Paper Temperance, VOIAJMK I. ÜRANGÉBÜRG, …...iiiir for tito montli of Juno: New Orleans,...
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E. A. WJÄHSTER. Editor and Proprietor. A Weekly Paper Ucvoled to Temperance, Literature and Politics. VOIAJMK I. ÜRANGÉBÜRG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 1?, 1875, NÜMI5KR Iii TIMELY TOPICS. ONE of lilt" mau y good pointu of the HOW cons! ii ut ion of Arkansas, adopted li ss Dian a year ago, is the provision for tlio payment of thu slate debt. This providion in now being curried out under tho moans provided by tho lust legisla¬ ture. _ Jared lt. linell, of Indianapolis; and Susan D. dilbert, of Athol, Maos., have ..married" tboinsclves by a written con¬ tract, which is to "bo in forco during our physical lives, provided our mutual love natures ever blond as now-but to terminate without prejudice by the wish of either party, if love shall ever contle to bo mutual," IN 1870, New York oily had a popida- lion of 012,202, and a municipal debt of 8122,800,780. In 1871, London had a population of :i,2(Jii,0S7, and rt city debt of S2fi,018,000. Those figures are im¬ posing. Tho city and county debts of Ibo whole union aro estimated to bo to¬ day $35,(100,000 ; but. as this cstiniato is only for (bono having ono million and over of liabilities, the total mny bo not down itt a thousand million. Add tho stale and national debts and there re¬ sidís a heavy load for poHtority. IT in quito discouraging lo know that tho importation of lire crackers for fourth of July purposes this year will amount to .'HU),ODO boxes-n large excess over the rocoipls of inst year, owing doubtless to. tho centennial typhoid. The Chinesti and Japanese make a good thing out of thc squibs, as they alone can manufacture snob explosives, the attempts to reproduce tbeni in this country Laving failed. Tho invention, however, is deemi d by many people, not highly creditable to Johu China¬ man's civilization. Tim inundations in Southern France have called fori li thc ready sympathy of tho cneli people, for ibo sn florero, and relief funds, io familiar to Ameri¬ can cars of lalo, aro being rained every¬ where, JTlie. city o{" Toulouse^ which has s ii floret f so terribly, is very aucient, having been a leading city of the Gauls when HUÍ Homans conquered their coun¬ try. Massive walls of Roman work¬ manship havo been broken down by tho recent Hoods from the river Garonne, on whoco banks tho city is built. The loss of property n now placed at $150,- 000,000._ LATER advices from France confirm previous reports of tho frightful charac¬ ter of tho inundation tdoug tho river Garonne. Many towns havo been sub¬ merged and whole tedious of country overflowed. More tîtun a thousand 1Í»'CB were lost, over two hundred dead bodies being found in ono village. Twenty thousand people aro homeless and suf¬ fering. President MucMahon has de¬ parted for tho scene of desolation to render bitch assistance as may be nec¬ essary. Tho Garonne rises in tho Pyrenees, on the e.onlines of Bpaili, and ia subject lo overflow, on account of tho general Hal ness of its batiks. PEOVMÎ seo things differently. For instance, tho terrible earthquake that recently destroyed San .loso do Cnoutn, in Columbia. When the catastrophe began, most of the inhabitants went down upon their knees and prayed for relief and mercy. Yet, iii tho midst of the scene, when the earth wan heaving, buildings falling, and tho dying groans and shrieks of men, women and children Oiling tho air, a wild horde of demoni¬ acal thieves and robbers swarmed into the. I owns, sacking houses, pillaging bank vaults, and plundering the dead, and even murdering. If an earthquake will not quicken a man's consuionco, there is no lolling what will. TllP. NOW York World mukös the establish menthol a zoological gardeu in Philadelphia tho occasion for tlio pre¬ sentation of sonni interesting facts con¬ cern i ng tho famous Loudon zoological gardons. Tho London oolloo!ion in 187;i included 500 quadrupeds, 1,227 birds and 225 reptiles, and was at that tiine, us yet, tho largest in existence. The first ihinoccros cost Xl,000; tho four giraffes C700, and their carriage au adtlitional £700; tho olephahtand a calf, £800, and Ibo hippopotamus, though ti gift, was not brought home and housed for lens »han .Cl.000.. Tho cost of maintaining tho London gardens is very great, but tho receipts aro ample to mcot it. THE American riflo team has achieved great victory in Ireland over tho crack shots of that country. A mutch wnp shot Inst week between tho two teams. In tho first bout, at eight hundred yards, tho Amoricans woio beaten by ..no point, tut in tho »wo succeeding bouts, at nino hundred and a thousand ya«-d« roBptjntivolyi tho Am*r»«wn "*PH out aliñad, thus winning tho mutch. Tho victory of tho Americans was rú- ccivcd with tremendous cutliUHÍa.sm, and they wore tho recipients of tlio moHt distinguished honors from tlio populace and their competitors. The contest lins boon marked by tho most fraternal feel¬ ing on all sides. Tlio American ri He- men have been trnated with tlio utmost coiiHideratiou by their hosts, and even tho fiting of dofeat has not caused any suspension of tho friendly intercourse. A I'IUVATE soldier of Prof. .Tenney's escort, in his geological survey of the Blaok Hills, writes that he found gold by menus of a pick and a shovel, while tlio geologists wore tryiug to lind it by seientilic principles. His advice is that those desirous of going gold hunting should hold themselves in readiness, and tho instant tho Indian treaty ia an¬ nulled to hosten on. Tho party had encountered three mining camps on French creek. Thoy were panning ont about §10 a day, each, and. were of tho opinion that, when they get their work¬ ing apparatus ju good order, they will bo able to moko §T>0 ll day. Tho soldier lind washed four pans of dirt ami gst about live cents to the pan of seale gold, sumo of thu pieces being a little larger than a piu's head. Ile did not have to dig a foot down for tho dirt, and declares that all that Gustar told concerning tho treasures of tho country was strictly true. TUB statistical reporta just published by tho agricultural bureau indicate wide-spread disaster to tho fruit-grow ing interest, an will bo seen from the following notes : Insect depredations aro recorded only in Maine, in Eome counties of which caterpillars were troublesome. In New England gene¬ rally tho crops woro late, and in some parts a tendency to simultaneous blooming t xcited remark. In tho middle, southern and western Btates generally, the climatic conditions were very unfavorable. Tho severity of the wiutor has not oulv destroyed tho fruit germs, but also tho trees. Tho cold brttto HA -nu .i^.iiiu .nji.tifii.'