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W EDS EBP AY AUGUST 23, 187<T
THE EMPTY PLACE.
Bright faces come and go, fair shapes
Dance up and down the wall:
A presence in the crowded room
Takes precedence ef all.
We see It night and day. howe'er
By shine or shadow croet,—
A little vacant ep A. whereform
One little face is lost.
The sound of music swells and falls,
An i laughter fills our ears,—
A silence, hollowed out of life,
Is all our spirit hears.
That Silence, like a hush of prayer,
Can drown tbs loudest peech.
And. piercing sharp through laugh and song,
Our inmost sense can reach.
So thunder of the outer world.
So burning rage of pain,
No passion-storms of love or grief,
That beat on heart and brain,
Beat down w th such constraiatug strength
The vital forces there.
As that dull, soundless ache of loss
Which lonely mourners bear.
O little garments in the drawer,
With such precision spread!
O little chair against the wall!
O little cradle bed.
Uncurtained, in the silent room.
And pillowless and cold !
O mother’s arm -and tender hands,
That have no babe to hold!
We know full well the worth and wealth
Of which we are bereft;
But where are words wherewith to tell
The emptiness thvtV left! —
Wherewnh to span that shoreless void.
bound its nnfathom and deeps,
And pictare to the common sense
The sacred thing it keeps ?
A* PASTORAL.
The following poem, by A. J. Mundy, a hith
erto unknown En. li*h poet, is one of the most
beautiful things we have seen in years. It is
not only exquisitely sweet, natural and easy in
its flow, but it is a marvel in the way of versi
fication. Observe the wonderfully ingenms
manner in which certain words of the first
stanza are made to rhyme with the correspond
ing words of the secind. and so on with tee
t. ird and fourth, etc.-Boston Transcript.
I sat with Doris, the shepherd maiden:
Her crook was laden with wreatned flowers:
I sat and wooded her through sunlight wheel
jug,
And shades stealing for hours and hours.
And she. my Doris, whose lap incloses
vydd Summer roses of rare perfume.
The while I sued her, kept hushed and heark-
Till Shadows had darkened from gloes to
gloom.
She touched my shoulder with fearful finger;
bbe sa d, “We Unger; we must not stay;
My flock's in danger, my sheep will wander;
Behold them yonder—how far they stray.
I answered bolder, “Nay, let me hear you,
And still be near you, and still adore;
Nor wolf nor stranger will touch one yearling:
Ah ! stay, my darliog, a moment more.’
She whispered, sighing. “There will be sorrow
Beyond to morrow, If I lose to-day;
My to and unguarded, my flock unfolded
I snail be scolded, and sent away.
Haid I, replying, “If they do miss you,
They ought to kiss you when you get home;
And well rewarded my friend and neighbor
Should he the labor from which you come.
“They might remember." she answered meekly,
“That 1 mb* are weakly, aDd sheep are wild;
But if they love me, it's none so fervent;
I am a servant, and not a child."
Then each hot ember glowed quickly within
me,
And love did win me to swift reply:
“Ah! do but prove me, and none shall blind
you
Nor fray, nor find you, until I die."
She blußbed and started, and stood awaiting,
A* if debating in dreams divine;
But I did brave them—l told her plainly
She doubted vainly; she must be mine.
So we twin hearted, from all the valley
Did chase and rally the nibbling ewes.
And homeward drove them, we two together,
Through blooming heather and gleaming
dews.
That simple duty from grace did lend her—
My Doris tender, my Doris true;
That 1, her w.'idcr did always bless her,
And ofton her to take her due.
And now in beauty *iiO fills m V dwelling
With love excelling.sod undeflled;
And love doth guard her both fast and fer
vent —
No more a servant, nor yet a child.
NIGHTFALL.
BY W. W. ELLSWORTH.
. Alone I Stand;
On either hand
lu gathering gloem stretch sea and land;
Beneath my feet,
With ceaseless beat,
The waters murmur low and sweet.
Slow falls the night;
The tender light
Of stars grow brighter and more bright;
Tho lingering ray
Of dying day
Sinks deeper down and fades away.
Now fast, now slow,
The south winds blow,
And softly whisper, breathing low;
With gentle glace
They kies my face,
Or fold me in their cold embrace.
Where one pale star.
O’er waters far.
Droops down ts touch the harbor bar,
A faint light gleams,
A light that seems
To grow and grow till nature teems
With mellow haze;
And to my gaze
Comes proudly rising, with its rays
No longer dim,
The moon; its rim
In splendor gilds the bi.lowy brim.
I watch it gain
The heavenly plain;
Behind it trails Btarry tram—
While low and sweet
The wavelets beat
Their murmuring music at my feet.
Fair n'glit of June !
Yon silver moon
Gleams pale and still The tender tune,
Faint-floating, plays,
In moon-lit lays,
A melody of other days.
'lis sacrel ground;
A peace profound
Comes o’er my soul. I hear no sound,
save at my feet
Th- ceaseless beat
Of waters murmuring low and sweet.
Scribner for July.
TWIN LILIES.
FANNIE ISABELLE SHEBBIOK.
Twin Bites in the river floating,
1 wo lilies pure and white ;
And one is pale and faintly drooping
The other glad and bright.
Twin lilies in the silvery waters,
Two lilies white and frail;
And one is ever iangbing gladly
The other still and pale.
Upon the peaceful gleaming waters
They ling-r side by side ;
And one her head is drooping sadly;
The other glows with pride.
Twin stare are o'er the river beaming.
Two stare with silvery light;
And now they look with glances loving
Upon the lilies white.
Two lilies now are drooping lowly
Unto the river tide :
While in the wave the stars reflected
Are floating side by side.
And now the stars are bending slowly
To kiss the li ies white;
Who e’en their fragrant heads are lifting
In wonder at the sight.
And one twin lily now to longing
For light and heaven above :
And \ ields onto her star-king’s keeping
Her wealth of life and love.
And as the star-god bends in rapture
To kiss her pale, white face.
Her soul is wafted int > heaven
Beneath his love and grace.
Twin lilies in the tide were floating
With quickly coming breath.
But one is left with sad tears falling
To mourn her sister’s death.
Twin stare upon the waves were gleaming ;
Two star gods pure and bright ;
But one is left—that one is fading
And dying with he night.
PHU-vDKLrmA. July. 1876.
P.OVTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC CON- |
VENTION.
NMiiunliw of Gutnil Wade Hamplon for
Ciovernor.
Columbia, August 16 —Mr. W. W.
Harle was elected Permanent President
of the Democratic State Convention last
night. The Convention was in secret
session to-dav. No action as yet. Til
den and Hendricks’ ratification meeting
to-night.
The State Democratic Convention was
in secret session all day. The doors
were opened at 6, p. m., and General
Wade Hamption unanimously nominat
ed for Governor. The Convention ad
journed until to-morrow.
TiITU-n anil Hendricks.
An immense and enthnsiastic torch- !
light procession in ratification of Til
den and Hendricks is now passing.
