXTZZZ2TC ! i removed my Shop from Foundry 'St t l.r . d .-rrei t, onlv’ttbf nt So feet from Vhe/e i \v;,s i'..rnu rlv, mxt lo Mr. W. Is. Wood, and ; . m.w -rt imred to do II rve Shoeing, l*lan- t i) \\ ork, and ad kinds of Bluckaini biivg in v . in..- mIy 1«* and ut moderate price*. I ae: I--. .a!fdg«> that 1 have done wrong In the jn»t l> ;t 1 am detennined for the future to be “right f o u|. won cure.” Give me a trial. Kind ir.n,.look JOKES. MILES JOHNSON’S DYE HOUSE ',iv> nil VimU ot laMtie’s an-1 goralcmcu' DYED AND CLEANED AT T] Steam Dyeing Estabihmekti N« x door to Kplacopal Churcl:, mH.23.ly. ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL. 3NEW YORK* A N ETN’ SI*A It FOB 18ECT10NS4. TSS free, for sill include a Ipc of a bisik lof use and Ini our prin i- Wfil he sent oi T vii Dollars, wl handsome prenfln ora knife, or vf lieaiitv, as may If ted lials. As ai jy Conrit r-Jmirihd a ing the full list un application. Tho Courier- (m ide in 1808) ol papeia, viz.: tin . tlie Couriei crat in 1844. I we 1 as its cMM andlprimoanc- ktahUul jerk in fRI j^ul|(mar the Week- >r. contain ill tie sent !>mhinatinn Jisville pa- (blislied in be Demo- atlonal, as THIS Jioum more than fully raaiiitaim Ihe »U|H-ri->riiy lo wliieh II «w<* lla world wide rvi,iiuiiiui Teble ettemlenee emt apartmenU •_o!. uaeMatlad. lewitty »» «-n«mten« *o lravpMw,the very U»L Arnsrloal) J>Uu »ia^ Choice frnnia alfd and a choice aelci nzinrs or iilusmii r ^ar.iished in comlinn ui a .mere nili rice of IhoC * During 0» ■>rough i881. il ■ilhniit premii r<- or more pi ety dub of ftws titled to a .ayoar., l timet B* mag. If ihe day p Weekly to the and Inurna) filial ol 1 for or, in other word-, that tlie cost of production is 5 3-4c. per pound. The planters have received au average of about 11 l-4o. per pound for the cot ton delivered at the railroads, which makes them a clear profit of about 5 l-2c,, or say $10.50 per acre. At this rale it will he seen that the farm ers annnallv receive a clear profit of some $124,000,090, or say 5,000,000 bales of 450 pounds each, which may be considei ed a very good business, and suffices to explaiu tlie coustani service in ihe fublio councils. ADJOURNMENT * i- still declared by Mr. Randal! a axed fact for the 31st instant. This is to say, old Tilden still insists that it must take piace on that day, and his mouthpiece announces and insists upon the programme being carried out. Theie is some ho]ie, however, that the Senate will not tamely sub mit to the dictation of the Mephistn- pheles of Gnimercy Park. It is ini i- nintcil over there this morning that it and rapid recuperation of the South : may be necessary to prolong tlie ses- under what might otherwise be re- j sion until the 10th of June at least, in g.irded as adveise circumstances.— order to finish ihe public business, or Savannah Xeies. j at least such ot it as is imperatively j demanded, and that Tilden and Ran- WOULDK’T C0JIN1T iil.ilSELF. | da!l will be told to go lo the devil and 1 attend to their own business. This is, j indeed, cheerful news. The Radicals A woman was yesterday looking ! are very blue about the results of the around the ferry dock as if in seaicn 1 ses-ion so far, as they have been ofthe of some one she knew, and she finally ; IcA t benefit to them. They have accosted an old lake captain .with the scored no points against the Demos envts this time. Not a man on our side lias furnished them any ammunl ..ii *..._i e. c . Visitors lo this country are greatly sniprised at the-long period during which people wear mourning and re main in seclusion. The custom mast Detroit Free l’ress. A gentleman who lives on the Stans islaus river, close to its junction with the San Joaquin, told a reporter what he never would have believed bad he uol known his informant to be entire ly trustworthy. He said that near I •<r. M uuvuMuuwt his place are a boy am) girj, the form- 1 Ana Stir Yor^-t y«i« Box 4SM. er about tjkelTU (did thetotfier fourteen * * ; years ot age, who frequently jump into the saddle io the morning and ride all day among ‘ droves of wild cattle, wliieh would surely gore them to death should they become unseated. They both carry lariats, and it they see a call io the drove that ha* e&- ■ Si>ed being marked, they run on lo it, and the boy, throwing bis rope, catchiug It by the head, and the giri, catching it by the feet, after which the ears anti brisket are duly cut. But this is not all. On the ranche is a large bottom of undergrowth in which rosin hundreds ofPwiliff hogs. Ot tbe-e the boars are vefy ferocious, md will light when pressed the least bit- The chi dren, mounted on well- trained hoFses> and. carrying in their hands the Tasso which they so skill fully handl e i dash headlong after these hogs over *11 sorts of ground, up and down steep ba-A*. catching one out of nearly p*ery drove they scare up. Last summer they caught over thirty in