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TIE COMING FASHIONS. Some of the Changes in the Fall Styles. i What will be in Favor andt What Ta booed When the Fashionables Return from Their Sum iner Wanderings. [P'hlladelbhla Tirnaes. All is bustle and preparation for the corning season. Every steamer brings novelties, and buyers are busy in foreign marts, while home manufactories are executing large orders. Much is promised. Very little has yet ar rived. We hear with our ears, but we do not see much with our eyes. So patience, ladles, and play with your prretty toys for a while longer until the new ones arc ready. NO HTARTINo ('IIAN;FH IN I,t E[S. One thing seems more than probable. There will be no startling changes either In thi, ma Ferials or the make (,f (lrsses. Indeed, fash orns come like flowers ; first the tiny bud, then he half-blown blossom, and at length the fully open flower, which endures for more or less time. This fall, the panler Is to be the style-dresses, flat in front, with pointed bodices, much puffed on the hips and fully draped behind. The pretty Pompadour silks, with tiny blossoms scatt,.red over grounds of black, cream, myrtle, green or the new dark Russian red, a color which looks like dried blood, will ride on the highest wave of popu lar favor. They are to be combined with satin and also with velvet, both striped and plain. Embroidery is to be the rage In the near fu ture, even more than it is now -a for'gone conclusion, since It looks even better on heavy winter goods than on lsumlner fabrics an is too handsome ever to become comrrnmon. Brocade gauzes will be much used for ball dresses. They are brocaded in lovely patterns of flowers, in the natural size,, nuch as lilies, passion flowers, carnations or roses with buds and foliage. An expensive and very eli.gant trimming is a Ilower fringe, formed of (r, sll - ing blossoms and grasses embroidered in silk on heavy linen or thick silk and then cut out, leaving only the embroidery. Pointed plas trons coming down in long, narrow V's, are among Worth's new fancies. Ladies are loth to give up the slender, willowy elfect of the princess robe; therefore the panieor do not radically change the form of the dress. T'hey simply give a greater or less degree of full ness about the hips, while the skirt remnai.ns clinging and the tra.ln preserves its serpent like effelts. Smooth, tight-litting ,inoices are still in vogue, and in spitze of the favor accord ed to the .Josephlne or round corsage it will by no means displace or supel:seie thre Ing princess waist. For ovenrug (ldi,.es the, pointed bodice, sloped out on the hlips and coral rig down in a deep, lonrg point brfo,re ain behind, will be a favorite shape, the paniers tilling up the splice on the hips wraile the tablier remains liat. COMBINATION COSTVMES. Combination costum,,s are to be the rule, for L'ompadour silks and brocades r,"qulre a graver background to bring out their full beauty, As already stated, Pekin is to be the favorlti trimming for woolen suits. Plaids also wl 1 be much used for the same purpose. Skirts will continue to be made on a founda tion. A pretty suit for early fail is of fawn colored summer camel's-hair combined with black velvet. The front breadth and the scant flounce around the short skirt are of velvet. The overskirt opens In front, curtalnwlse, and, with all the fullness drawn to the back, Is much bunched up behind. Th', bodice Is a double-breasted jacket with velvet revers, culff and collar and velvet belt and( silver mounted bag. The edges of the overskirt and of the basque are finished with niachlne stitching. Except for the slmplest morning dresses sleeves are nlad'e elbow-long or at least half way between the wrist and elbow, Where a ruffle of the dress material or of lace, or of both, finishes them. Consequently three-button gloves are at a discount, -.since fashion calls for gloves to meet the sleeves. For evening dresses, which have no sleeve.. to speak of, the gloves are long, very long, and reach almost to the shoulder. Withi the~. last are worn the new spiral serpent blacelets which coil round and round the arm. Most of them are of silver, but a few handsome ones glitter with enameled scales or are jew eled with diamond eyes. Lace mrits to match the dress in shade are much liked, and new kid gloves have horizontal bands of lace in serting let in at intervals of an inch. Short dresses are to be the accpted style for the street, and trained dresses, even, are made short in front. Consequently great attention is paid to the foot-gear. Stockings are works of art-silk or the finest Lisle thread-clocked on the instep and up the front. Others are daintily embroidered, and some have clocks of Valenciennes let in. In Parls stockings are sent home to match dresses, the clocks displaying two colors of marked contrast. Lozenges crossing each other are a favorite design, or a broad gusset of some distin guished tone is let in and bordered with a scroll. Embroidered shoes are worn upon full-dress occasions. They are made of French kid, laced just over the instep, the t,-. era broidered and the soles rmuch thicker than they appear by reason of tie beveled edge re cently introduced. When having a walking suit made ladies often reserve enough for a pair of shoes and have them made to order to match the dress. Such shoes are usually foxed with kid and filished at the top with a bow or tassels to match the trimmings of the dress. FASHIONS IN JEWEL;RY. Throughout the prevailing fashions for jewelry there is a strong fancy for quaint ness. Lizards, owls, banjoes and the Chris tian name in silver are favorite designs for bouquet brooches. Holbein jew,-lry is the rage in Paris, reproduced from o..il mouels in that artist's pi-rtes. The curious square and oblong foru 4sociated with Hlein's name are just4y ceI'brated for the exquisite coloring of th4 enamel which de,, rat.