The nomination of Hampton for Gov
ernor is received with immense enthu
siasm. His speech prior to the nomi
nation is in f> 11 accord with the St.
iiouis Convention. The other nomina
tions occur to-morrow. Chancellor
Johnson, of Marion, is prominently
epoken of for Lieutenant-Governor. The
Titden and Hendricks ratification meet
ing to-night was a grand success. The
torchlight procession was fully two miles
and half in length—the grandest ever
seen in this State. The State canvass
is regarded by the Democrats as subor
dinate to that of the election of Tilden
and Hendricks.
I’m
Wasecwoton, August 16.—Cary has
published his letter accepting the green
jjßok nomination for Vice-Preoident.
THE (MNTY__(X)NYENTm
NOMI7VATION OF CANDIDATES
FOB THE LEGISLATURE.
Hons. Patrick Walsh, Ja. V. C ■Hack and
W. E. Johnson the DemecraXir -standard
Bearers of Richmond Cooots —Delegate*
to the Congressional and Mon: . rial Con*
veatloas.
Pursuant to call of the Democratic
"Executive Committee of Richmond coun
ty, the Convention to nomina'te three
candidates to the Legislature from this
■county; to select delegates to the
Congressional Convention to be held at
Thomson on the 6th of September, and
to the Senatorial Convention to be held
rt Louisville on the 23d of August, as
aemhled at the City Hall yesterday at
12 o’clock.
On motion of Mj. Ker Boyce, Hon.
John T. Shewmake was elected Presi
dent of the Convention.
On motion of Mr. A. Mnllarky, Mr.
W. W. Rhodes was elected Secretary.
On taking the Chair Mr. Shewmake
returned thanks to the Convention for
the honor conferred. The selection of
himself was fall evidence of the good
feeling; of the conciliatory spirit on the
osrt of the city towards the country.
They were now one in interests and feei
mg and he trusted they would remain
so in the future. There had been some
feeling in the party in the county of
late. He compared it to a family quar
rel—the quarrel of a husband and a
wife. Words had been pretty high,
some doors had been slammed
and lips compressed. Let us now
show our return to an era of good feel
ing by kind words and actions. But the
worst of it is that the harsh words, the
slamming of doors has been heard by
the children and servants. Well, let
onr reconciliation be equally as public;
let our harmony be so manifest that it
will exclude even the “shade of a
shadow ” of hope on the part of inde
pendent candidates, if there should be
any who desire to run as such. He
pronounced the Convention organized
and ready for bnsiness.
Judge Shewmake’s remarks were
greeted with loud applause, evincing
the utmost good feeling on the part of
all present.
The fnil list of delegates was called
by the Secretary, as follows:
First Ward: William R. McLaws, A.
M. Brodie, Eugene Foster, Colonel Jo
seph T. Smith, William W. Smythe.
Second Ward: W. Daniel, Edward
O’Donnell, S. Marcus, Charles Spaeth,
Louis A. Dugas, Jr.
Third Ward: William Bennett, B. A.
Fleming, Rer Boyce, Alex Philip, i.
Mnllarky.
Fourth Ward: M. E. Hill, Allen A.
Young, Otis G. Lynch, Thomas W.
Olive, William Finch.
119th District: S. W. Mays.R. Batche
lor, James Dye, Pat Wood.
121st District; M- J- Carswell, S. G.
Storey, \V. W. Rhodes. Benj. Palmer.
123d District: J. T. Shewmake, L. D.
Duval, R. C. Griffin, E. S. Mims.
124th District: J. B. Baxley, B. A.
Rachels, J. M. Seago, W. E. Walker.
1269th District; James C. AUpd,
Thomas Heckle, James Fleming, J. E.
Thomas.
All of the delegates answered except
Messrs. R. Batchelor, Benj. Palmer aud
W. E. Walker.
it was aunouDced that Mr. W. A.
Batchelor was authorized to represent
Mr. R. Batchelor in the Convention.
Mr. Cyrus Hudson announced that lie
was present s proxy for Mr. Benj Pal
mer.
Mr. Rachels stated that Mr. W. E.
Walker would not be present, but that
the delegation was authorized to cast
the full vote of tho district.
Mr. Alex. Philip moved that each de
legation be authorized to cast the full
vote of the ward or district iu case of the
absence of any of Plus members. Adopt-
C< *The President stated that the object
of the Convention was touominate three
candidates for the Legislature and to
select delegates to the Senatorial amt
Congressional Conventions.
The l'#ngrcoolsnal Convention.
Alexander Philip, Esq-, nominated the
following ticket of delegates to the Con
gressional Convention:
Geo. T. Barnes, Joseph Ganahl, Chas.
H. Sibley, H. D. D. Twiggs, Wm, H.
Howard, Adam Johnston, Robt. A. Flern*
ing, Wilberforce Daniel, Cyrus HudsoD,
J Seago, Jos. E. Burch, Jas. Carswell,
Juo. T. Shewmake, S. Marcus, A. Mul
laekv, M. P. Carroli.
On motion the delegates thus nomi
nated were elected by acclamation.
The Senatorial Convention.
Capt. W. Daniel nominated the fol
lowing ticket of delegates to the Sena
torial Convention:
Jas. M. Dve, 8. F. Webb, R. J. W ll
son, M. P. Carroll, Wm. M. D’Antignac,
L. D. Duval, Wm. E. Walker, L R.
Collins, L. A. Picquet, A. Philip, M. J.
Carswell, 8. G. Storey, J. B. Bax
ley, Samuel W. Mays, J. P.
Verdery, L. A. Dugas, Jr.
Judge Wm. R. McLaws nominated
the following ticket:
Jos. T. Smith, Dr. Jas. T. Barton,
Fred. T. Lockhart, Jas. L. Fleming,
Wm. B. Young, Dr. J. B. Baxley.
He said that he understood there were
only to be six dolegates.hence had nomi
nated that uumbw.
Capt. Daniel said that of course the
delegation could only cast six vo.tes in
the Convention.
Judge McLaws moved that the con
vention proceed to select delegates by
ballot.
Mr. L. A. Dugas moved as an amend
ment that the Chairman of eaeh delega
tion cast the vote of that delegation.
Adopted by a vote of 21 to 17. The
election ttusu proceeded, resulting in a
vote of 22 for the ticket nominated by
Capt. Daniel and 18 for that nominated
by Judge McLaws.
The vote by wards and district was ,3.3
follows'
First Ward,* 5 votes for Judge McLaw s
ticket.
Second Ward, 5 vote# for Capt. Dan
iel's ticket.
Third Ward, 5 votes for Capt. Dwiief s
ticket.
Fourth Ward, § yobs# for Judge Mc-
Law’s ticket.
110th Diotict, 4 votes for Cap*.- Pn
iel’s ticket.
121st District, 4 votes for Capt. Dan
iel's ticket. , _
123d District, 4 voles for Capt. Dan
iel’s ticket.
124th District, 4 votes for Judge Mc-
Law's ticket.
1269th District, 4 votes forjudge Mc-
Law’s ticket.
So the ticket nominated bjr Captain
Daniel was declared elected.
Till- Leislatnre.
Mr. L. A. Dugas moved that the Con
vention proceed to vote for candidates
for the Legislature, by delegation, as
previously.