.t '«rio oovjt-«, of this injury, and heavy late frosts in many places destroyed what had sur¬ vived th-j winter. In «orno casca it is noled that tho plums stood tho severity of tho season better than other sorts of fruit. Grapes in many eases escaped on account of late blooming, but the vineyards of' several sections were greatly depleted by tho extreme cold, rimal' fruits were loss severely affected and aro reported as producing very luxuriantly. Con. BouoiNOT, who has just returned from tho Indian Territory, says twenty- seven murder cases havo just boen dis¬ posed of by tho United States district court at Fort Smith, Ark., before which all criminal business from tho Indian nation comen. Out of thiH number thero woro eight convictions for murder in ttio firp.t degree. Kevon of those convicted, including two boys, ono oeyentcon, tho other nineteen years, both aro to bo hanged together on the 3d of September next. Thc eighth one, a negro, was lulled after conviction whilo attempting to escape. Much out¬ lawry prevails in tho Indian Territory, and ten men havo been lulled in the vicinity of Fort Smith within a few mont ha, A very bitter contest is uow going on in tho Cherokee nation for thc position of chief of the nation between tho KOKS and Downing parties, and it ie alleged conspiracy and secret assassina¬ tion aro rife Col. W. P. KOKO, present chief, is a candidato for re-election, and a mau named Thompson ia the candi¬ date of tho Downing party. Capt. Jos. B. Fades has written i lotter to President Graut and secretary of war Iiulknap, advising them of titi progress of tho jetties at tho South Pass The main point in tho lotter is that pro visional works, ono thousand foot long are already constructed on tho line o tho east jetty, and being pushed seawan at tho iato of two hundred feet per day Two hundred mechanics and laborer and four piiedriviog machines aro n work ona a large quantity of stone am othor matorial aro ready at hand. Ail ditionol accommodations aro being pr< pared, und in abort tho working fore will bo largely increased. Tolegraphi communication bas been established bi tween New Orleans and Ibo head of til Pass, and the line is being extended I tho worliH at tho mouth of tho Pas Capt. Koihi Bays the provisional woi mentioned is what is koo rn as shee piling, and whilo it is only rjrolimiuat in oharactor, it will temporarily ter the fa-no purpose and produce tho san result ns permanent jett ies. Tho ca tain is quito miro that there will 1 twenty feet of water on tho bar, ut tl , Ht« ii th í'nun, by Mis 1»*ot February, THE OLD CONTINENTALS. In their rngKi-d rcgliuentalH Blood U.lil «ont menial.-", Yielding not ; While the crclimliiTH wen- I ll iij;i HfT, Ami liku iiail !'. ll Un- plunging H1IUIIOI1-9I10I ; Win n Hu- SICH Oftho isl« :< l-'rotu Ihr smoky nigh) encampment L ue Hu- banner of tin- rampant tliiicorn, Ami gruiutuer, prlimitier, nrnmmer, Kuli« il Ilm roll of thu itrumuicr Through ibo muru ! Thou with eye« la Ibo front all. Anti willi mum horizontal, Slooil our sires ; While Hu) balls whist hil ilenilly, Ami in streams tbisiiini; redly, Iilu7.«tl thu lins; As Ihu roar i m the shore Kw, i a lin-sti'on;; lialHe-brrnkerti <)Vr Uni eii'. ii-ibli <1 acre.« Of tin- plu I n ; Ai il loitiler, louder, louiler. Cracked Ike blnelt «mipowdir, Cr.u'l.iiiü amain ! Now like Un' Finllha ai tin n- forgea Wollo il III- ri il Si. tll.OlgO*« i 'annoncer* ; \tui ill" " » ill inion nalt|ielre Kan:;, a llereu ilifcnrilant luelle lion ml our earn. As 111» swill. Stone-drift, Wilb liol swecpinu ntu;er Cline Hie horru-gndrda clanger ( in our flunks ; Tin n Muller, hitcher, higher, Un rm <l Hie old-Lothl.cl lite Through Hie ranks ! Theii Hu- hare.headed colonel li.tllo|ii'il ibruttiili Hi" white Infernal l'ottib r-eloucl ; Ami his broadsword was Hwlugihg, Ami los brazen timmi wan ringing Trumpet louil. Theil tb» blue Labels Hew ; Anil Ibo lriinper-tne!;etH reilileneil At the lunch ol tile leádeil Kilte-hteiiUi; Ami rot luirr, rounder, rotiuder Itoaretl Hie iron Bix-Jiouinler, Uurllii); ib nth '. (hiu Humphrey MuManter. THE GREAT STAPLE. K< port «if the New OrlcmiH Cotton Kx- cliimcv Tile Crop Iii ion ii il lu 10x- eellelll Condition. Tin* Committee on Information rind Statistics of I he Now Orleans Cotton Ex¬ change, to whom lins been entrusted tho iluty of compiling n national crop re¬ port, nnulo tip from returns of vuriotiH Kxehatigos appointed therefor by tho National Exchange, .submit tlio follow- iiiir for tito mont li of Juno: New Orleans, Department of Louis- ifinn-We liavo H'.) letters from 37 par¬ ishes, which unite in reporting generally favorable weather. There has been no additional acreage put in cotton nineo tho 151 h of May, but thoro ban been Ünm/i rnnlojitir.tr wh.-.rivliuiilfl wism nyar- oweif ami to periecl tho stanitu. Tiro plant has been better cultivated tlnui for many years, and ia growing and forming well. Many blooms arc re¬ ported. Tlio stands ure represented as very Rood to excellent, and thc prosout condition of tho crop is most nattering, much better and about ono week earlier when compared with last year. Missistippi-10.*l replies received. Average date about the 15th. Weather nearly universally represented IIB very favorable. Stands line and the plant forming well, though too early for many blooms. The present condition is stated as very good, and much botter when compared with last year. No nd- ditiomd acreage put in cotton. Re¬ planting has been done where thc plants were imperfect. Labor plenty and ef¬ ficient. Arkansas-50 correspondents send in their answers from 22 counties. Since the first of .Tuno tho weather han boon hot, and most enough to promote rapid growth and cause tito plant to form and htpiaro well. Tho stands aro vo»"y good, und no replanting hus boen needed, ex¬ cept in a few exceptional eases. Brad¬ ley county reports the first bloom on tho 8th inst., but it is only exceptional, and as it rulo blooming had not begun at the dato of our answer and corres¬ pondents aro unanimous in represent- ing tho condition us exceedingly promis¬ ing and far superior to that of last year, l'lau'ters ¡no encouraged by thc prospect, «me of tho linost. over known. Considerable attention und ciro has been devoted to tho cultivation of cereals, nud owing to the excellent harvest, a feeling of independence is vbrv noticeable in mir correspondence. Charleston, Department of South Car¬ olina-1)7 unsWorn received from 2f oonntios, reporting weather since May lons generally favorable. Some com¬ plaints of cool-nights. Very little ad- tl i I ional planting. Blands represented us good, ¡jI answers soy forming well ; '.V.), sny few fnnns, mid Í) no forms. All agrco iu stating, no blooms np to date of answers. Present condition good, though sinai), being clean of grass and nome parts comparo favorably With Inst year. Heavy storms of wind and bail ure reported in six comities since Juno 7, tining miieh real tl a runge. Lice aro reported in four counties. Augusta Department, covering that portion of thé state of Georgia not in¬ cluded iu the.Savannah report -Weather favorable ; no additional planting; Homo little replanting ; stands good ; forming well but no blooms. General condition good. Crops generally very clean. La¬ hor plentiful and good. Savannah Department -Savannah Cot¬ ton Exchange, covering Northern, Mid¬ dle and Southwestern (borgia und thc stato of Florida-Weather dry and pen- orally favorable ; ho additional planting of any consequence; stands gootl ; plant vigorous ; ga orally forming well, but no blooms except iii the southern por tion of the stat«;; condition good ; croj clean and weil worked ; plant somewhat smaller mid a few days later, but ratliei bolter than at tho sume time last yenr. Florida-Dry and favorable weathei j clearing i ho Holds of grass; stands good plan* forming well and commencing tc I bloom; condition good and compare! favorably with hu>t year, though «mal j from il ry went her and somewhat iatci I t-lmn hvsl ye««", promiser! tu bo prell fruited at the bottom, which ÍH tho principal part of tho crop. Mobile, Department of Alabama- From fifty-two counties, 12(i replica : Tho w< atbor bas been genorftlly favor¬ able, rather too dry in Homo places, bid not eiough so to iujuro tho plant. Ihore ans boon very little replanting or additu iial planting. Tho utanda aro good laid the plant ia forming well ; very few blooms ; tho condition UH com¬ pared (.Uh last year in reported from aa good t'« ranch bettor ; there aro acarcoly any tin favorable circumatanccB rolativo to growth or condition of tho crop ; only a few reports of lice and grasshoppers, and complaint« of cold nights and drouth. Tho crop in clean, in good condition »nd better cultivated than last year. Mts;; »uri -Nineteen conidios, 56 re- plies. The weather lia« ben generally fiivoroWe, needing rain in some conn lies, nt- 1 Borne complaints of cold nights, prod IM og lice. Tbero ban been very Hule replanting or