-, them. t ''at's-eyes, diamonds and p.earis are tthe a s which lind most favor. l',arls are .tided with pink coral andi lapsis lauuil; "ifiamonds with pearls, sapphire. anol emu,:r aids; but "diamonds are property and dia monds are portable," and for this r-as,,a nothing long successfully dispute. the !,al:o with dia~i, is. 'hey are now mount, d :lear and as ligI y as possible. Pendants colI,id from Queen Anne models are preferrid, oval In form, surmounted by a bow of di;aronds. These gems are closely clustered together on pendants and bracelets, and so show to greater perfection. As a rule, broad a-l massive bracelets have disappeared in favor of the bangle shape, even in diamonds, where they take the form of single half-hoops or sets of three half-hoops. Articles of jewelry now should be small, close and very gooli; large lockets, large bracelets and large brooches are out of date. But no article of counon utility is considered too mediocre to be reproduced in gold and gems. Boots and -she, mice and beetles, are fashionable de signs for ear-rings, pins and brooches. Small brooches of classic and comical designs are worn In sets of three round the necks of high dresses. The favorite serpent bracelets have already been mentioned; besides these, flexi ble band bracelets studded with pearls and diamonds are a fashion of the day. Mantles and mantelets will continue the fa vorite wraps. Paniers and the full draperies worn at the back of short dresses do not ac Cord with long, tight-fitting sacques. There fore cloaks will be in dolman or circular shape, and the jackets worn will be shorter than heretofore. Shawls will be much worn and, as we have predicted, India shawls will take the first rank among stylish fall wrap pings. Chudcah shawls, i. e., Cashmere Shawls of solid color, will also be fashionably worn. Among odd fanolesof the momentare broad belts of webbing, which look as though they might he part of a harness. These are worn at the seaside and in the country. -. . ---4) 4- .. . THE HOUSEHOLD. 8oft-She:l Crabs. How to Keep Them Alive A Restaurant Keepers' Experience. INow Yrk Times.l I have been keeping a re'staurant for the past few years, and soft-shtlI cra,bs have been one of the groat delicacies of my larder, the ltdemand, however, Lbeing si.tewhat linited. In the latter part of July, 1977, I obegan a thorough test, in order to iend out how long I cotld keep soft-shel I cr abs alive. I purcrhasel eight crabs In goo I :ondlition; carried them home car'efully, without jarring them. I placed name sea-salad In the bottom of a wil low knife-basket, and put the crabs in a row, face upward, at an angle of quite ti". T'hev were not packerd tight. I placed them on a wire rack In my lte box, awl kept them at a tLr..perature varying fromn 4:' to Gf;". I washed themr every day aw l placed thern back again in the samie positions, always being careful to put the weakest crab t at the last end, to prevent t squeezing. Two crabs died the Ijith day. The others lived until the tenth day. In July, , 1-Ti, I repeated the test again. I bought h twelve Long Island soft-shell cratb, six males T and six females. They were selected by my self and brought home very carefully. I tried a large white oval dish tstoneware) and made . their bed a layer of snap weed and Cel grass, ri then placed the crabs comfortably in a row, A face upward, almost perpendicularly. I placed h a thin layer of the sea-salad over their eyes and mouth, and put them on the shelf in the rr let-box, keeping a temperature from 45; to ft t'P. I did not wash or bathe them until the t, third day, when I placed them in a large tin dlsh-pan quite full of running Croton water ' from the kitchen sink; the whole party was o launched in, and in a moment or two they ty fully realized their watery elenlent and seemed greatly pleased with their free bath. I washed their dich, also the bedding, and V placed thtrn back again as before, and put pI them in the reirigeralor. I neglected tholnm , the fourth day, and the Ilfth day I gave themr anothetr lbath, continUing to tdo so iveTry day after. 'fThe seventh day one died, the eighth 4 lday another, and the ninth another. The re- if mnaklinig ir'ne liverd unrtil the eleventh day. On .July 1i, 1-70,. I s-lected four soft-shell a crabs sfemnales, fromn Eugeune l;lackford, I-Fil- o ton Market; I brought therm ho,rne carefully. r placed a laye-r of s.atgrasi on a white oval f stone dish, and put the eranis in the usual po sition, resting easily agaist each other at angles .f about forty-live ditgrni's. I placed it the dish on a shelf in a cocnltontli slide-top li-'- n box, and did not look at tihemr until the third (lay, at which time I gave tIhru a bath in the dishpan o cleart Croton water, washed the tl Mime from their dish, put theIrn in pos)itint again, anid consigned thorn to their .,. ,otig- i irlg-hotise. I rnptated thi,- :t-anr i og ,tpertionattn overy iday thereaftetr. One tratb died the t'-nth day; on', on the morning of th:. eleventh, at ti which time I carnitid ti'' re'rnainirig two liv., t onrs tot Mr. I;iackford's standI in Fulton Mar ket to prove mly test, antd by my Ito 'i+iiut they a were placed in l.i- iet:-t,,:' , and vm rvive-,t two tl days loniger, rl.tleng thiIrt-nt days they wort: al kept alive from tihe timrn. I re,,-ivýd th rm. My various t -ts thorloughly ctnvinte mtf that with a little care toe lovers of soft-shell crabs can rely on ke'-ping tn:enm in good con- at diltion from seven to eight days by o.: -orvi.g rl the: follotwing: Fir.t, g'ot themr in g'oo)d cnit'i- i tion; bring therl horell in a basset or box; handllle them as little ats possibil andl cart- flllly; the icrs-box must be kept cool; wash ir them and clean their beddinig daily; wn-!r the, h sea grass or wreed g'ts Slimty or loseas its elasticity throw it awa y; when you at,;tt: nt themre launch them from the dii.h In the pftn ,rf I or water; the cold dish is the principal feature; tt the bath next. Any onr,t otbervi:lg those rules -will have no trouble in saving soft-shell trabs. Crabs cannot live by b--inKg put iup pell-nmll c ina paper bundle; the-y will not ride well in , o the bottom of a vesoel, or standI any uInnlattural jarring; they should be carriedl In some man ner to avoid much montion. C. W. he rSEFI'UL FAMILY flY'3NTS. EYn.JliSh Giuser I.' r.