Judge McLaws said that just at this
stage he arose ou behalf o the First
Ward delegation to withe raw the same
of H. Clay Foster, Esq. He did this
for the sake of harmony, of good feeling.
[ inplassel. They were are all g >od De
mocrats, all tor Tilden andHendricks, for
reform. Let ail, then, go hand in hand
as a band of brother*. Re would state
that this action on the part of the First
Ward delegation met with Mr. Foster’s
hearty concurrence.
Mr. Dugas' moUoa was put aud adopt
ed.
Alex. Philip, Esq., nominated Messrs.
J. C. C. Black, Patrick Walsh and W.
E Johnson as candidates for the Leg
islature,
J. E. Thomas, Esq., moved that the
three gentlemen named be nominated by
acclamation. Adopted with only one
dissenting voice.
Dr. Eugccifi Foster moved that the
Congressional delegates selected by this
Convention be instructed to cast the
vote of Richmond county for Hon. Alex
ander H. Stephens.
Mr, Fieming moved as a substitute
that the delegates go asinstrncted.—
Adopted. *
On motion the Convention adjourned.
DISEASES OF CATTLE.
“ChartMß” Among the Cow. in Ircl.nd—Tb ■
Cattle Plague ia Russia.
The Pall Mall Gazette says: “The |
diseases to which cattle are liable unfor
tunately, as a rule, baffle the skill of ve
terinary scienoe, and for this reason j
alone some anxiety will no doubt b; j
caused by a singular disease called
‘charcos,’ which, it is stated, has made
its appearance amoug the cows in the
parish of Glantaue, county of Cork.
Death seems to follow seizure with
striking rapidity, one out of seven eows
attacked on the* same day having died j
in fonr hours. With the view probably
of not wasting the flesh of even a dis
eased cow, the stomach of the animal
was divided into small pieces, which,
with great kindness and liberality, were
distributed among some docks and
geese. The result was not satisfactory.
The ducks and geese voraciously devour
ed the feast thus placed before them,
and in less than five minutes began to
totter abont, and then fall down dead.
An attempt was made by the veterinary
surgeon to bleed the infected animal,
but no blood would flow. The blood
resembled tar in its color and consis
tency. It is some comfort, to hear that
the carcasses of the animals, by direc
tion of the pol : ee, have been buried
very deep. The deeper the better; and
even eremation might with advantage
have been brought into operation as re
gards these eoas."
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Standard says: “The cat
tle plagne has again appeared in the
neighborhood of St Petersburg. The
\ first case was reported from Tsarsko Selo
a month ago, and on inquiry it was
found that the infected animals had
been brought from the Government of
Novgorod by some peasants, who are to
be prosecuted for infringing the lawj by
which the sale of cattle is regulated.
The most stringent measures have been
adopted to prevent the spread of the
contagion. A quarantine has been estab
lished round the places where diseased
animals are known to exist; neither pat
tie, hay, nor straw is allowed to be taken
from the locality, and no cattle oan enter
the capital without being subjected to
rigid inspection. A great many people
in St. Petersburg keep cows, and it is the
custom to send every morning to graze
in the neighborhood. Tbit is no longer
allowed. The cows are to be kept at
home, and strict regulations are to be
enforced with regard to their food, the
cleanliness of the cow-houses, and the
sale and slaaghter of the animals. With
a view to assist the police to stop ithe
evil, the Town Council has voted a
grant of 3,000 roubles for the disinfec
tion of the cow-honses of the poorer
classes.’’
PARIS GKEF N.
Prof. R. C. Kenzie, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, has been putting
Paris green through a great variety of
tests, and has been collecting all the
evidence within reach touching its gen
eral effects in agriculnre, and the con
clusions at which he has arrived may be
summed up to figures as follows :
1. Paris green, being a deadly poison,
should be handled with extreme care..
By inhalation of the dust, by contact of
the material with sores or raw surlaces,
and even by contact with a moist and
perspiring surface, it may produce dan
gerous effects.
2. While classed as an insoluble sub
stance, Paris green becomes soluble to a
sehsible degree by the action of what we
may call the natural agricultural sol
vents. Carbonic acid, and the solvent
action of the minute roots of plants,
may be regarded as the most active of
these agricultural solvents.
3. Solutions of arsenious acid and of
arsenites tend to pass into an insoluble
condition in the soil, in which arsenic is
insoluble by natural agricultural sol
vents.
4. While other agents may assist in
fixing arsenious acid in the soil, the hy
drated oxide of iron is probably the
most potent factor in producing this in
soluble condition; that enough of this
oxide is present in all fertile soils to ren
der inert a compiratively large amount
of arsenic, and that it is to this agent
that we owe our safety when Paris green
is applied to the soil. When Paris
green is applied to the soil in snoh quan
tity that the hydrate oxide of iron pres
ent in such soil is not sufficient to speed
ily change it to the inert condition, we
should expect this agent would injure
the health, or even destroy the life
of the plant. The limit of safety
would, naturally vary with the
varying composition of soils. Mr. Mc-
Murtrie places the limit in one instance
at 900 pounds to the acre—a quantity
vastly in excess of any requirements as
an insect poison.
5. Pans green mixed with soil does
not remain in the form of aceto-argenite
of copper, but the arsenic is probably
converted into basic arsenite of iron.
6. Paris geen, when applied in
small quantity, does not seem to affect
the health of the potato or wheat plant;
the arsenic which it contains does not
reappear in the tuber of the potato, or
the grain of wheat; and that these sub
stances are not iuj ared as human food
by the small quantity of Paris green
which is required to free our fields from
a most destructive insect.
7. Paris green does not pass from
an inert into an active form by prolong
ed contact with the soil.
8. The power of the soil to remove
from solution and hold in an insoluble
form arseni-'-us acid and arsenites, will
proteot the water supply from deadly
contamination by this agent, unless the
poison is used in excess of any require
ment as an insect, destroyer.
It is to be hoped that we shall have
no use for Paris green on the cotton
plantations this year, but should the
Caterpillar appear, let no one hesitate
for a’m Ol o eß f to apply at once the only
remedy now knpym to he There
is no danger whatever in Faria green
under proper handling and manage
ment.
i-iw ——
GREAT GUNS AND IRON ARMOR.
Armstrong’s One Hundred Ton Gun—An In
strument of Destruction for the Italian
Navy—Tlip Mpot Powerfully Armored Ship
Afloat,
The London Standard, of July 81,
says ; “The trial of the Armstrong gun
of 100 tons, when it gets out to Italy,
will be awaited with much interest. The
test applied to the hydraulic machinery
of the gun will fl'so be practically valu
able. Let us consider what is involved
in the working of four 100-ton guns on
board a ship. In the actual combat
these guns may have to be fired simul
taneously over the side. Although
pla.ced in turrets, and therefore occupy
ing a central line, there will be a great
shitting of weight when these guns re
coil. Supposing the vessel to b e foiling
from the action of the waves in the
direction of the recoil, it is possible
that the instantaneous shifting of more
than four hundred tons from one side of
the kegl to the other may have an
awkward effect, ft would be a strange
fate for a big ship to knock Itself over
by the recoil of her own guns. The
Italians seek to get rid of this risk by
making tljO recoil exceedingly short.