this manner. When the lassoes Arc thrown on the head and feet ot a hog, and he is stretched out so that he ean do no more harm, the boy gets down from the horse and ties the hog’s feet with some rope carried along for the purpose. His horse stands as firmlv without as with a rider, being trained to that work and never hariug done any other. A wagon is sent tor the nog, wliii-h is placed in a strong |ien and soon tamed so that it can be fat tened for market. A few days ago the boy was riding in the under- crowti. when he started nri a deer. Pntiing'spurs to htApmeJii! jjut' jnDDlohto throw hifTijX ts\ hi*horns, •liirt did not have tnwe*IWaJWii tlie other end of his lasro to hie saddle be fore the fleet-footed animal was off with the rope and all. The children have been riding ever since they were big enough to lit on a horse. query: •Sir, are you a sailor ?’ ‘1 have sailed,’ he replied. ‘There lias been a great gale on tlie lakes?' ‘Maybe there has I know there has been one on laud.’ ‘You see, I have a son on a schoon er.’ ‘Yes, maybe you have.’ ‘Aud I’m afraid be was out in the storm.’ ’If you have a son on a s,-homier, and the schoouer wi.aoul in the storm, it is likely your son was out too.’ ‘Do you think there was any dan ger?’ ‘1 can’t really say.’ ,But it blew terribly lmd.’ ‘Perhaps it did, madam ; liut as I was playing checkers most ofthe time, I can’t say how hard it blew.’ ‘If the schooner went down my son went down, too, didn’t hej?’ ‘Maybe so aud maybe not. I wouldn’t like to give an opinion about that Some sons go down with schooners and some don’t.’ ‘Ypu haven’t heard that tho Daisy was lost, have you ?’ ‘I shouldn’t like to say I had or hadn’t, but I probably haven't.’ ‘I’d hear by to morrow if she had, wouldn’t I ?’ ‘Yon might, andlyon might not’ When she had gone an acquaint ance who had overheard the conver sation asked tlie Captain why be did not give direct answers. The old loan drew himself up an inch or two and replied: ‘Twenty-eight years ago I had au opinion to advance on almost any sub ject. One night the mate ot my bark said that we were running her ashore oti Long Point. I stuck to it that it was only a fog bank. In fifteen min utes she was high and dry, aud I was $18,000 out of pocket. Since then what I do know I keep to hedge on, tion. With nil our fatal facility for I'lunderii g and giving the n occasion to display tlie bloody shirt, ‘flippant, Ilappant anil fl ippant,’ ns Governor Vance expresses it, we have managed to steer wo derfnlly clear this time of rocks ami quieksamlx. It has been hard work to keep the biakes on some of our statesmen, hut neverthe less the thing has been done. THE CHICAGO CONVENTION, which will settle the tale ot so many disliugu.a ied statesmen of the Radi cal j»ily, is so near now that matters begin to pass out of tl-e alia bwy do main of speculation into the sunlight of tact. 1 slill maintain, and with more confi ieuce than ever, that Grant will smash ail bis competitors and win on the first bullui. That prediction, which I have steadily adhered to from the first, will surely be verified on the 2d day of June. There is no mortal power, now that Illinois has spoken for Grant, that can wrest the prize from him. Blaine aud Sherman may just as well haul down their banners and disband their recruits. Il, how ever, by auy extraordinary chance Gram should go under, lookout for tlie Sherman star to blast). Blame’s friends can never go to Grant, but they may lo Sherman. Grant’s friends cau never go to Blaine, but what is easier or more natural than tor Inem to mass under the Sherman ban nt-r aud annihilate Blaine? Let ns, in the interests of suffering humanity, pray that the day may hasten its cumiug when this torturing uncertainty may come to an end. B'aine is still in New York “helping his wife to -hop,’’ but Sherman’s peo-. pie say lie (B.) is killing himself work ing ard plotting day and night, and that lie doesn’t sleep at -111. Poor fel low ! If his sun shall finally set on what 1 no Know l Keep to hedge on. , he faW | field of Chicago, I shall beg and what I dou t know I keep locked | eaV e to wa (t j n the procession and up in my clam-shell until Scan strike n r,„ „ | R .,r i,i« lL, .l.. np in my a rising market.’ Nqtraveling *$, are fti ty crS^S? C eqmmiSOT P !Jai" MWU will be givl persoi the community .tbl-hiils i ac-»s local ngentsdy one to act and to ac-islk imdi lalion of a paper ttkn gM tidal lo any coininj in whimsy lie generally read, jupon wtion, be supplied “ *1nvs on%! of cl a -see- ifi&iu Of John Wilkes Booth, the mur derer of Lincoln, the landlord of the feldlMMeliii BeLAir,iMarylind, where lh«»W4S»'Wtnb»*m,,W|(sAhst,lfe f tay. ed there sqvetr»l,ifeek^iq.l601.,. ‘fie i)W Sllfce. W°P» H°P“la r ,ani „ _ landlord’s ftUAf. find tibiMiig pRfcesff yd' hho'iflufO thaifw gM tbftttfbut’on the . greee fn frhnt of the liouse and romp ceiling.with aa much ease as if he had with CheinJ /IHeavsd very ready to do- l *" i: ->->• --c.. 