-Two and a quarter pounds of lera s5!.gai', One ou!n:e of c:ram of tartar, one and a half ournce:, of girger-root, two tablespoonsiul of fr,,i brew..l . yeas.t, two lemons, an' about three gallons of water; bl ulse the ginger, put it ilto a large earthen ware pan with the sugatr and cream of tartar; pe-e' the lenore, sequ1'ze out the juice, strain it, and add with the peii. to the other ingre dients; then pour o, ,.r them three gallons of boiling water. When it has stis,d until it is only just warn, add the 5reast, stir tie con ten ts of the pan, cover with a cloth, and let it r.,tmain near the lire for twelve hour-s. Then skim off the yeast and pour the liquor off into another vessel, taking care not to shake it, so as to leave the sedimnent; bottle it iro medlately, cork it tightly; In three or four days it will be lit for use. E. -E. F. Fr Chooirral (n,ktl. Two small cups of sugar, half cup of butter, three eggs, one cup of milk, four ounces of ennocolate, three cups of flour, one tablespoornful vanilla extract, one teaspounful soda, two of cream of tartar; mix the cake first, and when it is well beaten, take the chocolate and stir it in carefully. This makes an excellent aud sulii,:iently rich cake. The addition of an extra, egg and a little more butter will be an improvement to some tastes. --FLo' W. Ilom.-nadu Ve-taf.--Four large potatoesc four tablespoonsful of tlour, two of sugar, one quart of lukewarm water; soak one yeast cake in a cup of water while you are mixing up the rest; put it in a warm place twelve I hours; then it is ready for use; one cupful makes five loaves; keep it in a cool place.- M. S. P. iRoan 1'unrk-Three coffee-cups lemonade, strong and sweet; one glass champagne, one =glass rum, two oranges, juice only; two eggs, whites well whipped; half pound powdered sugar, beaten into the stiffened whites; ice plentifulliy.-A. B. H. Chiamplaga( 1'au,,h--( he tumbler of whisky, one bottle of champagne, three tumblerfuls water, eight lemons, four tablespounfuls of sugar to a lemon.--A. B. H. Iarm, IPunh-One goblet Jamaica rum, one goblet sugar, two goblets water, two lemons. A. B. H. SOUTHERN PATENTS. Mr. H. N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents, No. 27 Commercial Place, officially reports to the DEM[OCRtAT the following complete list of patents granted Southern Inventors for the week ending August 12, 187 : Alahama-T. J. Torrans, Mobile, bale ties. Mis issippi-R. L. Lee, Plattsviile, cotton chopper. T\xacs-E. P. Walilng, Prairie Valley, ap ,aratus for washing di.,hbs and table ctiery; V. J. Camn , Jr'., Ge.:uzcls, buckle; i. C. H,tl, [alleVill-, i aling pre-s. A' kineas--W. N. F,, Lwivili.e gates: C. Hari igrav Clatk-vill, cultivatorl; J. H. O'.i,.Cur. iHeba, eprinkl,:. ---nor - i. Wlhen the Bowels Are Disordered. no :ime sioul i be lost in r- il.ring to a -'ita Lle remn dy. H3otett:'is dttoma.h Bitters i= te most reliable au I wil:y u:- ,_wemed mediine ,of its clash . It r ,·Tr r,- th: .oui--s of eonstiatin or of unul, r-" ..ti-,n of the i tes~ines, whl b are u-.uall indi''-esion or a mio-dir-.ti-n of the tile. Wh-~,, it a.--s ia a a atharti it ,iL_,S not gripe and v rinet.y evauaat, - ut trou,,e gradual and natur,.i t.-ct-, yery unlik, tho.-e of a drasti- uruga'iv,; ad i-ts Jwers of a.-÷t ing digestion nulli,:'s those irri:atirng cnr!i tilns of the ma:ous lmembr,e ,f.: tAh st:,:-,., ,pi and intestinal canal whi,_i r roduce fi-'t diar rhea. and eventualy dysentery. The medicine is, m ,reover, an agreeable one. and emirn ntly pure and wholesome. App'-tite and tranaail nightly slumber are both trcmotei by it. The Housekeepers' Responsibllty. How many suffer from dysrepslia and other ills by the neglect of the housekeeper to see that the food provided is made fr,'om articles ! that are not Injurious to health. Among the ar ticles which are perfectly pure and wholesome is Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. Encour age its sale by a liberal patronage. "THE LANI) OF THE SK Y." A Section Where the People Are Neiver Oppressed by the Hieat of Summer. A IDesription of the Country The Cha.racteristics of the Inhabhtants, Together With 8ome Remminis senses of the War -- The Moonshiners and the FPa cilities They Enjoy. :C;orrespon.ence of the Democrat.] Mor,TNuv HounrF. Near HIendersonvili,. N. C. August 15 179,. Thinking a fe'w lines from a wandering fellow-townsmafl migbt prove acceptable to your z.alers I take the liberty of addlressing them to you, believing, as I do, that the press of the Crescent City has never, heretofore, had a correspondent in THIS 5ARTT(IUTJATd SEFTION OF OfE R 'TNIVoN. Leavlng New Orleans, some weeks since, In search for a pleasant place to while away the refmalnder of the srummer, I ha.i selected Ashsvllie, N. C., for the first trial. Arriving, however, at It*nderseoville, the present ter minus of railroad travel upon this route, we found ourselves corfronted by a stage ride of twenty-two miles- the distance between this place and A,.a:ville, the so-called "Saratoga of the South" and this over the rough moun ta'n roads of the region. The fatigued anw suffering state of an In vdlid memtber of the family put the further Irosee'utlon of the ,ourney, as contem~rrplated, entirely out of the question, a.nd left no al ternative bu, t to cast about for comfortable luarters ir. or around IIende:runville. Se lecting our present location, about a mile an I a half from the town just named, we fourtl ours.elves in the eleb-rated FIlot IRock Settis ment of North :ar,lina. 