The hydraulic machinery invented for
this purpose by Mr. Ur. W. can
not fail to be well worthy of ffifl fame,
but the mechanical arrangements must
be exceedingly strong and well contrived
to bear the enormous strain they will
haye to endure. The gun recoils with
the same tgrop that the shot advances,
and when we'remember that the 81-ton
gun has put forth su energy gf more
than twenty-six thousand foot tons, we
may guess at the immense force which
will fcaye to be controlled in the case of
the larger gnu.
It may be well tp ryie? to a class of
vessel altogether distinct from such he
roic monsters as the Inflexible, the Dui
lio, *n<f the Dandolo. The most pow
erfully aroi*4 fflip present afloat
is the Thunderer. But tyo gun boats
have just been finished on the Type,
each of which will be fitted up by the
Armstrong firm withjhydraulic machine
ry working a 38-ton gun. These vessels
are of the Staunch type, but larger, be
ing of about four hub dre< t tons displace
ment. Compared with ou big ships,
thete gun boats are diminutive. ¥et
each little yessel will carry a gun capable
of piercing the thfS ! k e ® c armor that is
now op the seas. The soilness of their
size wiil be a protec ion lb tjbese purine
wasps, and the steum power will be so ap
plied that not only the gun, but also the
vessel, will be under the complete con
trol pf the artillerist. The speed will
be nfue juiots an hour. These formid
able craft are for a foreign Government.
As concerns the armaments of other
countries, if i?iay be interesting to note
that there are three Turkish ships of
war now approaching completion da the
banks of the Thames, which may be
bought by any one who has the money.
Oftapf these ships is a splendid speci
men of a# iron clad—superior to the
Sultan of the British fi ayy,.’’
Gopict it Alone. —The Atlanta* Consti
tution, of yesterday, says : Yesterday
morning the passenger fig the outgoing
passenger train on the Georgia Railroad
witneoocVj a spectacle which thrilled
them ana esciie4 their sincere sympa
thies. Two little girio, apparently six
and eight years of age.' renewed Atlanta
Monday night on the Western and 4- 1 *
lantic Railroad train, and were taken
pare of by the generous hearted Hewitt,
of tins National. Yesterday morning
they were placed ojj Ijoard of the Geor
gia" train ant! taken in eoarge py Colo
nel John A. Stephens as far as Grav
fordville; there that generous hearted
and popular conductor, James Purcell,
took them under his control, and at
Barnett turned them pver to the conduc
tor of the Washington branch. A pla
card on their breast was addressed to
Dr. Whitehead, of Washington.
The little girls were bright and intel- i
ligent. In answer to questions they
said their mother lived at Sweet Water,
Tenn., and not being able to take care
of them was sending them on to a rela
tive at Abbeville, S. C. They stated that
their mother had four or five children to
take care of. They stated that their fa
ther was not dead bat they did not know
what had become of him. The infer
ence is that the father having aband
oned his wife and children, the mother
had sent her little ones off to a relative
to take eare of, to prevent them from
starving. It is a sad commentary on the
times.
Forlorn Hope.—The Dowager—“ Now,
you’ve got ail the girls off your hands so
successfully, except poor Maria, you
ought to give her a chance.” My Lord
—“Yes—a—give • ball—a—or a garden
party—a—” My Lady—“Oh, poor Ma
ria’s not worth a ball —nor even a gar
den party. We might give an afternoon
teal”
Saratoga correspondents note anew
style of walking adopted by the young
ladies there. It is called the “chicken
step," aud is only used while passing
along tbe corridors or through the par
lors of the hotels. It consists of very
many rapid evolutions or steps per
minute, very similar to a duplex shuffle,
the body elevated on toes, and inclined
at an angle of forty-five.
CAMP LIFE IN THE WEST.
The Round •! Duties snd Pleasure*—Sur
rounded at Midnight With Prairie Fires—
“■The Lnjuna Is Here >’—The Revenge
Which the Indian Allies Seek—Tertible
Treatment of the Utes—Crow Horseman
ship.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tri
buae, with General Crook’s column, fur
nishes the following graphic description
of the perils and pleasures surrouudieg
a military camp in the heart of the In
dian country: Although impatiently
waiting, this command is far from lying
uselessly idle. In order to receive bet
ter grass for the stock, camp is moved
about three times a week; and, whether
we travel two miles or twenty, the effect
is about the same. Jnst as we become
acquainted with the dozens of narrow
ttreets and by-ways, and have com
menced to feel at home, the order comes
to “move.” Then there are as mnch
bustle and preparation as though we
were starting for the Missouri; while,
when the day’s march is over, we settle
down with the same care as though the
banks of that muddy stream had been
reached. Then, beside the nsnal in
spection, gnardmount, retreat and mus
ter, the entire cavalry and infantry force
goes through the lively “skirmish drill”
for an hour every day. “Deploying,”
“rallying,” “sham fighting,” etc., often
on the “double quick,” through thick-,
eti, over rocky bluffs and across level
plains, make onr surroundings look like
a vast training camp. We have no fresh
meat, and a dependency upon the
country for this necessary article of diet
makes numerous hunting and fishing ex
cursions absolutely indispensable. A
courier leaves or arrives abont once in
three weeks, and, whether sending or
expecting news, every one marks mail
day as anew epoch in his life. The
hostiles visit us at night semi-occasion
ally, and then the excitement superin
duced by screaming bullets and savage
war whoops lasts a good many for three
or four days. But a short time ago the
emissaries of Sitting Bull encircled us
at midnight with prairie fires ; and tnen,
no doubt, in the morning chuckled in
savage glee at our hasty evacuation of
camp. Paymaster Arthur came up
with the wagon train recently,
to disburse the regular bi-monthly
wages of the troops. Now money
floats around as loosely as in anew min
ing camp, and the most absorbing ques
tion with many is what to do with it.
Our Shoshone allies always absorb a
great deal of attention and interest.—
During the day they scatter all over
camp, or engage iu hunting and fishing.
They will banter almost any one for a
game of poker or a horse-race; and if you
accept either proposition the chances
are yon will be left wofully behind.—
Toward evening they “wind” their
horses, and gather up any amount of
imaginary courage for the coming con
test, by going through reckless feats of
riding, and by keeping up a terrific
whooping, chanting, and dancing far
into the night. Of course there are con
stant alarms of the enemy’s approach by
excited sentries—ludicrous soenes always
occurring when every man hastily starts
for his gun. After a scattering fusilade
had been indulged in for an hour or
more one night, and the camp believed
to be thoroughly aroused, a brawny
Irishman, yet asleep, was suddenly
awakened by a stray shot. Jumping as
though himself hit by the bullet, he
broke the momentary stillness by yell
ing terrifically, “Hip, thur, byes 1 Wake
up ! wake up 1 The Enjuns is here /”
The soldiers who had been formed iu a
hollow square around the outer edge of
camp, and were lying on their arms
quietly awaiting a more determined
onslaught, understood the situation in
stantly, and more than one bursting
langh had to be repressed. In short, it
is a village of 1,500 healthy, jolly men,
“turned loose” in nature’s wildest by
paths; a village where anything from a
match of quoits to a mule or horse race,
is relished with keenest zest; and a vil
lage where good-fellowship is more con
spicuously apparent than almost any
where in civil life.