'i“- • anything for a fnend.’ 1 l ‘Joe’’—not Georgia’s, but Col» litt’i Senator. A KEVOLLTIOXARY OIIYT. The a’lusion in a recent letter ol vnur Louisa correspondent to the old Revoliilionary giant hero, Peter Francisco, revives many traditions and reminiscences of the wonderful performances and daring deeds of that extraordinary man. My father, re cently Beoeased at the advanced age ot ninety, well reincmbvred him, hav ing frcqeutly seen him in bis native county of Buckingham, and related many anecdotes ot Ids stirring and perilous adventures and hairbteadth escapes aa he lieard tlie recital tall from the'li|Mof the giant himself. He described him aa nx feet one inch in heights his weight two hundred and sixty pounds, his complexion dark and swarthy, features bold and inanly.and his bauds and feel uncommonly large, bis thumbs being as largu ns an ordi nary man’s wrist. Such was his per sonal strength that he could easily shoulder a cannon weighing 1100 pounds, and he bad seen him take a ill his right hand, pass over the floof h(id dance his head against the r ace a leaf upon his bier Not that. love him or approve his ways, but because he has been pulled down by creatures who, in all the essentials of a si-ii-dy manhood, a kindly heart and generous impulses, are aa tar beneath him ms the mousing owl is beneath the soaring i aglej Blaine may be a bad man, nut be that as it may, .John Sherman is uot worthy to loose tbe latchet* ot iiis shoes, nor Graut to call in question either bis moral*, bis method* or bis record A. 1V. R, been a- doll-baby. The man’s weight was 1|5 pounds. Partaking of the patrioQc enthusiasm ot the times, be entered tbe American revolutionary MBM GORGE OF SILVER. In the Cabinet uii Friday then was quite a lengthy discussion as' to the accumulated silver iu the treasu ry, the causes wbiubled to it, and what had beat be done to get it - into circulation. Secretary Sherman stated that there were Over ; forty miiliona of standard silver dollars in the treasury vaults and it' was accu mulating at tbe rale of about a million a month. Secretary Everts, who is ft goed deal of a silver man, said that ihe way to get it out was to pay it out. Mr. Sherman said they Had tried all plans, but that the silver stream pouring into tbe treasnrv was larger than the stream they had been able to direct optward. No conclusion wM reached. How to make money—Advertise, obtain elsewhere. In Fngland a wid ow or widower may, w th perfect pro priety, dive-t themselves of mourning attire at'the end of twelve months, although, in most cases, they retain it, in some, degree, , a while longer. Mourning is worn tor parents for one year, but changed to lighter mourning after sir months, and tbe same as re gards the motirning of parents tor children. Except in the case of wid ows and widowers, it is not deemed at all obbgatorv to abstain from socie ty fur mure than six months, although in the case of parents who have lost children it would be aousuai to go to large entertainments before the expir ation ol u year. Where a parent has died, well stricken in years and quite in the ordinary course of nature it would excite no remark were the chil dren to go to quiet dinner parties after three mouths, A two-years’ mourn ing and seclusion would, in such case, lie deemed affectation. Mourning is here carried to such lengths that some people really pass a large part of their lives in weeping end seclusion, the deal** of a father, mother and sister or brother mating an aggregate of five years. It is a question whether we are uot carrying the thing too far. Life was surely not made to be spent in permanent seclusion on account of bereavi mi nt, more especially tor those who, in the ordinary course of nature, must predecease us. Thousands of persons would gladly cut short, their mourning brt for the tyranny of fash ion, which arbitrarily rules iu this as in so much besides." John Russell Young’s ‘Around the World with Grant.’ is just now an ar senal from which the anti-third term ers are drawing some effective weap ons. For instance, the following re marks ofthe exxPresident on Southern ■•econstriic ion: ‘Mili'.ary rule would have been just to all—to the negro, who wanted to be free ; the white man, who wanted protection ; and tlie Northern man, who wanted union. As State after Stale showed a willingness to come into the Union, uot upon their own terms, but upon ours, I would have admitted them! This would have made uni crsal suffrage unnecessary, and I think a mistake was made iu the matter ot suffrage. It was unjust io the negro to throw upon him the re sponsibility of citizenship, and expect him to lie on even terms with his white neighbor. It was unjust to the Nnrih. In giving the South negro suffrage, w e have given the old slave holders lo'rty votes. Curious Paenomriwu In Plant