'I he region is one as 1 full of irterest as of grandeur, and the difi eulty with your corr,"spondeLct is, not In find ing material f:or a letter, but rather in deter ruining with what to begin, and what to omit. It may be announced, by way of preliminary, that this forms a part of the celebrated "L,'nMd of the Sky," a designation given it by I Christian Reid, in a book bearing that poetic tltle, rl.eecriptive of the iountry. The au thore.s has, howv.r, given no attention to I this particular section ,of the mountain lands of North Carolina. Indeed, it ie nrt strange I that portio,n ..rould be neglected in a r'gioa ahodrling throughout Its whole exrtent with r,bj,:-ets erntitled to admiration; from the sub llnmity of the towering mountain, or the wide and deep-c:l-.t cha-sm, to the simple ,beauties of the grass-clad meadow, or the winding brook. A W ',AT 1 h NOW' .es FLAT TOd'UK, r embraces an elevated and undulating, even 'broke:n, plateau, :etending many miles in the ne~ghbborho's,d of Headersonville, surromuded Son all sides by mountains, forming an amphi theatre, many of which, such as Tryon, Sloney, Jump-off, Putt and Glassy, attain a considerable altitude; all of which afford, at 1 every side, mountain views of a striking char acter. Farther away Plsgah rears its mighty head, surrounded by other of the higher peaks of the B'lue Iridge, but little inferior to r Pisgah in loftin-ess or grandeur. The effect of those latter to the view is heightened by the distance, blotting out all detail of forest or chasm, and presenting to the eye a grand and eff,*etive aggregate, m:ilowed and beautified with the blue and hazy tinges which distance alone can lend. There is likewise afforded a rmost charming illustration of the fact that beauty and sublimity may dwell together in harmony; each heightening, instead of der ogating from, the enchantments of the f other. The average elevation of the plateau proper is in the neighborhood of 2200 feet above the sea, or about the same as that of Asheville. I Its surface is broken by eminences and minla ture valleys, many of the former furnishing excellent mansion sites, to which use they have been already largely applied. Our party has seen the country in its most disadvan tageous aspect. A dry spring and early sum mer had been followed by a long, almost con- I tinuous wet spell, which commenced about the date of our arrival. Possibly from this cause the temperature may have been lower than the average; but this might very well be, and yet leave a fair margin for the claim laid to an atmosphere at.once cool and brac ing. We have not experienced a single really warm day since our arrival, in the early part of July. Indeed, the air has been generally rather dtlagreeably cool, rend-ring fire dur ing a portion of the time an absolute neces city. As for the nights, there has not been one during which a b-linket was not only cornm fortable, but even indispensable. The beauties and attractions of Flat Rock have escaped the attention of Louisianians in general, which is strange, as our people are quick to recognize the advantages of any loca tion as an agreeable: place for summering. If, however, it be unappreciated by our citi zens, it has, on the other hand, long been IN HIGH FAVOPR WITH CA(IOLINITANS, and particularly wealthy families of South Carolina. These latter, especially. have em beilished its elopes and valleys with a number of summer residences, constructed at great expense, and with consideratletaste. Among the number may be found the summer villas of the Trenholms, the Memmingers, the Iloutledges, the Coxeis, the Johnstons, and others, po, sor , of high, historic names. I had almost forgotten to mention that one of those handso.:,e villas was, if it be not still, the property of our townsman, Mr. David Uriquhart, who spent therein many summers of tne past pleaar.tly, I have no doubt. Th:se residences nearly all late from before the war: the Trenhl,' p:ace, for instance, having been .estatished at l,.ait sixty years ago. They were erected and improved when S,,uth Carolinians, like the pp,-,oe ,f our fair State, were be-. ei wita aburndant means, amiply sliieirnt to warrant tne gratification of ,very .-. ir and the fultilhirut or every di,:tate of taste or fancy. Each of these old hortes ha.s i is e,-uliar hi't,.,ry, the recital of which wouil be in=tructive as well as of ao ·orting interest. That these old summer houses escaped de struintlon Of: s (G O r1 CIVIL WAR was doubtless owing? to the general poverty and inaccessibility of the country. Sad must be tlh.- ,on-lition of affairs which, however -e piora t i, cannot be credited with some a van tas p u-litar to itself. The vPry inc1-.:e.rsi aliry whic:h almost sealed it up from all com riunieation with the out'llde warld, the .tpov -rty which oppressed the land, secured Its people from the intrusion of armies, and pr' served what little they had from the hands of the public enemy. The only body of Federal forces which disturbed them was a cavalry command, under Stoneman, I believe, which passed through on a raid to Asheville, too hurriedly, however, to accomplish much mis Schief. The people generally performed their I duty toward the struggling Confederacy, and sent forth many good and faithful soldiers, who reflected credit upon the Old North IState. But, on the other hand, there were I in this and adjoining counties large I numbers of jayhawkers and deserters who avlailed themselves of the countless hiding. I places abourxling in the mountains, harry Irg and plundering the country, and scourg Ing it almlrst as grievously as f it had been the prey of armies. The only differenrce, by way of advantage, lay in the fact that these Swretcnhes seldom destroyed builldings or rri provements by lire; to that extent, at Plast, being better than the marauding army strag gler. There was, however, on their part no hesitancy in the ernmission of any otter of fe.e: In the cate.gory of c:rime. I r arson w;as ornitted it could riot have been owing to any virtuous irnstilnts on the part of these de praved beings; bhut it should, no doubt, be at tributed to the idea of burning not having presented itself to their minds, or to the fact that It could r, minister neither to their pas sions, nor their interests, as they regarded them. kFor these reasons it is that