additional planting ; stands ..re good and plant, forming well; only a lew blooms ; pi osent condition of crop is better lhau Inst year at samo period tho indy unfavorable eircum H'aneen1 aro those noted above; the fuvoraWe cirouinstnnei s aro, tin* crop ÍH clea M«r, bot'er cultivated and more advane-d than last year at same time. Norfolk mid Portsmouth Department Fifty five rejilicH from 2'.) counties in North karolina, nix replies from two counties in Virginia. Forty-fivo replies report, weather dry find cold ; l l say favoral !e, and only two represent tho wcathe- wet and cold. Fifty-four an¬ swers leport tho stand as good ; sumo few complaints on stiff lauds ; some forms ;. no blooms. Soven roplies from Bevon counties in eastern Carolina rep¬ resent I ho stand as below tho average ; condit ion vory generally stated aa good ; crop will cultivated and free from grass and we 'ds ; plant smaller than at t he same time last year, nod from eight to liftCCU dajB later. Five answers from tivo counties in eastern Carolina ropo t condition bad. Correspondents state that tin: weather since tho loth of May has ben too cool for rapid growth, but with warm nnd seasonable weather a great improvement is looked for. Memphis Department-145 answers receive'.1. Weather generally repre¬ sented ijs favorable ; no additional acre¬ age pu', iu eotton sinco May 15 ; stands good n;,d satisfactory ; plant generally squaring and forming freely ; 12 reports ot blo<¿.iB dating from 18tli to 20th ; condi'.'Jv «jood : lrelds free of grass and m ii-vHB<rai« vi >umc"Ou'ui|Miiiirc¡ri'r>vu !ol»l nights, lice, etc., dating from May 15th to Juno 5th, mostly remedied by subsmpieut favorable weather. Galveston Dopartment, Texas- We have received 120 reports from QM coun¬ ties, embracing tho period between May 15th and June 20th ; weather very generally Bind to buve been favorable ; no addition to acreage in cotton since May 15th ; uorne little replanting whore seed tailed to como up ; stand« repre¬ sented ns good, and in the coast range reported to bis forming nnd blooming wei!. A InrRo majority of our reports agree in the .statement that tho season is from oue to threo weeks later than last year, and that tho plant is generally small, but is clear of gruss and ru good con¬ dition. Kains are needed. Tho cater¬ pillar is reported in three counties, but so far hus dono no material damage. How He Caught Them. Home years ago, an eccentric g. nins, tho Rev. Tilomas t\ Hunt, used to give tomperanco lectures; Ono night ho an¬ nounced tbnt ho would lecture in Easton. Now, tomperanco was not in favor among th« malo portion of tho burg. The women, however, were all iu for the pledgo, nnd consequently, on Hunt's first night not a mau showed himself in tho hali. Tho benches were pretty well lilied with women, though, and Hunt commenced; but, instead of temperance, ho put them through on tho vanities of dress, ole. They wore great puffed feather sleeves then. They-the sleeves -caught it, then their tight lacing, and BO on through tho whole catalogue of lemah! follies; not a word about temper¬ ance. And tho ladies went home bop¬ ping mad, told their husbands about it, nnd voted old Hunt down to the lowest, notch. ile hud annonnoed that ho would lec¬ ture nt tko ñamo plhco tho next night. Long before tho timo appointed they commenced to como, and when Hunt hobbled down the aisle tho building was comfortably well tilled with men. Tin old fellow looked about, chuckled, and muttered : lîogs, I've got you now !" Tho nmlieiicn stared. .? Aha,' bogs, I've got you now !" Atter the crowd lind got quiet, a little, tho h durer said : "Friends, you wanted to kuow what 1 meant, by say big, hogs, I've got you now, and I'll toll you. Out west tho begs run wild ; and when folks get out of meat they catch a young pig, put a stvtóp under his budy, and hitch bim to a young sapling that will ]<"i8t swing him from tho ground nicely. Of course ho squeals and raises a rumpus, when nil tho old hogs gather round to Reo what IS tho matter, ana tbcu tiley shoot thom nt their leisure. Lust night I bung a pig up ; I burt it a little, and it squealed. The old bous have turned out to night to seo the fun, and I'll roast you." And BO ho did, pitching into their favorite vice with relish and guato. -41 Sir," said a littlo blustering man to a religious opponent, "to what peet do you snpposo I belong? "Well, I don't exactly know," rep)ii d . i neut, "hut to ju Inn fron '? 1 appearance, and constaut î f Buonlti think you belonged to th« clan»1 . gçUfiWUy called insoatt" TUE LOST FLORINDA. New Url« ans Picayune, June "Ju. Recent revolutions have excited an intense nud growing interest in tho fate of tho fifteen or twenty men who, more t lmn n quarter of a century ngo, char¬ tered tho schooner Florinda and set Hail for tho golden shores of California. For twenty-nix yours tho familioj of tho adventurers have mourned them nH Jost. Tho last news of tho Florinda WUH re¬ ceived late in thc year 181'.) from Kio Janeiro. She had put in at that port. Homo time previous and then procoedod on her way, leaking badly, it, was said. A vessel touching ut Rio Janeiro short¬ ly afterward, reported having spoken t ho Florinda in the Pacific, jiut beyond (.apo Horn, From that time forward nothing moro was ever heard of tho Florinda, and it became an accepted theory I hat. she had hoon ena! iway und her crew lost somewhere oe the South Pacific iv ut st. No tidings reached tho families of the ill Tated argonauts, and twenty six years »lioped by without ii waif or whisper to disturb tho mel¬ ancholy conviction which had souled the record of their lives. Their children h av o grown lo manhood nod woman¬ hood without, the knowledge, with scarcely tho memory of a father's love. The hopes that clustered around them have long ugo bren transferred to that other world in which they were be¬ lieved to be. Such is the story as it han passed cur¬ rent all this time, with tho general pub¬ lic and wit h the greater number of the relut ives of tho Florinda company. At lirHt, of course, Ibero were doubts and fears and expectations, moro or less re¬ luctantly resigned for certainty, but to Ulis conclusion all eventually carno and Lho hiss of tho schooner with all on hoard bay, for fully a quarter of a cen¬ tury, In en regarded as a fact about which there could bo no sort of ques¬ tion. Tho unfortunate men havo been is utterly given up us though their iuriaÎ6 had taken place in presence of ho whole community, and to have told my of their familier? that they were .till alive would have been to ask them o believe that tho dead had risen after weuty-livo years of sepulture and vnlkod forth once more among the iviug. Within tho past, few days, however, ireoiscly this proposition bas in eftcct >eeii made. The strange and startling itutement bas transpired that Harmon Iones and bis fellow voyagers were not c>j^t^us.vvo^Jmy<» thought, but aro now nknowu island in thc lower l'aoilic. About a month neo a friend of Mrs. [armón Jones rend in an English paper u account of sonic British vessel having icon driven ont of her course in a storm nd sighted an unknown island. Much o tho surprise of tho crow tho island urned out to bo inhabited, and still ioro astonishing, by men who spoke 10 English language. Tho rest of tho tory, UH given in tho paper referred to, s that tho castaways told Ibo ship's Oinpàny that they were the Florinda uir'.y who had sailed from New Orleans 11 1S11) bound for California, that they iud been wrecked ou the island and had Iwolt there ever since, it being then aoro than twenty-five years that they nul hot Hi OU a human face or u fiigu of ho world from which they wore so ittcrly eliminated. Tho paper gave the lames of several, all of whom me mown to have been of Florinda's crew, md iu many other ways, according to tho 'crsion of Airs. Jones' friend, thu