Referring above to Gen. Crook’s In
dian allies, reminds me that a few notes
on their history and peculiar traits may
be of interest. Above all other consid
erations which lead tbe allies to partici
pate in this war, is that of revenge
Looking back even beyond his ohild
hood, the able-bodied Shoshone, Ute, or
Crow know nothing of tradition or ex
perience which does not whisper, “War
to the knife with the Sioux?” And in
speaking of the Sioux, this includes the
Northern Cheyennes and Arrapahoes
as well, because they sail under the
same colors in times of war. In push
ing westward into this grand central# po
sition, the Sioux have, m a measure,dis
placed and reduced in numbers eaeh of
the friei}djy tribes named. The Crows
driven ‘steadily northward, the Shos
hones, toward the setting sun, and the
Utes far southward, have each in turn
had their savage pride humbled, and
their wealth sadly diminished by the
ruthless incursions of this powerful
combination of the Yellowstone. Dur
ing all these years nq single tribe could
think to cope with that or Sitting Bull
or his Southern chieftains, now some
times found at the Agencies. They have,
singularly enough, submitted to annual
thrashings and the loss of thousands of
ponies, without ever forming a combi
nation to “wipe out” the common he
reditary enemy. The Utes have a tra
dition in regard to one of these contests,
which occurred on the shores of Grand
Lake, in Middle Park, Colorado. North
ern Cheyennes and Arrapahoes—whose
descendants are fighting us now—had
marshaled their hosts, and sought the
Utes on their own romantic hunting
grounds.
A pitched battle of great fury raged
around the shores of Grand Lake for
several days, when finally the Utes were
hurled, bleeding and beaten to the
water’g edge, *n4 retpeat cqt off. A few
rafts were hastily lashed together, and
the remnant of the defeated band
pushed out on the broad lake, as the
last alternative. A terrible storm arose
after the Utes were safely out of reach
of hostile bullets, and soon the entire
baud was drowned. The Utes believe
that the Great Spirit had a hand in the
matter, and to this day will not go with
in gun shot of Grand Lake. Washakie,
the great Chief of the Shoshones, be
sides having many old scores to settle
upon behalf of his tribe, had a son shot
recently by the Siouj. He is here, and
will personally lead his eager braves in
ensuing contests. While writing these
things I should not overlook a strange
report which i?on)es from the North. It
is to the effeot that the Crows ata trad
ing ammunition to the Sioux for ponies.
Iu his present time of great need, the
Sioux would of course exchange any
thing but his scalp for ammunition; but
it is rather a severe strain on the aver
age credulity to belieye that even an
Indian' would hand missiles of death to
his hereditary enemy for great ‘ pecuni
ary gain one day, and then face him in
battle the next,
All modern equestrianism dwimß ea
nothingness when compared to that ex
hibited by the Shoshones and Crows-
Horse and rider seem grown together;
ind, no matter whether it is up or down
an angle of 45, or across the level plain,
the average warrior is happiest and most
graceiniyhen hjs popy jpins'fagtpgt
plunges wildest. The rider pays little
attention to rein or bit, but by swaying
his body to and fro quickly and easily,
turns his animal in any desired direc
tion. In parades around camp in richest
war attire, their appearance is most
striking, and so full of the extravagance
that we capnot hh 4 tiring of soipe gor
geous panorama. 'I heir appearance is
no less savagely aboriginal than it is
original. This often leads ns to think
tbgt an Indian as in Indian the world
over, and that their very allies take as
supreme delight in mangling the body
of a victim as the veriest Sioux that ever
committed a massacre. They are all
jolly souls, too; but most of their hum
or has a vary gb&stlv turn. It generally
hinges on triumph ’oyer au euei #, the
ntter destruction of that enemy, and
the capture of his property. They are
merelv a species of human bloodhound,
taught to run 4pfn $e §ioux instead of
the white. Rut, at any rate, theijf m lB
invaluable to such warfare as this, pro
viding they will do what their strongest
instinct, their most ardent desire, and
not a little courage, impel them to do.
Where are the hostiles ? is now the
absorbing topic. We know that they
are acoapting peer the entire country
for distance of seyenty-flye miles in
our rear, to the right anff in front.
Their signal smokes, daily asoending in
these directions, keep us informed of
their being around, and also of tho fact
that they are hatching mischief to a
purpose. After leaving the sceDe of the
Caster massacre, the trail of the mam
body led directly toward the Big Horn
Mountains, while that of their squaws,
with trains carrying wounded, Headed
for the agencies. Of coarse, the maim
ed and defenseless are a drag, and will
be taken under the wing of the Interior
Department, while the unincumbered j
bucks make war or run. If the warriors
really take to theae rugged mountains,
our campaign has only begun, and the
wisdom of General Crook in waiting for
more infantry and cavalry is more than
ever apparent. It is the belief of seme
of onr scouts, and especially of th
Shoshones, that, after making a desper
ate stand among some of the rocky
canons far up ip the mountains, the
hostiles will cross the raDge to the val
leys the Big Horn ana Winff HTff;
Tnere game is mnch more plentiful
here; and, after being chased over
the length and breadth of that region,
the savages ooqld easily ®ajfe a circuit
eastward, around the lower extremity of
the Rig Horn Mountains, and, by the
time we would be compelled to relin
quish the campaign, they would be
Inck to their old haunts on the Powfler,
Yellowstone, or Tongue. Should they
see fit to ran northward, we could fol
low to the Missouri, bnt no farther.
There they would take to the water like
ducks, while we would be compelled to
stand on the south bank and see them
escape under onr very gnns. I do not
mean by this that they will not show
fight. They will show it as often and
under the same conditions as any other
retreating army, with the exception that
they will withdraw a skirmish line more
skillfully.
FRANK GRUABD.
General Croak’s Chief Scoot, Sitting Ball’s
Adopted Son.
[From Vie Kansas City Times. 1
“Have you seen Frank Gruard ?” in
quired General Bradley, the Post Com
mandant at Fort Laramie, as the Times
reporter was about to retire from the in
terview.
“Who is Frank Gruard?” inquired
the news seeker.
“Why, he is to be the leader of Gen.
Crook’s scouts in the oomiDg expedi
tion. He can tell you more in an hour
than I can in a day,” said the General.
“He has been raised by the Northern
Sioux, speaks their language, and claims
to be the adopted son of Sitting Bull
himself. We will walk down to the sut
ler’s store,where you can talk with him.”
“There he is,” said General Bradley,
pointing to a tall, well built fellow, who
stood with his back to a high desk lean
ing backwards upon his projected el
bows. At first glance he might be taken
for one of the half-br ed hay cutters, ox
drivers and wood cutters who swarm
about old Fort Laramie. He was con
versing with Louis Keiohau, a famous
Indian scout, well known to the report
er. An introduction by General Brad
lev, supplemented by recognition and a
cordial hand-shaking on the part of
Reichau, broke down all barriers of in
tercourse, and a few minutes afterward
Gruard was seated at a table in friendly
chat with the interviewer.