the owners of the Flat Rock villas were fortunate: rnvough to find their residlenues still standing when the smoke of war was cleared away. I war rant, however, that most of them found re rn:lning but little personal effects of a valua ble character or easy transportation. Even when the war closed the c.t-throatR s who had persecuted the land during its continuance ssuened disposed to lord it over everything with a high hamd. In this they might have ,s"ueelepd, at least for a perio:), had It niot been for the hxrmnrressand courage of the ro spectable elsme~nts, then reinforced by the re t:rwl ed Confederates. To tte former inaorew.biillty of thls sectior I have made' referen.: . The Spartanbrirg anid Asheville alroad Com pany ha.s rinot nbee long inauguratedl its obje:ct being to cre.a.ct the two cities, or towns, whose names it hears. Up to date, this oboct Is only partially as complisihred; the funds sabsh:rie.d, arnl raise4 by mortgage, having been exhaust'ed whenr it reachedl HIldersonville, its present terminus, twenty-two miles short of its destinatlon. fLdeed, tli.h funds gave out at Tryon or Ha luda, I have forgotten which, sieae relles short of this place; biut the court charged with the litulidatlon of the affairs of the corn pany authtrized a preference rnorgage for the furthsr sum of 0;5,te), by the aid whereof the track was laid to this point. It is S:iI r; OLD STORY ¢.'O' AIL;rr,.O.JA ' ENTi.rrIST S In Ar*ertes. Hubscriptlons have been re ceived from Individuals, towns and counties; large claims have accumulated for construe tion ande mate:rl-, anrd in -teps the mortcn:ge bondrok;ler and arrsorbs all, to the exclusion 2 of everybody el:e. At ali events, whatever may be the fate of the read, it has e'rtainly proven a welcome boon to thiese people, for before its r;onstrue tiorn their farms awl places were aimost be- i t yond the reach of civilizatsmn. Their role de pendsnce was the stage ,oach for personal travel and the wagonifor frelghts.arsl other t rnotabif, prop.rty. -h rh distance, great in I fact, to poits in easy tornmmunication with the rest of the world, was imrneasura.bly in creased, if ( may use the .xpr.eslon, by the dificulties of the" roads, :,treth:ting,as they do, t upanrd drawn Rstep r/mountains, over rough f and stubborn hilis and through rocky g aps, cwith an oxecaslonal morass ti:own in, as though for variety. It may have been this difficulty of access t which has keot THiE MAS OF TIfEcE Ir'yOPLE in the lowest depths of poverty, a'. they are to all appearances. I'Un, absence of fertility in the soil is not of Itself as iufficint explanation, o for there are other secti',ns whiO: are just as 1 barr en, but on which the inhabitants :etrnx to erijoy a jir:tted amaount of comfort. such. for instance are thy Florida and other piny wo·rl parshes of our State, and of M I~i i. sippi, so far a=i I have hadl ex:p rience with e the latter. It Is true these mountain lands, yield very little, as I am informed that $1f Ipr acre is a fair profit. ThIs. too, from fid.a ' whicl have :een r:redeemned from native for- a ests, and In many tears cleared of br,,ken r stones of all sizes, which abound in Iprtrn.s of the soil. To the drawback of imited :rr,ps is added the difficulty of transporting the scan- t' ty produce tea market, whichdi;ficulty, evon E with the railroad, is almost Insuperable. To a me it is a source of wonderment that these e poverty-stricken people remain to strive year b after year against the harshness of nature andl 0 adversity of circumstance. Possibly their d very poverty linds them, as though with u chains, for without means one cannot travel e In this nineteenth century. At all events, c whatever Inducements this region may hold out to the seeker after pleasure or heait', it a has none whatever, so far as I could learn, a to off".r the fortune hunter. Perhaps the best ti possible illustration of the scarcity of mroney i in the neighborhoodl will lie in the mrntrio o, h a fact which fell under my or,servation. in the streets of Hfandersnville almost any day a can to seen able-boldi d men, fathers of faun- T lies, who have walked in some cases as high v as thirty miles over rough mountain roads to 5i town, to dispose of a basket of peaches, whnirbr it couldl, by no possibility, realize more than S1. c Away from the publicroads, and, indeed, only ti tooi often upon them, the people innabit a houses much inferior to the average negro es cabin of Louisiana, and suosist upon a diet d which would drive our Sarmbos in droves to Kansas or some other place, were they held to similar fare upon our piantations. b, Despite the advantages claimed for the or climate the natives of this country do not P strike me as exhibiting the X SIZE AND i'iHYSc(AL vIGOR: usually credited to mountaineers. I am cat istied that the people of our State, and espe cially those from the upper parishes, are deci dedlythelr superiors in physical development. There are men to be met with here, as in all other places, of large frame and robust ap pearane, but generally, and especially among the poorer classes, it seemed to me that shrunken features and sallow visages prevail ed to such an extent as would seem to bespeak anything but good health. This appearance is, however, probably owing to the hard life wnich poverty com pels so many of them to en dure, as I find physicians few and am told they are very little needfed. As might be expected, in a country so broken and dillicult, furnishing hiding places as se cure as they are abundant, the illicit still !inds here a permanent home. Indeed we are almost in sight of P.UMBLeTNG AND HISTOP.IC BALD MIOUN TAIN. A few licensed distilleries are interspersed here and there, but these, I imagine, tind their principal profit in the manufacture of "apple jack" in other words, apple brandy. and pe:ach brandy. As to the pure, unadulterated price of corn and rye, such estar lishments can scarely hope to compete with the jack-o' lantern concerns of the moonshiner, abound ing as they do in the intricate recesses of the mountains; and which, to the revenue ofil ,ers, are much like the Irishman's flea, which, when you have your thumb on it, is not there at all. To all appeoracov,'r. the "dew of the mountains" is harmiess enough, being as limpid and clear as the bright waters of Avoca. To the taste. however, they yield not p.