iden- ity of tho party was established a« none ut themselves could have established t. lt was further stat', d that tho British "'snot olfered to take ibu mon on board, nit they declined, saying they bad been ost for a quarter of a century ; that hoy kinny not in what situation they voiild find tho families they had left, ind that they prefened staying and 'liding their days Ibero ral her than rcnluro back tu such a doubtful and luoertain future. This paper was four uouths old when Mrs. doues'friend saw t, ono month ugo, and tho ovonts nar ated were described as having occurred our months previous to tho issue of he paper, ii, is just niuo months then ance tho island was discovered by tho british vessel, and nt Unit timo all, or lenrly nil, of tho Florinda party appear o havo been alive. lt. need not be said that this news lins Housed tho dee J lest interest. To the iOmmiinity as large it recalls the fumil- or occurrence of Hie Florinda's Hailing rom New Orleans with its adventurous 5'Vinpauy. To tho families of tho ill ated men it conies like a message from unit her world, and is as though it were .bo announcement of a resurrection. Within thu past few days the relatives nive been bviinr in a slate of constant ixeitemeiif, ami ninny of them, espo lially thc sons bf Harmon Jones, Jno. \. Sidney, and Capt. Kenmore, tho 'kipper of the Florinda, have devoted themselves to tho task of following thc el no given by tho friend who saw tho Kuglish pnpor. Kxtensivo inquiries ure now on foot, and the British consul has kindly interested himself in thu affair io far as to agree to forward to thc war dlice in h indou a full statement of tho circumstances SO that the name of the tresse! which touched nt thc castaway's homo can he ascertained and tho bear- lags of tho island taken from her lopi it. would greatly facilitât this end, however, if a copy of tho paper giving tho original ncconiit wi ro found, and it is still hoped that sumo one who Kees Ibis publication moy have noticed tho paper and be able to toll us whoro a number oan bo had. On that contin¬ gency dépendu nundi that, will simplify and expedite tho quest, but it is cert lin that iu any «.-a tu tho friends of Florind i's nrew will lever o.sl ngr-.bi until tho mystery ls fjuhopiefl to 'tn uttermost livpthi FACTS AISD FANCIES. -Mrs. dribbles bn8 great i dun« of hör husband's military powers. " For two years," says she, " bo was a lionten- ant iu tho horse-marines, aftor which ho was promoted to the oaptaiuoy of a reg¬ ular squad of sap-hoads and miners." -Out of 296,000 of tho last levy of conscripts in Franco 25,000 have boen declared exempted from both activo and passive linties in tho military lino. It looks bad when BO many mou nra not even fib to bo food for gunpowder, though tho fact, should bo considered as a good wigu iu behalf of peace. -Only two hundred years ago the old moss-back who waa governor of Virginia got up and paid: "I. thank God that wc have no free schoolR nor printing presses, »nd I hopo we shall not have any for a hundred years; for loaming baa brought disobedience: and heresy and secta into the world, hud printing ha« divulged I hem and libeled govern¬ ments. God keep ns from both 1" -lt is well that apurent should know tho peculiarity of tho pulse of each child. Tho pulse of a healthy adult beats seventy times in a minute, though good health may bo enjoyed with fewer pulsations. But if thu pulse al way H exceed«sevouty,it indicates disease, tho human manhino is working itself out- thuro is fever or inlhimmntion some, whore, and thc body is feeding on itself. ---The college orator is now abroad ia tho land. His voice is heard from tho four quart ors of tho earth, telling of tho efforts ho has made for distinction in tho past, and his hones and aspira¬ tions for tb«» futuro. He is sanguine- ' far moro suuguiuc, than he will bo a Few years hence, when ho shall have Hicountercd and boen countered by nome of the stern realitiesof lifo. Thus far his education hus been ouly theoret¬ ical ; in thc futuro it will bo practical. Whether tho former shall tit tho sub¬ jects for thc latter, tho futuro alono eau lutorrainc. -ff a man wants to go auywhero in a irief space of timo ho munt walk fiud., jut he loses his popularity in propor- iou to bis rapidity. Balzac, who icenis to have thought it worth whilo to íctico this contemptible fact, anys : ' Violent gesturo or quiok movement uspircs involuntary disrespect. Ono oohs for a niomout nt a cascado, but »no sits for l ours lost in thought and fazing upon tho »¿ilI waters of a lake. \. deliberate gait, gentle manners and a inmenso ad rantàgè over those vastly mjerior to hiai." -All good men should live in Arch- ngel ; all angry men in Ireland; all inrderern in Kildare ; all circus-men in lomorset ; all brokers in Stockholm ; all old men in Chili ; all geometricians in Juba ; all fools in Folly Island ; all orticuUurists in Botany Hay ; all wags ii tho Bay of Fundy ; all perfumers in litscnt or Cologne ; all brewers in latta ; all gluttons in Turkey ; ll beggars in Hungary; all laconic ion in Lacinia; all mourners in Siberia r Wales; all confectioners in Candia ; ll o! itklvcji in the Crimea ; all oil spoc- h.ioiTi Ire tire Dee ; all gamblers in tho i'l'XOQ XnismSs; all stumblers in Tripoli ; ll ooric'jH men in Pekin ; all shoe- iiaknrp iu Boolan ; alluoldiers in Arnie- ia or War«aw. -A Brussels paper gives a painful ccbiiut of the ex Empress Charlotte of léxico, llor physical condition is good, ut her mental condition in hopeless. ¡ho lives in constant communication /ith imaginary beings, and dislikes tho .resçrco of any living person. Bhe peaks only when obliged to do so, and ¡ives orders to her attendants in writ- ng. ribo «li esses hoi self without por- aitting assistance, takes a fixed walk in bo park every morning when fine, fre- jnently piny« on the piano-forte, and umetimes draws and paints with do- ided taste. Sh«> recognizes no visitors, lot even lier brother, King Leopold or ho queen. Tho latter always accom- .anicd the physician on bis monthly isit, when, in reply to bis inquiries as o ber health, the empress coldly snys ho is well, and immediately rotiros. Iho has become stouter, and shows a endeucy to cor pu louey, but nt present' t is stated that thia ha« only increased icr beauty, which is now truly striking. -lt hus been justly said that tho ! reutest discovery of our lives is that bo world is not no bad as, in tho first li* appointment of youth's extravagant .xpoetatiotiM, we uro disposed to regard t. Tho passage from boyhood to mini- mod is "over the bridge of sighs;"and mr finit exporiouoos of lifo as it is, «.semblo the Haver «if th«» forbidden ipple-w«» aro enlightened and minora¬ do. Gladly would wo command tho iccrot of ieoliug ns we one«» did ; but, das, every day takes from ns pomo nippy error-some charming illusion- inver to return. Wo aro reasoned or ïdiculed out of all our jocund mistaken, .ill we aro just wise enough to bo raiser- iblo, and wo oxcluini willi Lady Mary Worlley Montague, "To my extremo nerti Heat iou I lind myself growing IVÍKVV and wiser every day." But a inn: Comes, ut length, when our views nv more just. Wo leave our imaginary [fideu with "solemn step and Blow," anil login to appreciate tho good qualitioii if Ihoau whoso friendship WO »bought ludlow, and thc necessity of that labor which we deemed a curso. Wo ex- diauge ecstasy f«ir content, and, " for¬ getting tho four rivors of our ideal heaven, open our oyes to the manifold beauties of earth-its skies islandoil itnrs, and ita oceans starred by islands, its Bunahines and culms, and tho good- ricas of its prent heart, which sonils forth tries Bud flowers ami fruits for mr benefit and exultation."-fxrofcn*vr tVttiAetvfi
Transcript of Paper Temperance, VOIAJMK I. ÜRANGÉBÜRG, …...iiiir for tito montli of Juno: New Orleans,...