Life. WasLin^tm) Letter to N. Y. Evening FoeC There may be seen at thej house of Mr. E. J. Looinis, of the Nautical A/utanas office, a curiosity aud a mystery in plant lift- which is attract ing the study ot s-«nie eminent bota nists. Tlie gentleman, himself an ex cellent botanist, dug up a glass dish full of a common fern (Asptenium arichomants) while visiting the White Sulphur Springs in Virginia last urn iuiiiu, aud carried the plants borne to ornament a chamber. What was his astonishment to observe, after bis re turn, that several fronds of the ferns maintained a steady movement through from twenty to forty degrees, similar to that made by the crooking of a finger or the swinging of a pen dulum. This movement continuing, he became more and more interested, searched for information among books and botanists, and finding no expla nation wrote to Prof. A-a Gray, of Harvard College, lor a solution ofthe mystery. This eminent authority not only had none to offer, but ex pressed the greatesS desire to study fiersonally so extraordinary a phe nomenon, and while in Washington recently in connection with the an nual meeting of tbe Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, he passed much time in the close scientific study of the ferns, and mentions the fact in the March number bf the Uotanical Gazette. The fronds-have preserved their curious movement all winter, showing greater energy in the sun light than when under the influence ot gasjets, but nevertheless iiiaiutain- steady swaying movement. The little fernery is exciting attention iu scientific circles qnite ont ol propor tion to its tiny area, being constantly visited by persons well'knnwn for the highest scholarly attainments. Per haps, from my account, it aeems no m n o wonderful than the game of Filteen. but once within its influence, it holds the visitor as resistless as does Ihnt fascinating puzzle, or as did the glittering eye ofthe Ancient Mariner. COLORED JUSTICE. ■ ul , Hull- Rock (Ark.) Ornette. < Several days ago a white <nau was arraigned, before a colored justice, down the coupiry^pii the charge of killing a nun aud stealing a mule. ‘Wall,’ said the justice, *de lacks in dis c:iB6 shall be weighed wid cereful- uess, an’ ei I bangs yer taint no fault ob mine.’ ‘Judge, you itave no jnrisdietion only to examine nle.’ ‘Dat sorter work ’long ter do ragi- lar justice, but yer see I'se been put on us a special. A special has de right ter make a inouf at Supreme Court ef he cliuses ter.’' ’ ‘Do the best tor me yon can. Judge.’ ‘Dal’s what I’se gwine ter do. I’se got two kinds ob law i» dis court, de Arkansas an’ de Texas law. I gener ally gins a man de right to chm-e fur hiaiiu’f. Now, what law does yer want, do Texas or de Arkansaiy ?’ ‘I believe I’ll take the Arkausis ’ ‘Wall, in dat case I’ll dismiss yer far nivalin’ de mole—’ •Thank yon, Judge.* ‘And hang yon for killin’ de man—’ - <1 believe, Judge, that 1’ii la'ie the Texas.’ ‘Walt, in dat case Pll dismiss yer for killin’ de man—’ •You Have a good /heart, Judge,’ • 1 ‘And ,|»aug yyr.fqr stealiu’ de mule. I'll jist lake de ’casion hesb ter re- marit dat de only difference ’tween de two lawil h de way son state de case.’ ' GRi. JOE JOUXSTuVb KEtfllElENT. Gyn. Joe Juliusreii.aayi lie will re tire from public life at the end of bis present term. He has received many letters from Virginia a-king him lo recomu'dAr afid +6h*infh" Congress, but be -Will’peremptorily decline a renomiuation. Up cnulii get it with- eV 5?.pW kil ? l ’V •** vyarimigton political fife is. not lo lua taste He says he owes much of ihe activity and vTgor of'hf&old age lo an Outdoor life, and he fijfd* the dut ea-of • member ol Congress foo confining. -B.-si-lea, lie, has no taste for ii. During his brief service in Congress, Gen. Johiiatoii has inade 'hiiuself - wry popular ^ with both parties. . lit is particularly pop- ultif with the army officers, for his coarse as a member ot the Military Committee has been very 1 liberal ■ to ward the army, and lie bak wielded a good deal ot influence among ,the Democrats. 1 It is probable that Gen eral Johnston will resume 1 insurance business in Richmond Washington Special to Cincinnati Commercial. AJPIrhian Lover Who is Determined to Win a Patrician Bride. The Philadelphia Telegraph’* Paris letter says: I was recently told by a young French gentleman (the son of the perfect oi La Rochelle) one ofthe strangest romances of real life that ever came to my knowledge. Some four years ago a peasant boy who lived on a farm near the town of Cle ment Ferrand saw and fell in love with the beautiful daughter of a gen tleman of good fortune and position, be being at that time 17 years of age aud the young lady just 16. This new'Claude Melnotte’ was so madly in love that he went straight to the house of the young girl’s parents and demanded her hand in marriage. The father treated the preposterous proposition with