Frank Guard
Would pass for a full-blooded Sioux In
dian. He is tall, broad-shouldered,
long-limbed, and as dark as a copper
colored full-blood. He has the charac
teristic square chin, low forehead, broad
face and high cheek bones oi the Sioux,
and eight or nine years’ residence among
them has imbued him with many of the
peculiarities of that noted tribe. Gru
ard had just received notice of his en
gagement as a special scout for General
Crook, who was then at Cheyenne. He
felt rather proud of the position, which
insured him $lO per day, and, after a
few “smiles,” began to talk quite freely.
His story, condensed, is as follows:
He is a native of Honolulu, the prin
cipal city of the Sandwich Islands, and
prior to his arrival in San Francisco, in
the Spring of 1865, had been a sailor on
board various small coasters and traders
on the Pacific coast.
In 1865 he was engaged to assist in
driving a lot of stage stock from Cali
fornia to Montana, and after his trip
procured a job to carry the pony express
mail between Bozeman and Gallatin. On
one of his regular trips, which were
made solitary and alone, along tho val
ley of the Gallatin river, he was waylay
ed by a party of vagabond Crows, and
himself and the mail he carried were
captured. He was taken by his captors
several days’ journey from the mail
route, and finally stripped and abandon
ed, helpless and naked, on Clark’s fork
of the Yellowstone, Here he wandered
about,
Half Starved,
For many days, his only covering a
piece of a ragged, rotten blanket, and
living upon frogs, berries and cactus.
His suffering he describes as terrible in
the extreme. When utterly exhausted
and iu despair, hopeless of ever again
reaching civilization or succor, one
morning he was discovered by a roving
band of Unkapapa Sioux, some fifty or
sixty in number. His emaciated, help
less condition won even the sympathies
of these savages, who at once fed and
clothed him and conveyed him to their
village, which was then on the Mussel
Shell River. Here he first met Sitting
Bull, who at once took a fancy to the
captive boy, supposing him to De a sen
of some strange Indian tribe farther
west. Gruard never undeceived the
fierce Indian chieftain. He soon made
his way to the confidence and affection
of his new friends, and in due time was
permitted to roam at will with the boys
in oharge of the pony herds. He ac
companied Sitting Bull in several of bis
raids on the posts of the Upper Missou
ri, hnd became an expert in riding,
shooting and other accomplishments
which go to make up the Indian. In
the siege of Fort Pease, abont a year
ago, he succeeded in making his escape,
bat was reoaptured and his life saved
through the interference of Sitting Bull
himself. It was not until the great coun
cil, held at Red Cloud last September,
that Gruard sucoeeded in making a final
and successful escape. He made his
.way to Fort Laramie, where he has been
employed ever since by the Government,
iu the capacity of scout and interpreter.
Frank Gruard, unlike most of the
Frontier Scout*
And Indian interpreters, is quite talka
tive, and loves to speak of his old
friends of the Yellowstone country. He
spent nine years with the Sioux of the
North ? and entirely won their confi
dence. Re is at present about twenty
four years of age, dresses in civilized
costume, wears none of the tawdry tin
sel decorations generally worn by the
Indians, and makes no outward display
whatever. Iu speaking of Sitting Bull
and the expected campaign, Gruard
said he expected a long, bitter and stub
born war before his adopted father
would give lyay, apff then, if whipped,
the Sioux woiild jjoin their brethren in
the British pqssessions. Like all other
frontiers men, Gruard has a su
preme contempt for the peace policy of
the Government, and said the Indians
* laugh at the idea of treaty-making.
Since this interview Frank Gruard
has become quite noted and is the cen
tral figure in Crook’s campaign. It was
his advice that saved Crook’s shattered
and crippled expedition from annihila
tion after the battle op tfye Rosebud.
When Crook ordered pursuit into the
Rosebud mountains, Gruard discovered
and showed the country full of ambus
cades and overpowering hordes of Sioux,
and by his advice Crook withdrew to
his supply cajpp on Goose Creek. As
Gruard will figure quite pjoipinnut.Jy
in tbe fortficoining inffiah war, this
brief of his life will prove’quite
interesting.
THE ERUPTION OF VOLCANOES.
Tbe Real Cause Still a Mjotery—The Modern
Hypothesis—Chemical Constitution yt Vol
canic Vapors. 5
Thp Revue Seientiftgue, of July 1,
oontains an interesting chapter, quoted
from a work on volcanoes by M- K.
Fuchs. The aqthQf, after reviewing all
the different theories hitherto in vogue,
distinctly repudiates the notion that
volcanoes are in communication with the
centre of the earth. The real cause of
eruptions, he says, is still a mystery.
The modern hypothesi, which supposes
the centre of the earth tq be solid, but
enveloped by a stratum of rocks in a
state of aqueous fusion, over which lies
the hardest crust we inhabit, answers
pretty nearly to the facts brought to
light by recent investigation. It is not
to be doubted that eruptions are owing
to a struggle between the vapor* con
tained in the volcanic focus and masses
of lava that stop their issue. These will
absorb a large quantity of the former,
but in the end tbey get saturated, and
the remaining vapors force a passage to
the terrestrial surface.
The origin of these vapors is stated to
be the sea, which provides the volcanic
focus with the requisite steam. In sup
port of this view the author points to
the fact that active volcanoes are almost
exclusively situated near a coast. Out
of lg 9 that have had prnptiops since the
middle of the last century, ninety-eight
are insular, and nearly nU-fcheiathers are
close tq the coast. Another argument
ia favor of the infiltration qf the sea
water is this: thaf tbe chemical constitu
tion of volcanic vapors comprises all the
subßtanoes that distinguish sea water
from fresh, and even in the same pro
portions. The real volcano is the in
visible focus situated in the entrails of
the earth, and not the mere erater ex
posed to view. The mountain is noth
ing but a sort of chimney, forced by
and for the passage of the lava, and it
incloses a vast spsce, where the lava
accumulates from time to time until it
is exploded by the steam.
We may here state that these views
coincide with those explained by Dr.
Montucci in his questions Scientijigue,
in which he considers the various focuses
of volcanic aosiviky as so many “ulcers
of the terrestrial globe, and not reach
ing further down than a conple of miles
below the level of the sea.
Nobtheastebn RaTUKOAP- — She bridge
UCrcs= the Oconee, about 2J miles from
the depot at Athens, has been almost
completed. The river at that point ig
only abont sixty feet wise, hut th® oa
fire length of the trestle, of course, is
mnch longer, being abont 600 feet. The
trestliDg upon this side has not yet been
finished. The new locomotive, ‘‘R, L-
Moss,” fxom the RaMvfin Locomotive
ComFaoy, of Philadelphia,, is now run
ning upon the line, and the passenger
train fs complete, depots at Lula
City and 'Harmony Grove are' about
finished—likewise the Athens depot; all,
save the painting. Messrs. Gann A
Reaves will have a hack at the Qconee
bridge upon the arrival of train*, and j
passengers, with baggage, can be easily j
transferred. The road will reach)
Athens by the fst of September. 1
THE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS
Indian Spring hotels have reduced
board to $lO a week and S3O a month.