E. A. WJÄHSTER. Editor and Proprietor.A Weekly Paper Ucvoled to Temperance, Literature and Politics.
VOIAJMK I. ÜRANGÉBÜRG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 1?, 1875, NÜMI5KR Iii
TIMELY TOPICS.ONE of lilt" mauy good pointu of the
HOW cons! ii ut ion of Arkansas, adoptedli ss Dian a year ago, is the provision fortlio payment of thu slate debt. Thisprovidion in now being curried out undertho moans provided by tho lust legisla¬ture.
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Jared lt. linell, of Indianapolis; andSusan D. dilbert, of Athol, Maos., have..married" tboinsclves by a written con¬
tract, which is to "bo in forco duringour physical lives, provided our mutuallove natures ever blond as now-but toterminate without prejudice by the wishof either party, if love shall ever contleto bo mutual,"
IN 1870, New York oily had a popida-lion of 012,202, and a municipal debt of8122,800,780. In 1871, London had a
population of :i,2(Jii,0S7, and rt city debtof S2fi,018,000. Those figures are im¬posing. Tho city and county debts ofIbo whole union aro estimated to bo to¬day $35,(100,000 ; but. as this cstiniato isonly for (bono having ono million andover of liabilities, the total mny bo notdown itt a thousand million. Add thostale and national debts and there re¬sidís a heavy load for poHtority.
IT in quito discouraging lo know thattho importation of lire crackers forfourth of July purposes this year willamount to .'HU),ODO boxes-n large excessover the rocoipls of inst year, owingdoubtless to. tho centennial typhoid.The Chinesti and Japanese make a goodthing out of thc squibs, as they alonecan manufacture snob explosives, theattempts to reproduce tbeni in thiscountry Laving failed. Tho invention,however, is deemi d by many people,not highly creditable to Johu China¬man's civilization.Tim inundations in Southern France
have called fori li thc ready sympathy oftho cneli people, for ibo snflorero,and relief funds, io familiar to Ameri¬can cars of lalo, aro being rained every¬where, JTlie. city o{" Toulouse^ whichhas s ii floret f so terribly, is very aucient,having been a leading city of the Gaulswhen HUÍ Homans conquered their coun¬try. Massive walls of Roman work¬manship havo been broken down by thorecent Hoods from the river Garonne,on whoco banks tho city is built. Theloss of property n now placed at $150,-000,000._LATER advices from France confirm
previous reports of tho frightful charac¬ter of tho inundation tdoug tho riverGaronne. Many towns havo been sub¬merged and whole tedious of countryoverflowed. More tîtun a thousand 1Í»'CBwere lost, over two hundred dead bodiesbeing found in ono village. Twentythousand people aro homeless and suf¬fering. President MucMahon has de¬parted for tho scene of desolation torender bitch assistance as may be nec¬essary. Tho Garonne rises in thoPyrenees, on the e.onlines of Bpaili, andia subject lo overflow, on account of thogeneral Hal ness of its batiks.PEOVMÎ seo things differently. For
instance, tho terrible earthquake thatrecently destroyed San .loso do Cnoutn,in Columbia. When the catastrophebegan, most of the inhabitants wentdown upon their knees and prayed forrelief and mercy. Yet, iii tho midst ofthe scene, when the earth wan heaving,buildings falling, and tho dying groansand shrieks of men, women and childrenOiling tho air, a wild horde of demoni¬acal thieves and robbers swarmed intothe. I owns, sacking houses, pillagingbank vaults, and plundering the dead,and even murdering. If an earthquakewill not quicken a man's consuionco,there is no lolling what will.
TllP. NOW York World mukös theestablishmenthol a zoological gardeu inPhiladelphia tho occasion for tlio pre¬sentation of sonni interesting facts con¬cern i ng tho famous Loudon zoologicalgardons. Tho London oolloo!ion in187;i included 500 quadrupeds, 1,227birds and 225 reptiles, and was at thattiine, us yet, tho largest in existence.The first ihinoccros cost Xl,000; thofour giraffes C700, and their carriage au
adtlitional £700; tho olephahtand a calf,£800, and Ibo hippopotamus, though ti
gift, was not brought home and housedfor lens »han .Cl.000.. Tho cost ofmaintaining tho London gardens is verygreat, but tho receipts aro ample tomcot it.THE American riflo team has achievedgreat victory in Ireland over tho crack
shots of that country. A mutch wnpshot Inst week between tho two teams.In tho first bout, at eight hundredyards, tho Amoricans woio beaten by..no point, tut in tho »wo succeedingbouts, at nino hundred and a thousandya«-d« roBptjntivolyi tho Am*r»«wn "*PH
out aliñad, thus winning tho mutch.Tho victory of tho Americans was rú-ccivcd with tremendous cutliUHÍa.sm, andthey wore tho recipients of tlio moHtdistinguished honors from tlio populaceand their competitors. The contest linsboon marked by tho most fraternal feel¬ing on all sides. Tlio American ri He-men have been trnated with tlio utmostcoiiHideratiou by their hosts, and eventho fiting of dofeat has not caused anysuspension of tho friendly intercourse.
A I'IUVATE soldier of Prof. .Tenney'sescort, in his geological survey of theBlaok Hills, writes that he found goldby menus of a pick and a shovel, whiletlio geologists wore tryiug to lind it byseientilic principles. His advice is thatthose desirous of going gold huntingshould hold themselves in readiness,and tho instant tho Indian treaty ia an¬nulled to hosten on. Tho party hadencountered three mining camps on
French creek. Thoy were panning ontabout §10 a day, each, and. were of thoopinion that, when they get their work¬ing apparatus ju good order, they willbo able to moko §T>0 ll day. Tho soldierlind washed four pans of dirt ami gstabout live cents to the pan of seale gold,sumo of thu pieces being a little largerthan a piu's head. Ile did not have todig a foot down for tho dirt, and declaresthat all that Gustar told concerning thotreasures of tho country was strictlytrue.
TUB statistical reporta just publishedby tho agricultural bureau indicatewide-spread disaster to tho fruit-growing interest, an will bo seen from thefollowing notes : Insect depredationsaro recorded only in Maine, in Eomecounties of which caterpillars weretroublesome. In New England gene¬rally tho crops woro late, and in some
parts a tendency to simultaneousblooming t xcited remark. In thomiddle, southern and western Btatesgenerally, the climatic conditions were
very unfavorable. Tho severity of thewiutor has not oulv destroyed tho fruitgerms, but also tho trees. Tho coldbrttto HA -nu .i^.iiiu .nji.tifii.'.t '«rio oovjt-«,of this injury, and heavy late frosts inmany places destroyed what had sur¬
vived th-j winter. In «orno casca it isnoled that tho plums stood tho severityof tho season better than other sorts offruit. Grapes in many eases escapedon account of late blooming, but thevineyards of' several sections were
greatly depleted by tho extreme cold,rimal' fruits were loss severely affectedand aro reported as producing veryluxuriantly.Con. BouoiNOT, who has just returned
from tho Indian Territory, says twenty-seven murder cases havo just boen dis¬posed of by tho United States districtcourt at Fort Smith, Ark., before whichall criminal business from tho Indiannation comen. Out of thiH numberthero woro eight convictions for murderin ttio firp.t degree. Kevon of thoseconvicted, including two boys, ono
oeyentcon, tho other nineteen years,both aro to bo hanged together on the3d of September next. Thc eighth one,a negro, was lulled after convictionwhilo attempting to escape. Much out¬lawry prevails in tho Indian Territory,and ten men havo been lulled in thevicinity of Fort Smith within a fewmont ha, A very bitter contest is uow
going on in tho Cherokee nation for thcposition of chief of the nation betweentho KOKS and Downing parties, and it iealleged conspiracy and secret assassina¬tion aro rife Col. W. P. KOKO, presentchief, is a candidato for re-election, anda mau named Thompson ia the candi¬date of tho Downing party.