good natured scorn. ‘Comwback when you have au income ot $40,000 (200,000 francs),’ was the answer, ‘and then we will see about it’ The infatuated youth took him at his word, and forthwith set to work. Now one of the peculiarities of the town of Claii-inont Ferrand is a scar city ot water. There is no river near it, so it relies for its water supply ou springs and wells. Under these cir cumstances a spring is a valuable piece of property and commands a relatively high price. So the young peasant lover set off for an adjacent mountain, there to search for hidden springs. My informant said that he bad honeycombed the whole side of the mountain with his works, con structing at one point a tunnel over two miles in length. All this was executed with his own hands. He works from dawn to dark, lives upon potatoes of his own planting, and never spends so much as a sou upon a mug of beer. Every Sunday he goes to mass in the town, after which he proceeds to his lady love, to ask if she is married or likely to be. On receiving a response in the nega tive he plods contentedly homeward, and starts out afresh to his toil on the morrow. This lilie lias continued now for full four years. Up to the present time he has discovered three impor tant springs, each of which he sold for $5,000, but though no* - possessed of what for a man of his condition of life is wealth, be abates none of the hardships of his existence. He has one fixed idea, namely, to become the possessor of a fortune sufficient to enable him to claim the hand ot the object of his blind passion. Yet no one who knows the Jparties even im agines that tlie young lady will ever consent to marry him. She is now twenty year* ot age, and is pretty, re fined aud accomplished, while he is a coarse, unlettered peasant without even physical comeliness, as he is short and thick set, with a broad sto lid countenance. What- will lie the end of bis dream, I wonder ? Will lie go mad or break his heart the day that he finds his beloved either mar ried or betrothed ? Or will he die some day of privation or overwork, with a vision of success before his eyes ? “DEAR OLD 1>A.“ Hoiv a Broadway School Hiss Via- Wt-lt-omt-d Home. Kockiaud Courier. It was dark in the depot one day last week when the evening train came in. An elderly farmer was backed up against the partition, watching, in open-mouthed wonder, the big puffing engine and the yellow covered cars as they discharged their passengers, when a handsome young girl in a sealskin cloak dashed for ward, and throwing herself upon the honest granger’s manly breast, im printed a kiss upon his sun-burned cheek and exclaimed : “You dear old pa, I knew you would be wailing for me. And how’s mother, and how’s Jeuuie, and how’s John—and oh, I’m so glad to get back—and where’s my trunk—and oh, pa, you take the cheek and let’s hurry.” The granger wa- old and kind of dried up, and he had never known what it was to have a wife, much less a daughter. He mistrusted the young lady in the sealskin saeque had made a mistake, but instead of stammering and hemming and hawing, he came gradually up to the scratch, and throw ing both arms around the fair crea ture, he made up his mind lo lie a father to her or d>e in tbe attempt. Impriutiug a kiss like tbe report of a pistol on her cheek, he enthusiastically ejaculated: “Oh, yer mother’s well, an’ John an’ Henry an’ (smack) an’ Jane an’ Susan (smack, smack) an’ Horace an’ Belindy an’ Calvin (smack) an’ Peter (smack, smack), oh, they’re all smart an’ hearty, an’—” By the time the young lady’s friends could get to her, she had slid into a stony tiiiui, and they had to lug her home in a back, while the aged gran ger, as he finished the third round with her outraged young man, saun tered out ot the depot, leaving him with a bad eye and ruptured coat, chuckled to himself: “The old man’s gettin’ old an’ stiff au’ careless like, but when any young females wants to play any games o’ Copenhagen, they’ll find him right to time, au’ I shouldn’t bo s’prised it it rained ’fore nine o’clock. U’luug, Kate.” AN .-COUanOTlUAT. A vagrant ass, says the San Anto nio Herald, stood beside the track of tbe Sunset Railway at the depot ibis morning; an engine moved -lowly up; it stopped within a few feet of tiieasa, and the engineer blew one of those terrible screams, prolonged and ear piercing ; such a blast as makes a sleeping MiDerite dream of the day oi judgment. Did the ass si-are ? Not worth a cent. l)id he -bake the sloth from his limbs erect bis tail and speed away like the asses ot Bassorah, faster than the Bedouin coursers run, back to the chaparal ? No he didn’t. He turned one ear towards the engiue, just as a deaf man uses hi* tin ear trumpet, and caught every particle ot the sound. And when the steam- blown whistle ceased its noteB and all the echoes di- d away, the animal straightened out bis neck, opened hie mouth, and in a voice than deafened all tlie railroad men and caused the freight clerk to drop his pen, roared: I can’t! [ can’t 11 can’t! I can’t! be beat 1 be beat! be beat I *be beat! 1 can’t be-be-be-be beat 1* N. Y. Evening ,Mail. ' BY MRS. 13tASKOA B1LW r ELM)FF*Elt. Awsv at the dar) i nsr ol d li om Is lead, , , \Y hat frolic andilie *re be*an, >*f >' ■' * The txeea that my graudi-atfier planted Stll! keep anniversary May, Bat the dear tolk are gene, and n stranger Ia watching their ban per* to-day. Tho beautifaT honie of iny* father* A Granger may keep from uiy hand. Bdt my life Is still frill of its sunshine My -heart owns tin* »rM« of tlie viopd, tyrover, ever,' Andao Ltialnino^jx**, forever, • ?