-en to John Rarehide's best "Acme" for fire and purnency. Such a thing, however, as ripe mountain whisky I have neither met nor heard of in this region, a and I therefore jidge that the demand mu=t fully equal the supply. A visitor to one of the licensed stills related to me him exeeren, , which I consid-rel rather arnusing. Having rýequested to ta.ste the "new" whisky. he was tendered some as it ran fresh from tre st:il. Thinking to contrast its flavor with that waFlh it acquired as it grew older, he awed I to purchae: some of the proprietor's old whisky. Some was bottled fdIr him, but in quiiry deveioped the fact that this oid w hiky had rbon run through ,niy three days before. ipon this narrow margin was built a d=ti-a, tion between the new and tno old. 4I sho-uld imagine, h.,wever, from these facts, that wnatever may be its age in this country, it is alr found go-i, reminding one forcibly of the le,.,ture deliv"y'rea by a certamn old gentieman to nis son: " Jn-n," s-ad he, "I am :s-t,nishedl to heitr yu ,-il this raisky fad. There is no su-1n taing a-s ,: whisky. Scno may be b!tter thini otners, out it is all g'id." If, however, VtIOLTIONS oF THE £EV7'tE LA.ws to a'tall excusable, I know of no peopleIc who could put in a stronger . ,stiifa ,,on than these very moonshiners. The farms of the section produce oniy the cereals. Which are rendered almost valueless by reason of dis tance from a suitidient ma.rket. What little is rasldl beyond the demands of local con sumption can be of no avail, unless it be re duced in compass and increased in value. Tne only means of accomolishing these ends is to ,onvert the corn and rye into whisky, just as it is necessary for the Louisiana planter to manufacture sugar and mo e from the cane he cultivates. For tWe reasons the revenue laws press heavily upon laese people, and are, tkaesafus most naturally regarded with repugnance Sand hostility, while the temptation to violate them is ever present and ever strong. But, with all this, It is an error to suppose North Carolina to tbe the champion State for "e:rx,ked whisky." It is true, that more illicit whisky 18 seized therein than in any of the other Southern States ; but the quantity cred ited by oflicial Statements to this State is as a trli ie cormaredt to that s eizred in some of the i tat.: of the Nrth. 'The figures chargesd to this State are :;77S gallons, while the mlodel itate of Massachusetts stands aRcused by 1 7w: : fgallons, and Ohio, the, Banner State of the .est, by 77, e4 gallons. Nor have the I people of these champion States the excuse of necessity, which may be, pleaded in favor of the rough and poverty-stricken mountalrne.rs of North Carolina, as the .Feek and well-fed distillers of Ohio and Massachusetts have in viow wealth, and not a mer': living. F. Mcr:G. ............ -. . 41. ...... A DAY OF SUNSHISNEFOR ITALY. How the Granting of the Constitution by Leopold II Was Celebrated at Leghorn. .Written for the Sunday Democrat.; It was the eighth of September, 1h17, when we landed at Leghorn, anti were greatly sur prised at the festive appearance presented by the entire town. Trl-colored streamers hung everywhere, all were decorated with tri-col ored rosettes, and some even wore sashes of the red, white and green: What c(,uld this mean in a land where a display of natronal coirs had heretofore been held a criminal of fense ? We lnruired of the barchettajnolo, who was rowing us from the steamer to the land ing: "Ih! Eccelenza," exclaimed the man, resting on his oars and glad of an opportuni ty to give vent to his overflowing patriotism, "Non sa '? o-day we celebrate the granting of the constitution." Evolva Leopoldo Se condlo '' and with these words he waved the shattered fragment of an old straw hat, in an uncontrollable burst of loyalty. He then proceeded to tell us, in snatches as he pulled along, of the grand doings there would be that day--twh messa cantata for the benezlle tion of the newly granted colors, the grand prrocesion that would parade the town, and the great men that had rcome from Florence, Pisa, Itorn and all part.s of the country tot address the people on their newly acquired rights. Of these rights, however, he seemed to have but a vague idea, and beyond the privilege of waving a banner and walking in a pr.:ocesion, he dlid not appear to have much knowledge of the benefits to be derived from the newly granted cornstitutlion, so we re stAved to drl:ay '.ur inquiries until we met with somre more enlightened informant. SWe had not reen long on terra firma when our friends c:ame to greet us, and we were warmly congratulated on arriving on so aus pi*ious a day. It was indeed a grand celebra ti,n for those who were capable of understand ing what was meant by a representative gov Ternmpnt, a free press and the right of citizens to hear arrrs. To those who have always e:njoyed the blessings of free Institutions it I. scarcely credible how galling it is to man's nature to be governed by another's will, and not by laws, nor can they realize what it is to be deprived of the freedom of the prass. B,1fore the revolution of 14-7 ii In Italy no article was allowed to be printed without gov ernment supervision; no letters from neigh boring towns were permitted to be publinsrd; communications between professors or stu -ldents at the different universities were lcoked upon with suspioion, and the more enlight Senedl the man the more dangerous he was considered. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was an amiable, we:ak--minded prince, changeable as the winds, for he was always governed by those nearest his person at the moment. Without liberal principles or Droclivities, he had, in a moment of popular excitement, grant j d to the people a ehalter whico transforrmed a despotic Into a representative government. Tne principal clauses of this constitution pro vied for the election of a legislature, a re sponsible ministry, a reform of the procedure in criminal cases which had hitherto been c,nducted secretly, the organization of a na tional guard, the abolition of the system of secret police or espionage, and the public establishment of a uniformed police or gen darmerie. In a few words was briefly explained to us what we had vainly sought to learn from our boatman. What a new world seemed now open to this all-enduring and much-oppressed people. "Our children, at least," ex:laimed Martini, one of our friends, a staid man of about tnirty-tive, "will be spared the Indig nities to which we have been subjected, and their mothers the days and weegs of need less anguish ours have suffered. I can never forget the days spent in prison al erqreto,c while my father and brothers were vainly i seeking some information with which they i could comfort my distracted mother; and what was our offtTense ?" said he, turning to us. "I had gone with a party of friends to Monte Nero for the day, and returning late, after dancing all the evening, we were inclined for mirth and frolic; the exuberance of our spirits found vent in song; we had reached the town and were marching six abreast to the joyous strain of ,,eona Ia tro,,ba intrepida, from Paritani, when our little band was surrounded by an armed patrol; we were taken prisoners and hurried to one of the fortresses, each one immured in' a separate cell, and for more than two weeks our relatives would not ascertain what hail become of us. Had all been assassinated , Nine could tell. At last, by bribing some official, they discovered our whereabouts, and as one of our number could claim British nationality, through the intercession of the British consui we were brought to trial; tried for singing an air from an opera! But the accusation was that we were singing sedi tious songs, and although the offense was unproven, some were sent into exile for months, and others severely reprimanded, kept under police surveillance, not allowed to leave home after nightfall, with other such vexatious restrictions. Can it, then, be sur prising to you, my friends, that we exult at the downfall of this system of oppression, and rejoice at the inauguration of a free g)vernment ?" Our hearts filled with joyous anticipation of the great benetits the country was to de rive from the new regime, we sallied forth with our friends to v-iw the grand f,,ta. The oidest inhabitant could not remenber when the town had presented so festive an appear-' ance. It was. indeed. a most brilliant and animated spe,,taci'. Street after street was o.e mass of gorgeous cibors. Ja eltmer side the windows and balconies were decorated wi.th oriiiant hangings and tilled with gay i ures and smil:ng faces. Floral wreaths and ma-sses of fi:age hang in est+oons acroes the r--tn. Pr urtinent above all were the. gay colors of tre new standard. and scarce ag dweeiing but datplayel t.. red, white and g 'ren. We were firtu:nate in getting out of the crowded thoroughlare and obtaining a good puition at a winliow overlooking the Piazza SGrande. where the principal parade of the day wy to takie plate. As the ,ci,. struck 12, a joyous peal from thel deep-toned bills of the Duormo announcrd that the t.nediction of the colors was taking plac., ari a~.mI.St simultaneouswdy from the muivicLipal palace in the piazza, and from every ,:uaur.n :ar and near, ad the oels of the towni ,iaed in the mrrry peal, the bands struck up Garibaldl's hynzn, and tne people joined in chorus, some singing and oth-rs soutilng "Vira Leopoldo," "Viva Ia Coetituziune," un til they were hoarse. At the conclusion of the mass a procession was formed at the entrance of the Cathedral, headed by the Governor, the mayor and alL the otficials, civil and military, antn the newly blessed colors were carried in triumph round the square. As the procession defiled past our point of observation we were sur. at. d not a little amusei at seeing a pigat o ladles marehing ia rank a t ram1 m a active and vodferges ist thm eaLainb cO rayed In spotless white, relieved by an amply to display of the national colors, and as each one it, wore her own Indlividual hat or bonnet decked th with flowers arnd ribbons of various hues, the or Incongruity of uniform presented a most it ludicrous appearance. ie On a balcony next to us were Mazzini and d- (uerrazzi, and to do them honor this female a brigade arrested their march and prroes.le 1t tory,"Viva, Mazzini ." "Viva (uerrazzl ' In to the transport of the moment all minor or,n ci sideratlon= were cast aside, and as tney fran y tically wa.rvl their handkerchiefs and turned of their faces upward to gaze on the popular I leaders, some of the hats fell to the ground, of leaving the fair heads of the wearers ex (f pcedr to the rays of the burning sun and to ra the gaze of thousands, who joined in a heart burst of laughter when, with a most undig n nifled and unmilitary dive, they scrambled after their head-gear. When the procession had risoanded, the people congregated in front of the balcony in which Mazzini and Guerrazzi were seated, and, with enthaslarstl shouti, called upon them to deliver an arrlress. These men were y the mort popular leaders of the day, Their writings had contributed largelyto the liberal rnovement; from early manhorol they had labored in the causne of liberty, and fanned into flame the patriotic spark in the hearts of their countrymen. ,uerrazzl was a native 'r of Leghorn, and his fellow-citizyns were - justly proud of his literary attainments and his devotion to the national cause; he, as well as Mazzini, had suffered years of exile, ig and they now returned to witness the first I- harvest frrom the seed they hadi sown. af Alas, on that bright day of sunshine who is could foresee the clouds that were so soon to