Capt. Jos. B. Fades has written i
lotter to President Graut and secretaryof war Iiulknap, advising them of titiprogress of tho jetties at tho South PassThe main point in tho lotter is that provisional works, ono thousand foot longare already constructed on tho line o
tho east jetty, and being pushed seawanat tho iato of two hundred feet per dayTwo hundred mechanics and laborerand four piiedriviog machines aro nwork ona a large quantity of stone am
othor matorial aro ready at hand. Ailditionol accommodations aro being pr<pared, und in abort tho working forewill bo largely increased. Tolegraphicommunication bas been established bitween New Orleans and Ibo head of tilPass, and the line is being extended Itho worliH at tho mouth of tho PasCapt. Koihi Bays the provisional woimentioned is what is koo rn as sheepiling, and whilo it is only rjrolimiuatin oharactor, it will temporarily terthe fa-no purpose and produce tho sanresult ns permanent jett ies. Tho ca
tain is quito miro that there will 1twenty feet of water on tho bar, ut tl
, Ht« iith í'nun, by Mis 1»*ot February,
THE OLD CONTINENTALS.In their rngKi-d rcgliuentalHBlood U.lil «ont menial.-",
Yielding not ;While the crclimliiTH wen- I ll iij;i HfT,Ami liku iiail !'. ll Un- plunging
H1IUIIOI1-9I10I ;Win n Hu- SICHOftho isl« :<
l-'rotu Ihr smoky nigh) encampmentL ue Hu- banner of tin- rampant
tliiicorn,Ami gruiutuer, prlimitier, nrnmmer,Kuli« il Ilm roll of thu itrumuicr
Through ibo muru !
Thou with eye« la Ibo front all.Anti willi mum horizontal,
Slooil our sires ;While Hu) balls whist hil ilenilly,Ami in streams tbisiiini; redly,Iilu7.«tl thu lins;
As Ihu roari m the shore
Kw, i a lin-sti'on;; lialHe-brrnkerti<)Vr Uni eii'. ii-ibli <1 acre.«
Of tin- plu In ;Ai il loitiler, louder, louiler.Cracked Ike blnelt «mipowdir,
Cr.u'l.iiiü amain !
Now like Un' Finllha ai tin n- forgeaWollo il III- ri il Si. tll.OlgO*«
i 'annoncer* ;\tui ill" " » ill inion nalt|ielreKan:;, a llereu ilifcnrilant luelle
lionml our earn.As 111» swill.Stone-drift,
Wilb liol swecpinu ntu;erCline Hie horru-gndrda clanger
( in our flunks ;Tin n Muller, hitcher, higher,Unrm <l Hie old-Lothl.cl lite
Through Hie ranks !Theii Hu- hare.headed colonelli.tllo|ii'il ibruttiili Hi" white Infernal
l'ottib r-eloucl ;Ami his broadsword was Hwlugihg,Ami los brazen timmi wan ringing
Trumpet louil.Theil tb» blueLabels Hew ;
Anil Ibo lriinper-tne!;etH reilileneilAt the lunch ol tile leádeil
Kilte-hteiiUi;Ami rot luirr, rounder, rotiuderItoaretl Hie iron Bix-Jiouinler,
Uurllii); ib nth '.(hiu Humphrey MuManter.
THE GREAT STAPLE.K< port «if the New OrlcmiH Cotton Kx-cliimcv Tile Crop Iii ion ii il lu 10x-eellelll Condition.Tin* Committee on Information rind
Statistics of I heNow Orleans Cotton Ex¬change, to whom lins been entrusted thoiluty of compiling n national crop re¬port, nnulo tip from returns of vuriotiHKxehatigos appointed therefor by thoNational Exchange, .submit tlio follow-iiiir for tito mont li of Juno:New Orleans, Department of Louis-
ifinn-We liavo H'.) letters from 37 par¬ishes, which unite in reporting generallyfavorable weather. There has been noadditional acreage put in cotton nineotho 151h of May, but thoro ban beenÜnm/i rnnlojitir.tr wh.-.rivliuiilfl wism nyar-oweif ami to periecl tho stanitu. Tiroplant has been better cultivated tlnuifor many years, and ia growing andforming well. Many blooms arc re¬ported. Tlio stands ure represented as
very Rood to excellent, and thc prosoutcondition of tho crop is most nattering,much better and about ono week earlierwhen compared with last year.
Missistippi-10.*l replies received.Average date about the 15th. Weathernearly universally represented IIB veryfavorable. Stands line and the plantforming well, though too early for manyblooms. The present condition isstated as very good, and much botterwhen compared with last year. No nd-ditiomd acreage put in cotton. Re¬planting has been done where thc plantswere imperfect. Labor plenty and ef¬ficient.Arkansas-50 correspondents send in
their answers from 22 counties. Sincethe first of .Tuno tho weather han boonhot, and most enough to promote rapidgrowth and cause tito plant to form andhtpiaro well. Tho stands aro vo»"y good,und no replanting hus boen needed, ex¬
cept in a few exceptional eases. Brad¬ley county reports the first bloom ontho 8th inst., but it is only exceptional,and as it rulo blooming had not begunat the dato of our answer and corres¬pondents aro unanimous in represent-ing tho condition us exceedingly promis¬ing and far superior to that of lastyear, l'lau'ters ¡no encouraged by thcprospect, «me of tho linost. over known.Considerable attention und ciro hasbeen devoted to tho cultivation ofcereals, nud owing to the excellentharvest, a feeling of independence isvbrv noticeable in mir correspondence.Charleston, Department of South Car¬
olina-1)7 unsWorn received from 2foonntios, reporting weather since Maylons generally favorable. Some com¬
plaints of cool-nights. Very little ad-tl i Iional planting. Blands representedus good, ¡jI answers soy forming well ;'.V.), sny few fnnns, mid Í) no forms. Allagrco iu stating, no blooms np to dateof answers. Present condition good,though sinai), being clean of grass andnome parts comparo favorably With Instyear. Heavy storms of wind and bailure reported in six comities since Juno7, tining miieh real tl a runge. Lice aro
reported in four counties.Augusta Department, covering that
portion of thé state of Georgia not in¬cluded iu the.Savannah report -Weatherfavorable ; no additional planting; Homolittle replanting ; stands good ; formingwell but no blooms. General conditiongood. Crops generally very clean. La¬hor plentiful and good.Savannah Department -Savannah Cot¬
ton Exchange, covering Northern, Mid¬dle and Southwestern (borgia und thcstato of Florida-Weather dry and pen-orally favorable ; ho additional plantingof any consequence; stands gootl ; plantvigorous ; ga orally forming well, butno blooms except iii the southern portion of the stat«;; condition good ; crojclean and weil worked ; plant somewhatsmaller mid a few days later, but ratlieibolter than at tho sume time last yenr.Florida-Dry and favorable weathei
j clearing i ho Holds of grass; stands goodplan* forming well and commencing tcIbloom; condition good and compare!favorably with hu>t year, though «malj from il ry went her and somewhat iatciI t-lmn hvsl ye««", promiser! tu bo prell
fruited at the bottom, which ÍH thoprincipal part of tho crop.
Mobile, Department of Alabama-From fifty-two counties, 12(i replica :Tho w< atbor bas been genorftlly favor¬able, rather too dry in Homo places, bidnot eiough so to iujuro tho plant.Ihore ans boon very little replanting oradditu iial planting. Tho utanda arogood laid the plant ia forming well ;very few blooms ; tho condition UH com¬pared (.Uh last year in reported from aagood t'« ranch bettor ; there aro acarcolyany tin favorable circumatanccB rolativoto growth or condition of tho crop ; onlya few reports of lice and grasshoppers,and complaint« of cold nights anddrouth. Tho crop in clean, in goodcondition »nd better cultivated than lastyear.