*■•*»■ Tho homestead and beautifol land. Ii l 1 ^ + «J»n> t- LEE IS THE WILDERNESS ■* . How the Great Leader Insisted 1'pnn Going Into Battle. A popular actor, just returtied'froin a.Southern tour, gives tin. following information regarding customs of the theatres, ‘way down in Dixie:‘ dhtbuliasm of a Southern an- foivee is something glorious lo nrf ac tor. The gallery bursts into yells of sympathy with the conqueror of tyr- auny, the overlhrower of villainy, uml hisses roundly the impersonators ot th'e \vicked ones. A number of times during our Southern tour, tlie guffs of Ihugallery waited until thest-irahaff been called ont after the play, and then called for the villain of the piece. Tiiey yelled his f uanie (or rather the natne of the'character lie assiim-il), and would not l« satisfied until he appeared. What Wits his greeting? I'l i rk Ik(1 -■ ■*f ■ Auff i-nii ■ . 1 — 4* I. ‘ .. . . » i . i ■ •) | tit'" * ” «iin ^reeling J A. C. Jones ia the Philadelphia Weekly Time*. T he UejrLiest roUvd Ot* hisses, possible. My attention was at this moment Feni'adots have ever been paid a directed to a group of officers in front, brighter compliment than this. 'Oar among whom 1 at once recognized a- villain a very jolly chap iu private Gens. Lee and Pendleton near a sin- '/ e so ," e ^ played bis part that le piece of artillery that had been hastily placed in position. Everything indicated a time of great peril, re.- quiriog prompt and decisive action. It required but a lew minutes to steady tbe line and close intervals, when the order 'forward 1 wae given. At this moment Gen. Lee rode up, and uncovering his head, simply said: ‘I will lead yoii, men.’: The lino swept forward without an instant's halt; but the cry was taken up from mouth to mouth, and rose above the dm of bat tle, ‘Go back, Gen. Lee, go back !’ It was a scene never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. It thrills niy heart even now as memory recalls the picture, that noble form, with head uncovered and face set like flint to the trout, regardless ot the cries ot iiis men, whose only thought was for uis safety. He continued to advance until some Texas soldiers seized the reins of iiis horse and forced him to the rear. Gen. Lougstroet seems iu iutimate that this action of Gen. Fee’s was au indiscretion, unbecoming lh a great commander, and that the excitement •>t the occasion caused him.to lose his balance, It does not so appear to tne men whom lie led. The greatest Gen eral of whom we have record in histo ry, including George Washington and Napoleau, in times of grout peril, and at the critical moment of the battle, saw fit to throw themselves into the very midst ofthe conflict 'that they might inspire their soldiers with tlie necessary enthusiasm. Thai this was Gen Lee’s object, I do not doubt, and that it bad the desired effects, the result proved. HENDRICK'S TltlllLTK TU TILDEN, St. Kspublieiv. In view of tbe unmerited detrac tion, calumny and abuse heaped upon President Tildau by- so-called Demo cratic papers, politicians and would-be leaders, l think it well lo send you tbe conclusion of ex-Gov Thomas A. Hendricks’ letter of acceptance, dated July 24, 1876: i’urniit me, in conclusion, lo express my satisfaction jit being a-soeiated with a Candidate for tbe Presidency who is first among bis equals ns a representative of the spirit aijd of the achievements of reform. In his'omc al career as the executive of the great Slate of New York he has, in a com paratively short period, reformed the public service and reduced the public burdens so as to have earned at once the gratitude of bis State and the ad miration of the country. The peoplt know Kim to be thoroughly in earnesl; he has shown himself to be possessed of powers and qualities which fit him in ail eminent degree for the great work of reformation which this coun try now needs, and, if he shall be chosen by the people to the high office of President of the United States, I believe the day of his inauguration will be the beginning of a new era ol peace, purity and prosperity in all departments of our Government. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Thomas A. Hendricks. Subscribe for, and advertisejn the Athens Daily B^icnef. A swallow having built its nest upon the tent of Charles V., the Era peror generously commanded that tho tent should not be taken down when tho camp removed, b t should remain until the young birds were ready to fly,. Wa-there such a gentleness in the heart of a soldier toward a poor bird, wliieh was uot of bis making, and shall tlie Lord deal hardly with bis creatures when they venture lo put their trust in him ? Be assured he bath a great love te those trembling souls t'<at fly. for shelter to bis royal courts. He that buildeth his ue*t upon a-divine promise shall find it abide and remain until be shall fly away to the land where promises are lost in tulfilinients.—Spurgeon. An awkward Qiao, attempting to carve a goose, dropped il un the floor. ‘There now,” exclaimed his wife, “we’ve lost our dinner.’’ “Oh, no, ray dear,” answered be, “it’s safe—I have my toot on it.’’ • - — THE BRUCE 1100.8, The colorsd boom is raging. It begins to look as if the more imelfi- gent colored voters were resolved upon a division of the spoil-, or al least of a share. According to J Milton Jurner the colored Republican voters number qnite 600,< 00. We take this to be. au under estimate. He thinks it fair that the Vice-President should be of his race and color. He favors either Fred Douglass or Bruce. This kind ot talk is very annoying to the Republican leaders Why should it be so.? Is not 'the man and l>rotli-_ er’ every way their equals, according to their nice theories? Hive they hoi striven to force ‘social equality’ upon the Southern people? Are they noi tussing about We-t Point now ? t Why, then, think it so monstrous, 30" de grading, to put such an able man as Dougin.-- on their ticket? He is a man of brains and character. He is inh- nitely superior to dozens of Repnbli can members of Congress we! could mention. Ami yet. the whites , are simply boriiffed at the mere mention of a negro candidate for the Vice- Presidency. ‘ ’ -M ’ MAD STONES. So-called mad Slones ere not be lieved ill by aeieiilfots aud educated physicians, b»i wo dip the following from the Weathuafoad Exponent. Nevertheless, tl e shm can do no harm, if it doe- no good r “A lew duvs since Mr. H. W. Porter and wife, ol Wyliesville, Erath.county, arrived in Weatherford, with their little son, aged four Years, whq )iad, been bitten by a skunk. They were in searoh of a mad stone, and werh fortunate enough to And one belonging to Mr. R. P. Blunt, who is stepping at Mr. Spencer’s, »u Palo,Pinto street. The mad stone, when applied, stuck nine teen timer, after which it would not take effect. The Child was .severely bitten on the heel, and also on-the hip several times and ( had refused food, ever since the, accident occurred, (four days) until after.tlie application' of tlie mad -tone, when its appetite returned and il ate lioartily/ without nausea. The, puree 1 s „le)V, )Xeath. e T ford with tln-ir liiAbvwm) tuUy rertor- ed.— Quitman {Texas) Record. GENERAL GORDON rcTffEiiilY W. GRADY null • -Il The thought’ ofa peaceful, happy life at my own.jionie, wjth my wife and children about nie, graduallyTrfl- pruviug and beahtifying fnv place, ratertainiiigAMy a friends i|ui*tly ( 'and living in noihfort and, iiideper,i)pncq hollow applause of the public beside such a life is more'than n mockery. ,1 feel that‘t have ' served fojf 1 people faithfully whBfoWrttJfWaVefAfoUiei me. I have bid all tho honors -that they can bestow, nnddjavp been ■ [Sat isfied with tha fullest rajirks iff their confidence, and s:iy to' you that thd .happiest momeot of my life has ar rived when I feel that X enrf'h’oiiora- bly and coriscietitiofslyVeUro- fronv public service and begin the life that I have always hoped Constitution.. ,j “Mamma,” -aid Henry Thomas, a bright little fellow over in Algiers, “have my toes got eyes ?” “No, my darling. Why do you ask such a ques tion?” “Because mv toot’s asleep,” j the gods could not separate actorand Once, too, in Memphis, the gathered at the stage dour after performance, and horted the actor who had been so villainous during the play. I think lie was the proudest man I ever saw, and tlie appreciation of Iiis acting was well deserved.’ Six black envoys have arrived in London from Mtesa, monarch of a wide region in the dark continent of which Stanley Afiicanns has so much’ to say in his hook. They come with llie King’s compliments to Queen Victoria, requesting her to expre s through her envoy her desire as to the status ot missionaries in his kingdom. They had also orders to request a sup ply of rum and rifles, mid, as an in ducement to their request being granted, to announce their master’s wish to embrace the Christian reli gion, provided he is fierinitted to res tain the worship of his idols tlie great snake, the Lord Lion and the strong elephant. The Q men was lo give audience lo the six envoys, who stay at the during Cross Holel. They haveAmen visitors at ‘Short’-’ and other noted places ot perpendicu lar refreshment on the Strand. Jute. —The culture of j me, says Ihe Raleigh Observer, is sure to bucone one of the industries of our Stale. The land- in the ea-tern belt of tho State are adapted to its growth, and especially the ahandom d rice planta tions suitable- I he jute grows vigor ously on such places, with a long and good fibre. It can lie produced at about one-eigtb tlie cost of cotton, -md f rom an acre of it $40 to $100 can he made, taking the present price of jute as a basis. The great and varied uses of jute are ha/dly known, hut it is made up ill dozens of things. It comes to us here principally in tliu shape of cotton bagging. Of this theie are used, say, 1,200,009 yards to cover the 200,000 liales ot cotton raised in the Slate. There are very fine s.ieciniens of jilte -talks grown iu the State now on exhibition in the Agricultural Museum, which were sent Colonel I’-ilk -some two or three rears ago. . Tlie Famous Dark Dav was .May I9tb, 1780, and in their anniversary comments on that event many of the Northern papers recall mi incident of the Connecticut Legislator, then in session. As tbe darkness intensified a general terror pervaded that body. It was believed that the day of final judgment was approaching and mo tion was made to adjourn, but Colo nel Abraham Davenport, ot Stamford, opposed it, sayinn, ‘I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is approaching or not If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment; if it is, I wish to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that candles may he brought.’ Russia enjoyed her first strike the other day, a number of Moscow work ingmen having s' ruck for higher was ges and against the system which prevails in that country of not paying employes in money, but in orders on the corner grocery. The strike crea ted considerable surprise, being some what unusual and unheard of before, and the government, in its usual au tocratic way, stepped in,cxamiui-d the matter, declared that the working- men’s claims were just and proper, and ordered their employers to comply with them. This is a new way »< dealing with strikes, and, to some extern, a successful one, but it would scarcely work well in this country. Jack Long was iu the hands of a mob at Molierly, Ala. They had plac-d a noow about his-neck, and were completing the arrangements lo hang him. The delay was painful to the poor fellow,'who lmd borne : up qntil then withiremarkable -bravery. His brother, who had stealhily. ap proach d, seeing that, the ordeal, while it uras breaking down Jack's courage, could only end in hi* ilea'll, drew a revolver and shot him dead. ; We have fei-eived from the Scrib ners a very remarkable volume by .Mr. Sidney.Lanier, entitled.“TheSci- , unce of Kngii-h Verse.’’ It is a mon ument of curious Icamiug and patient netei-rcli. The aid of music, of which L&uier is a master, is brought into play most singularly. This work is a very original oiie, and is destined, we thiiiK, to attract the attention ot soho ars everywhere.—('krounle and Constitutionalist. * Senator Blaine used to wear an am ulet, which his dyiiig Roman Catlio- ■ lio mother had placed around his neck, and which he half seriomly spoke of as his protection against evil. Four years 3go he was guns'.ruck on the steps of the capilol. He was carried home : unooDScious and half undressed, When ho came to himself the ainnlct was gone, and he, in spite ot constant efforts, has udver been able lo recover ■ A good brother, who was iu the habit of quoting very much Scripture ip bis prayers, wasj praying tor the (jencons that they might lie aud pos sess all the,qualifications required by Paulin ins epistle to Timothy (iii. 12). When lie came to “husbands of one wife,’’ momentarily : be thought of a nmc ismarrled deacon, who had his fourth, apd, (bqa, qualified it in a pa renthesis so as to give none offense: “I mean'one at a time, Lord/ mi' ; V ; . . Mhisi8sippi has * more successful ’case of resusffifotion than that lately reported from Leipsic The last tiuin- boy of thi-’ Brandon' (Miss.) Republi- • among my ijattlq ( ^iid ulu- c W t lias this iWin .‘ Andrew Macon, ver, ‘u. actually transporting. The who d-M.bahg at,the triple execution hdrh and delivered to his friends, his been reanimated and is yet alive. It is said hfe'iksbeectiiess, ami gives signs of.groat sbreues.- in the neck, hut eats heartily mid is in apparent good healtlL We learn that the doctors who arc attending him are confident lie 1 will entirely, recover at nn early day. ... Mamma seeks to console her crying child, and ask* Johnnie ivhat has hurt him. -iohunie bawls move lustily than ever, and tells mamma that yesterday lie fell down and hurt hims-lf. * 'Yes terday !’ says the foud parent. ‘Then why do you cry to-day ?’ 'O.i I b«-‘ , cause you were not at home vastcr- dBy ' >