Gwinnett has 15,651 acres in cotton
and 32,825 acres in corn; 5,842 sbeep
and 1,735 dogs.
James Bine, the present Represehta
tive of Glynn county in the Legislature,
was renominated by the Republicans for
the same position, on Saturday last.
The Berrien County News is responsi
ble for the statement that Captain John
Brooks, section master on the B. & A.
R R., recently killed in and under his
honse twenty rattlesnakes. He now re
sides near Alappaha.
Mrs. Wilmoth McGuire, perhaps the
oldest lady in Jackson oounty, and one
of the first settlers of Athens, died at
the residence of Mr. Atkins, at the
“Brick Store” (Maysville), a few days
since. She was *95 years of age; had a
large cirole of friends and kinfolks, and
was related to several of the citizens of
Jefferson.
The Elbert-on Gazette, in a brief no
tice of the District meeting recently held
in that place, remarks: “The results of
the meeting were very gratifying to all
the people, and we feel that its benefits
to the community will be very great and
lasting.” One of the “results,” accord
ing to the Gazette, was that quite a re
vival was in progress, with several con
versions, and the altar crowded at each
meeting.
A young man who was promenading
with a young lady through the halls of
the Markham House, one evening last
week, stooped near the door of a gentle
man’s room (who happened to be awake)
and made love to the girl after a large
size, and begged her to confess that she
loved hipa. But the girl did not seem
willing to answer so readily, and the fel
low kept up his pleadings and importu
nities until the gentleman in the room,
who had heard all that had passed, said
to the girl, “For God’s sake, tell the fool
you love him, and let him go, so I can
go to sleep.” The party moved off in
silence.
Griffin News : It was thought and
hoped by the friends of both parties that
the difficulty between Colonel Bray and
Captain Little had been permanently
settled, but yesterday morning Colonel
Bray was observed moving out of his
front gate with clenched teeth and a
countenance of desperate determination.
Under his left arm was his favorite blue
cotton umbrella, and in his right hand
he grasped his donbleleaded hickory
stick. Some friends of Little noticed
the Colonel's desperate appearance and
gave him warning. Joe immediately
moved his watermelons inside the door
and barricaded the show-window. Mean
time the Colonel advanoed dawn the
street with measured tread, aud at one
time trouble was imminent. Fortunately
a fresh load of watermelons arrived just
at this time, and another compromise
was effected by mutual friends, aud a
fresh melon was divided between the
belligerents, under a promise extracted
from both to “go and sin no more.”
Fulton county returns: White re
turns—Polls, 3,400. Lawyers, 96; phy
sicians, 63; dentists, 12; auctioneers, 3;
photograph artists, 9; billiard tables,
16; acres of land, 103,797—va1ue of
same, $1,476,339; value of city real es
tate, $11,291,149; bank stock, $964,821;
money aud solvent debts, $1,191,365;
merchandise, $2,053,500; bonds, 187,937;
iron works, $64,400 ; household and
kitchen furniture, $572,151; live stock,
$202,961 ; plantation and mechauical
tools, $15,159; annual crops held for
sale, April Ist, $422; value of all other
property not enumerated in the above,
$242,750; total, $19,434,155. Colored
returns—Polls, 983. Dentists. 2; bil
liard tables, 4; acres of land, 398; value
of same, $12,725; value of city real es
tate, $241,322; money and solvent debts,
$4,210; household and kitchen furniture,
$13,962; plantation and mechanical
tools, $1,354; all other property not enu
merated in the above, $17,147; total,
$ 92,720. Recapitulation—White, $19,-
434,155; colored, $2 )2,750; total, $19,-
726,905.
A Novelty In Dresses.
Just now, writes the Newport corres
pondent of the Boston Advertiser, the
social feature is the garden party. The
other day Mme. Mayflower, who lives
not a hundred miies from the sacred
city of Boston, as her name indicates,
invited her dear five hundred to one of
these Watteau parties. There was never
anything prettier, and one might have
fancied it a scene from the “Trianon,”
with all its shepherdess fashion of hat
and feather, and quaint flower gowns.
And, by the way, anew notion, which
makes a pretty occupation, is to buy
plain white organdie muslin of the thin
nest and sheerest kind, and paint it in
any design to suit the wearer or the
wearer’s skill. Bunches of tiny flowers,
rose-buds and lilies, are the most used.
But a more original mind either con
ceived the idea, or borrowed it from the
Japanese fancy, of transferring foliage
and running water, and made a lovely
pattern of fern foliage upon a ground
of white, which, worn over a blue silk,
had the most enchanting effeot, odd as
it may seem in the telling. The beauty
and peculiarity of these dresses are in
the faot that the designs are at much
greater spaces than in the printed man
ufactures. This fact, of course, dimin
ishes the labor tenfold; and the effect is
entirely unique and ought to
bring about a revolution in all
printed goods. Let the pattern be of
rosebuds, lillies or ferns, the effect is at
a little distance precisely like bouquets
of real growth, fresh plucked from field
and garden. What are they painted
with ? Water-oolors, of oourse, as oils
would run, and the question of “doing
up” is not to be thought of for a mo
ment in the Vanity fair, though, serious
ly, enough wear can always be gotten
from an organdie to make it pay,
though it never sees the laundress. Qf
course, all the wearers will po.t be able
to paint their owp gowns. But there
are plepty oi feminine artists, whose
pictures ate not yet hung at Williams &
Everett’s, who will be only too glad to do
this pretty work for King Midas’ daugh
ters at a reasonable price. The whisper
is that the fashion did not come from
Paris, but originated in the fertile brain
of a young demoiselle hearer home,
whose pprsd'was nothing to speak of,
but whose associations, if not her blood,
were of the bluest blue. And invited
to one of King Midas’ feasts, and wifh
“nothing to wear,” she conceded and
executed one of those triumphs of ar*
I don’t know wlra Mte story shouldn’t be
true.
.1
THE NEWEST FASHIONABLE SPORT IN
ENGLAND.