Mts;; »uri -Nineteen conidios, 56 re-plies. The weather lia« ben generallyfiivoroWe, needing rain in some connlies, nt- 1 Borne complaints of cold nights,prod IM og lice. Tbero ban been veryHule replanting or additional planting ;stands ..re good and plant, forming well;only a lew blooms ; pi osent condition ofcrop is better lhau Inst year at samoperiod tho indy unfavorable eircumH'aneen1 aro those noted above; thefuvoraWe cirouinstnnei s aro, tin* cropÍH clea M«r, bot'er cultivated and moreadvane-d than last year at same time.Norfolk mid Portsmouth DepartmentFifty five rejilicH from 2'.) counties in
North karolina, nix replies from twocounties in Virginia. Forty-fivo repliesreport, weather dry find cold ; l l sayfavoral !e, and only two represent thowcathe- wet and cold. Fifty-four an¬swers leport tho stand as good ; sumofew complaints on stiff lauds ; someforms ;. no blooms. Soven roplies fromBevon counties in eastern Carolina rep¬resent I ho stand as below tho average ;condit ion vory generally stated aa good ;crop will cultivated and free from grassand we 'ds ; plant smaller than at t hesame time last year, nod from eight toliftCCU dajB later. Five answers fromtivo counties in eastern Carolina ropo tcondition bad. Correspondents statethat tin: weather since tho loth of Mayhas ben too cool for rapid growth, butwith warm nnd seasonable weather agreat improvement is looked for.
Memphis Department-145 answersreceive'.1. Weather generally repre¬sented ijs favorable ; no additional acre¬age pu', iu eotton sinco May 15 ; standsgood n;,d satisfactory ; plant generallysquaring and forming freely ; 12 reportsot blo<¿.iB dating from 18tli to 20th ;condi'.'Jv «jood : lrelds free of grass andm ii-vHB<rai« vi >umc"Ou'ui|Miiiirc¡ri'r>vu!ol»l nights, lice, etc., dating from May15th to Juno 5th, mostly remedied bysubsmpieut favorable weather.Galveston Dopartment, Texas- We
have received 120 reports from QM coun¬ties, embracing tho period betweenMay 15th and June 20th ; weather verygenerally Bind to buve been favorable ;no addition to acreage in cotton sinceMay 15th ; uorne little replanting whoreseed tailed to como up ; stand« repre¬sented ns good, and in the coast rangereported to bis forming nnd bloomingwei!.A InrRo majority of our reports agreein the .statement that tho season is from
oue to threo weeks later than last year,and that tho plant is generally small,but is clear of gruss and ru good con¬dition. Kains are needed. Tho cater¬pillar is reported in three counties, butso far hus dono no material damage.
How He Caught Them.Home years ago, an eccentric g. nins,tho Rev. Tilomas t\ Hunt, used to give
tomperanco lectures; Ono night ho an¬nounced tbnt ho would lecture in Easton.Now, tomperanco was not in favoramong th« malo portion of tho burg.The women, however, were all iu for thepledgo, nnd consequently, on Hunt'sfirst night not a mau showed himself intho hali. Tho benches were pretty welllilied with women, though, and Huntcommenced; but, instead of temperance,ho put them through on tho vanities ofdress, ole. They wore great puffedfeather sleeves then. They-the sleeves-caught it, then their tight lacing, andBO on through tho whole catalogue oflemah! follies; not a word about temper¬ance. And tho ladies went home bop¬ping mad, told their husbands about it,nnd voted old Hunt down to the lowest,notch.
ile hud annonnoed that ho would lec¬ture nt tko ñamo plhco tho next night.Long before tho timo appointed theycommenced to como, and when Hunthobbled down the aisle tho building wascomfortably well tilled with men. Tinold fellow looked about, chuckled, andmuttered : lîogs, I've got you now !"Tho nmlieiicn stared. .? Aha,' bogs, I'vegot you now !"
Atter the crowd lind got quiet, a little,tho h durer said : "Friends, youwanted to kuow what 1 meant, by saybig, hogs, I've got you now, and I'll tollyou. Out west tho begs run wild ; andwhen folks get out of meat they catch ayoung pig, put a stvtóp under his budy,and hitch bim to a young sapling thatwill ]<"i8t swing him from tho groundnicely. Of course ho squeals and raisesa rumpus, when nil tho old hogs gatherround to Reo what IS tho matter, anatbcu tiley shoot thom nt their leisure.Lust night I bung a pig up ; I burt it alittle, and it squealed. The old boushave turned out to night to seo the fun,and I'll roast you." And BO ho did,pitching into their favorite vice withrelish and guato.-41 Sir," said a littlo blustering man
to a religious opponent, "to what peetdo you snpposo I belong? "Well, Idon't exactly know," rep)ii d .
i neut, "hut to ju Inn fron '?
1 appearance, and constaut îf Buonlti think you belonged to th« clan»1. gçUfiWUy called insoatt"
TUE LOST FLORINDA.New Url« ans Picayune, June "Ju.
Recent revolutions have excited anintense nud growing interest in tho fateof tho fifteen or twenty men who, moret lmn n quarter of a century ngo, char¬tered tho schooner Florinda and set Hailfor tho golden shores of California.For twenty-nix yours tho familioj of thoadventurers have mourned them nH Jost.Tho last news of tho Florinda WUH re¬ceived late in thc year 181'.) from KioJaneiro. She had put in at that port.Homo time previous and then procoedodon her way, leaking badly, it, was said.A vessel touching ut Rio Janeiro short¬ly afterward, reported having spokent ho Florinda in the Pacific, jiut beyond(.apo Horn, From that time forwardnothing moro was ever heard of thoFlorinda, and it became an acceptedtheory I hat. she had hoon ena! iwayund her crew lost somewhere oe theSouth Pacific iv ut st. No tidings reachedtho families of the ill Tated argonauts,and twenty six years »lioped by withoutii waif or whisper to disturb tho mel¬ancholy conviction which had souled therecord of their lives. Their childrenhavo grown lo manhood nod woman¬hood without, the knowledge, withscarcely tho memory of a father's love.The hopes that clustered around themhave long ugo bren transferred to thatother world in which they were be¬lieved to be.Such is the story as it han passed cur¬
rent all this time, with tho general pub¬lic and wit h the greater number of therelut ives of tho Florinda company. AtlirHt, of course, Ibero were doubts andfears and expectations, moro or less re¬luctantly resigned for certainty, but toUlis conclusion all eventually carno andLho hiss of tho schooner with all onhoard bay, for fully a quarter of a cen¬tury, In en regarded as a fact aboutwhich there could bo no sort of ques¬tion. Tho unfortunate men havo beenis utterly given up us though theiriuriaÎ6 had taken place in presence ofho whole community, and to have toldmy of their familier? that they were.till alive would have been to ask themo believe that tho dead had risen afterweuty-livo years of sepulture andvnlkod forth once more among theiviug.Within tho past, few days, however,
ireoiscly this proposition bas in eftcct>eeii made. The strange and startlingitutement bas transpired that HarmonIones and bis fellow voyagers were notc>j^t^us.vvo^Jmy<» thought, but aro now
nknowu island in thc lower l'aoilic.About a month neo a friend of Mrs.[armón Jones rend in an English paperu account of sonic British vessel havingicon driven ont of her course in a stormnd sighted an unknown island. Mucho tho surprise of tho crow tho islandurned out to bo inhabited, and stillioro astonishing, by men who spoke10 English language. Tho rest of thotory, UH given in tho paper referred to,s that tho castaways told Ibo ship'sOinpàny that they were the Florindauir'.y who had sailed from New Orleans11 1S11) bound for California, that theyiud been wrecked ou the island and hadIwolt there ever since, it being thenaoro than twenty-five years that theynul hot Hi OU a human face or u fiigu ofho world from which they wore so
ittcrly eliminated. Tho paper gave thelames of several, all of whom memown to have been of Florinda's crew,md iu many other ways, according to tho'crsion of Airs. Jones' friend, thu iden-ity of tho party was established a« noneut themselves could have established
t. lt was further stat', d that tho British"'snot olfered to take ibu mon on board,nit they declined, saying they bad beenost for a quarter of a century ; thathoy kinny not in what situation theyvoiild find tho families they had left,ind that they prefened staying and'liding their days Ibero ral her thanrcnluro back tu such a doubtful andluoertain future. This paper was fouruouths old when Mrs. doues'friend saw
t, ono month ugo, and tho ovonts narated were described as having occurredour months previous to tho issue ofhe paper, ii, is just niuo months thenance tho island was discovered by thobritish vessel, and nt Unit timo all, or
lenrly nil, of tho Florinda party appearo havo been alive.
lt. need not be said that this news linsHoused tho deeJlest interest. To theiOmmiinity as large it recalls the fumil-or occurrence of Hie Florinda's Hailingrom New Orleans with its adventurous5'Vinpauy. To tho families of tho illated men it conies like a message fromunit her world, and is as though it were.bo announcement of a resurrection.Within thu past few days the relativesnive been bviinr in a slate of constantixeitemeiif, ami ninny of them, espolially thc sons bf Harmon Jones, Jno.\. Sidney, and Capt. Kenmore, tho'kipper of the Florinda, have devotedthemselves to tho task of following thcelno given by tho friend who saw thoKuglish pnpor. Kxtensivo inquiries urenow on foot, and the British consul haskindly interested himself in thu affairio far as to agree to forward to thc wardlice in h indou a full statement of thocircumstances SO that the name of thetresse! which touched nt thc castaway'shomo can he ascertained and tho bear-lags of tho island taken from her lopiit. would greatly facilitât this end,however, if a copy of tho paper givingtho original ncconiit wi ro found, and itis still hoped that sumo one who KeesIbis publication moy have noticed thopaper and be able to toll us whoro anumber oan bo had. On that contin¬gency dépendu nundi that, will simplifyand expedite tho quest, but it is cert linthat iu any «.-a tu tho friends of Florind i'snrew will lever o.sl ngr-.bi until thomystery ls fjuhopiefl to 'tn uttermostlivpthi
FACTS AISD FANCIES.-Mrs. dribbles bn8 great i dun« ofhör husband's military powers. " Fortwo years," says she, " bo was a lionten-
ant iu tho horse-marines, aftor which howas promoted to the oaptaiuoy of a reg¬ular squad of sap-hoads and miners."-Out of 296,000 of tho last levy of
conscripts in Franco 25,000 have boendeclared exempted from both activo andpassive linties in tho military lino. Itlooks bad when BO many mou nra noteven fib to bo food for gunpowder,though tho fact, should bo considered asa good wigu iu behalf of peace.-Only two hundred years ago the oldmoss-back who waa governor of Virginiagot up and paid: "I. thank God that
wc have no free schoolR nor printingpresses, »nd I hopo we shall not haveany for a hundred years; for loamingbaa brought disobedience: and heresyand secta into the world, hud printingha« divulged I hem and libeled govern¬ments. God keep ns from both 1"-lt is well that apurent should knowtho peculiarity of tho pulse of eachchild. Tho pulse of a healthy adultbeats seventy times in a minute, thoughgood health may bo enjoyed with fewerpulsations. But if thu pulse al wayHexceed«sevouty,it indicates disease, thohuman manhino is working itself out-thuro is fever or inlhimmntion some,whore, and thc body is feeding on itself.---The college orator is now abroad iatho land. His voice is heard from thofour quartors of tho earth, telling oftho efforts ho has made for distinctionin tho past, and his hones and aspira¬tions for tb«» futuro. He is sanguine- '
far moro suuguiuc, than he will bo aFew years hence, when ho shall haveHicountercd and boen countered bynome of the stern realitiesof lifo. Thusfar his education hus been ouly theoret¬ical ; in thc futuro it will bo practical.Whether tho former shall tit tho sub¬jects for thc latter, tho futuro alono eaulutorrainc.-ff a man wants to go auywhero in airief space of timo ho munt walk fiud.,jut he loses his popularity in propor-iou to bis rapidity. Balzac, who
icenis to have thought it worth whilo toíctico this contemptible fact, anys :' Violent gesturo or quiok movementuspircs involuntary disrespect. Onooohs for a niomout nt a cascado, but»no sits for l ours lost in thought andfazing upon tho »¿ilI waters of a lake.\. deliberate gait, gentle manners and a
inmenso ad rantàgè over those vastlymjerior to hiai."-All good men should live in Arch-
ngel ; all angry men in Ireland; allinrderern in Kildare ; all circus-men inlomorset ; all brokers in Stockholm ; allold men in Chili ; all geometricians inJuba ; all fools in Folly Island ; allorticuUurists in Botany Hay ; all wagsii tho Bay of Fundy ; all perfumers inlitscnt or Cologne ; all brewers inlatta ; all gluttons in Turkey ;ll beggars in Hungary; all laconicion in Lacinia; all mourners in Siberiar Wales; all confectioners in Candia ;ll o! itklvcji in the Crimea ; all oil spoc-h.ioiTi Ire tire Dee ; all gamblers in thoi'l'XOQ XnismSs; all stumblers in Tripoli ;ll ooric'jH men in Pekin ; all shoe-iiaknrp iu Boolan ; alluoldiers in Arnie-ia or War«aw.-A Brussels paper gives a painfulccbiiut of the ex Empress Charlotte of
léxico, llor physical condition is good,ut her mental condition in hopeless.¡ho lives in constant communication/ith imaginary beings, and dislikes tho.resçrco of any living person. Bhepeaks only when obliged to do so, and¡ives orders to her attendants in writ-ng. ribo «li esses hoi self without por-aitting assistance, takes a fixed walk inbo park every morning when fine, fre-jnently piny« on the piano-forte, andumetimes draws and paints with do-ided taste. Sh«> recognizes no visitors,lot even lier brother, King Leopold orho queen. Tho latter always accom-.anicd the physician on bis monthlyisit, when, in reply to bis inquiries aso ber health, the empress coldly snysho is well, and immediately rotiros.Iho has become stouter, and shows aendeucy to corpulouey, but nt present't is stated that thia ha« only increasedicr beauty, which is now truly striking.-lt hus been justly said that tho
!reutest discovery of our lives is thatbo world is not no bad as, in tho firstli* appointment of youth's extravagant.xpoetatiotiM, we uro disposed to regardt. Tho passage from boyhood to mini-mod is "over the bridge of sighs;"andmr finit exporiouoos of lifo as it is,«.semblo the Haver «if th«» forbiddenipple-w«» aro enlightened and minora¬do. Gladly would wo command thoiccrot of ieoliug ns we one«» did ; but,das, every day takes from ns pomonippy error-some charming illusion-inver to return. Wo aro reasoned orïdiculed out of all our jocund mistaken,.ill we aro just wise enough to bo raiser-iblo, and wo oxcluini willi Lady MaryWorlley Montague, "To my extremonerti Heatiou I lind myself growingIVÍKVV and wiser every day." But ainn: Comes, ut length, when our viewsnv more just. Wo leave our imaginary[fideu with "solemn step and Blow," anillogin to appreciate tho good qualitioiiif Ihoau whoso friendship WO »boughtludlow, and thc necessity of that laborwhich we deemed a curso. Wo ex-diauge ecstasy f«ir content, and, " for¬getting tho four rivors of our idealheaven, open our oyes to the manifoldbeauties of earth-its skies islandoilitnrs, and ita oceans starred by islands,its Bunahines and culms, and tho good-ricas of its prent heart, which sonilsforth tries Bud flowers ami fruits formr benefit and exultation."-fxrofcn*vrtVttiAetvfi
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