London Daily News : Avery curious
sport is gaining ground in tnis country,
The use of cormorants for fishing pur
poses has been practiced for centuries
by the Chinese, who carefully train
these birds to deliver their prey unin
jured to their master, instead of appro
priating it to their own use; and from
China and other Oriental countries it
has been brought to England. Cormo
rant fishiag recalls, in a measure, the
old days of falconry, with the excep
tion that, while the feats of the train
ed hawks and falcons were performed
in mid-air, the performances of the
“sea crow,” as the French call it, takes
place in the water. With a ring placed
round their necks to prevent them
swallowing their booty, though well
trained birds will dispense with this
restraint, the cormorants plunge at a
given signal into the water, and hardly
ever fail to bring up a finny prize.—
Their broad webbed feet, and their
thin, keel-sbaped body, admirably
adapt them for swimming and diving;
and they will often use their short,
stiff wing3 as an additional means of
propulsion. Bo swift are they, and so
sudden their descent, that the nim-,
blest fish cannot escape them. If they
ssige their prey otherwise than by the
head they ascend to the surface, and
quickly jerking it into the air, will
adroitly catch it as it falls heidfore
most. The appearance of a number
of cormorants thus engaged, and
regularly bringing up their booty to
their owner's hand, is a vet;y pleasing
sight. Thus employed they will con
tinue fishiqg, with but little intermis
sion, and with the occassional encour
agement of a handful of the smaller fry,
for several hours together. Otters, in
deed, can be trianed in a similar man
ner, and if this mode of fishing is likely
to become at all general, it will necessi
tate anew reading of certain acts of
the salmon fishery
acts, for instance, a duty is payable on
“instruments” used for the captpya oJ
salmon, and it may become a question
for the lawyers a "cormorant”
can properly be called an "instrument,”
if engaged in pursuit of salmon, while it
is only an “aquatic totipalmate bird” at
other times. There are, at any rate, few
kinds of sport which are not open to ob
jections from which cormorant fishing
is free. Cormorants must have fish to
eat, and it is no more cruel to let them
feed themselves in live presence of ad
miring spectators than to catch the fish
all in a net. It is even superior to the
ancient falconry, since the winged prey
of the hawk is more senitive animal
than the finny prey of the cormorant,
and the fish do not probably feel any
pain in their ignominious descent, head
foremost, into the capaoions beak of
their captors.
Twt Banks Suspended.
Ossartb, August 16,—Two banks in
this city have supended, causing a re
newal of the financial crisis.
FRENCH ACTORS.
The Htylr and Character of Some of Them.
An American gentleman, who has re
sided in Paris for many years, and who
is on terms of intimacy with several of
the leading French literati of the day,
recently gave me an amusing aoeount of
the company at the Comedie Francaise
behind the scenes, Delaunay, the most
charming young lover on the Parisian
stage, who is about fifty-five years of
age, and has a grown-up daughter, is,
he says, very good-natured, very con
ceited, and has a very red nose in pri
vate life. Febvre is a gentleman and a
good fellow as well. Mounet-Sully is a
thorough Bohemian, but is very young
and a hard student. Coqneliu the el
der, probably the most gifted actor of
that galaxy of taleut, was formerly a
pastry-cook; he is imperious, conceited,
and vulgar, but undeniably a great ge
nious. Got, the “doyen” of the compa
ny, that is to say the one who has been
the longest secretaire, is the most ac
complished gentleman of them all. He
was formerly in the army, went on the
stage comparatively late in life, aud is
extremely anxious to make money, as
well as very proud of the rank he has
taken in his profession. He has often
talked of leaving the Comedie Francaise
believing that he could make more mon
ey by playiug star engagements than he
does as a member of the stock company
of the most celebrated theatre in the
world, but he has never been able to
make up his mind to the change. Lafon
taiue, who did leave the Comedie Fran
caise to go starring, is the wealthiest
actor in France, aud only remains on the
stage from sheer love of his profession.
His income is estimated at $12,000. He
enjoys the very highest reputation in
private life, and is a model of domestic
virtue as well as of dramatic talent. His
wife, the celebrated VictoriaLafontaine,
enjoys a similar fame, as does Mile.
Reichemberg, of the Comedie Francaise,
a lovely blonde, lately married to M.
Bouhy, of the Opera Oomique. There
were two others once who rivalled them
—Rose Cheri and Desclee—but heaven
rest their souls, they’re dead ! As to
the other ladies of the Comedie ;Fran
caise, they are scarcely so straight laced,
if common report does them no injus
tice. The greatest of them all—the re
fiued, poetic, etherial-looking Sarah
Bernhardt—is not one whit better be
haved than some of her less gifted com
panions. She has just taken possession
of her new hotel on the Parc Monceau.
It cost $40,000, and the panels and ceil
ing of the dining room owe theirdecora
tions of the pencils of two of the rising
artists of the present day, Duez aud
Clairin, the latter the painter of the
great actress’ portrait as Mrs, Clarkson
in “L’Estrangere,” which attracted
so much attention at the last
Salon. All the furniture of the house
is veritably antique, selected with great
care, patience, and judgment from the
shops of the second-hand dealers of
Paris. In the bedroom of the actress
stands the piece of furniture which she
caused to have made some two years
ago, and which is always placed at her
bedside—her coffin. It is covered out
side with black cloth, fringed with
silver, and bearing her monogram in
silver letters on the lid ; within it is
lined with white satin, and is luxurious
ly wadded and tufted. This strange
whim is said to be perfectly in accord
ance with the peonliar and morbid tem
perament of Sarah Bernhardt. She is
very violent in temper, and when she
gets thoroughly augry is by no means
choice in her language. One of/the ear
liest worshippers at her shrine was Gus
tave Dore, and it is said that her sug
gestions inspired some of the most
original and fantastic of his designs.—
She is passionately devoted to her two
professions—acting and sculpture—and
aims at one day mounting the vacant
throne of Rachel. She is unquestion
ably the greatest aotress now on the
French stage, but she falls far short of
the sublime heights attained by gift
ed predecessor and co-religionist. —Lucy
Hooper in New York Herald.
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IODIDE OF AMMONIA
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J. H. ALEXANDER.
jy3o-d&wlm Agent.
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August next. Either partner will sign the
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C. H. PHINIZY.
F. B. PHINIZY.
A CARD.
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IN retiring from the Cotton Commission busi
ness, I take pleasure in returning thanks
to my friends who have patronized so liberally
the firm of C. H. Phimzy & Cos., and to ask
from them a continuance of the same to my
late partner, Mr. F. B. Phinizy, whom I hearti
ly recommend as worthy of their confidence.
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F. B. PHINIZY,
(Successor to C. H. Phinizy & Cos.)
COTTON FACTOR
Augusta, tra.,
WILL give his personal attention to all
business entrusted to his care, and
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Shipments of Cotton respectfully solicited.
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Tlb Georgia Cotton Gin,
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FOR over twenty years wo have manufac
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We do not strive to get ap a fanoy article for
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we omit them.
PRICES OR GUNS:
For 9 Inch Saws, per Saw - - $3 25
For 10 Inch Saws, per Saw - - 350
Old Gins repaired in the best style and at
reasonable charges.
Freight must be prepaid on them when ship
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Pearl Dress and Shirt Bnttons in variety, by tf!. GRAY & CO.
New and favorite brands of 4-4 Shirting and 10 4 Sheeting, by
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AH the Best Brands of Calico at 6 1-4 cents, by €. GRAY & CO.
Ladies* and Gents’ Handkerchiefs at 50 per cent. Less than they were
two months ago.
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AMERICAN COTTON TIE COMPANY, LIMITED.
Ahead of AH Competition.
in store and to arrive, a full supply of the celebrated
ARROW TIE,
For sale to the trade. Also, a supply of PIECED TIES always ou hand.
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CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY.
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T. F. BRANCH, President. J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
THOS. W. COSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES L. GOW,
JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. L BRANCH.
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