gather! Who, as the names of Mazzini and al uerrazzi rang through the air, would have - ibelieved that in little more than a year these popular Idols would again be wanderers in a foreign land and their beloved country once 0 more bending beneath the yoke of the op I- pressor Sielding to the popular desire Mazzlnt stepped forward. While speaking his pale face seemed to illumine, his eyes flashed and b his whole bearing reflected the fire that q burned within him and consumed his life. In this he presented a striking contract to Guer razzi, whose cadaverous face betrayed none of the emotions which his eloquence aroused. r 'he words of the orators were received with frantic enthusiasm, and the crowd slowly and reluctantly dispersed. That night there was a general illumina" tion, and thus ended the "Festadelilo Statuto," or the inauguration cf a constitution that was destined to be strangled in its infancy. Grant ed by the fears of a pusillanimous prinee, it was withdrawn at the Instigation of the Aus trian autocrat. The disorders that ensued { and tnhe troubles that arose will be touched. upon In a sut-bsquent article. . . . -...e --.. .. FOOTLIGHT ARI CORONET. En-iih Actresses Who Have Been ElevaUte to the Peerage. Anastasia I1obinson, a vrxoalist of some emi nencj , in the early part of last century mar ried the Earl of Peterborough, and died i~ 1750. Lavina Fonton, afterward Duchess of Bol ton, made her first appearance at the Hay market Theatre in 1726, as Monlmla In Ot way's tragedy of "The Orphan," being then eighteen years of age. In 1728 Gay's "Beg gar's Opera" was first produced. She was the representative of the never-exeelled Po.y,. Sne retlr(,l from the stage in 1729, and mar Sried toe Duke of Bolton, and died in 1760. Elizabeth Farren, afterward Countess of Derby. She made her first appearance at the Haymarket as Miss Hardcastle in Gold smith's comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer."` Retired from the stage in 1797; married the Earl of Derby, and died in 1,s29. Harriet Mellon, afterward Duchess of St. Al ians, made her first appearance at Drury Lane Theatre as Lydia Languish, in Sheri dan's comedy of "The Rivals," 1795. She married the opulent banker, Mr. Coutts, in 1814. Coutts fdied in 1.22. In the year 1823 shq married the young Duke of St. Alba&. She died in the year !1:37. Louisa Bruntr,on. Countess of Craven. She made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre as Lady Townly, in the comedy of the " Provoked Husband," in October, 18i. Retired from the stage in 1I0.8 to marry Lord Craven. She died in ioe)0 at the age of seventy eig ht. Mary Bolton made her first appearance in the "Beggar's Opera," in 1806, and married Edward, Lord Ihurlow, in 1813. Maria FootP, afterward Countess of -ar rington, made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre as Amanthers, in Mrsg Ineb bald's petite comedy of '"The Child of Na ture, ' in 1814; married the Earl of Harring ton in 1 31, when she retired from the stage. Catherine Stephens, Countess of Eaea; made her first appearancc at Covent Garden Theatre as Manlane, in Dr. Arne's opera at '"Artaxerxes," in 101.. Born 1794, retired from the stage in I53, and married the Earl of Essex, who died in 1.:j9. Miss O'Neill, born in 1791, made her fIrat appearance at Covent Garden Theatre as -Jullet, in 1814. Retired from the stage and married in the year 119:) William Wrifxo BeeIcher. On the death of his uncle Mr. Beecher succeeded to the title and his wife became Lady Beecher. Louisa Mordaunt, born in 1812, and made her first appearance at Drury Lane as the Widow Cheerly in "The Soldier's Daughter" in 1s23, when she married Capt. Nisbett of the Life Guards, who died shortly afterward from the effect of an accident. Mrs. Nisbett mar ried Sir William Boothby, Bart., In 18I4, who died in 154+, and Lady Boothby died at St. Leonard's in the year ilS. CIGAR-MAKING LN SETILLE. Notes of a Traveler.l The most extraordinary sight in the Fabri-. ca de Tobaco is a room, or rather four con nected rooms, where over three thousand wo men and girls are daily employed in twisting cigars. The ladies of Seville are really very beautiful and graceful: nay, they are remark" ably lovely, and. as a rule, there are few cities so blessed with handsome women. Yet, we have to record a curious fast of whi, h can only be attributed to the po effect of the tobacco plant when handled c~ tinuously and in quantities. It would not be saying much for Sevtlia beauty, that we looked in vain mon this nnmaber for one that was beautiful, pretty or interesting in appearance. We never beheld so vast an assemblage of uglness. We might have exclaimed with "Juanico," who so well expressed it. "Venus passed by their doors at the time of their birth, and would not eves glance within." The young female superintendent was the only exception-the only one who did not dis grace the city of Donna Julra. Each woman can twist ten or twelve bun dies of eigars a day, each bundle containing fifty-one cigars, or live ounces of tobacco. There are also six hundtred men simi!ariy em ployed. Pae h twisting f urteen or sixteen bun dl s daily. The wages ae above a thousand dollars daily. 4igar-making and the handling of tohba co is en irely a governmental monopoly--& system so foreign to ,eur views that we need not dilate theremn. The stablishment is e tensive in more wyirs than one. It isa little world within itself. Every article wanted in the carrying on ",f tt . business in Co ect.En with tobaco, is made within its wails: tma chests, sacks. askts-even the wheels E tarts in w cni the teyac o is conveyed toa h from the fabria..-have their separate p.p ments. .ceiy repairs f,wer hni hd, eyd Pworo men in tearina off the shingles which covered it In lieu of clapbards, found their further pro Tgrew opposed by an immense swarm of honey bees which dwelt between the outer and inner walls, and resisted the desttion of their hive. By aid of sulihur the bees at;l were overcome ad forty pintds ham 04* 94- aM ort p i8 t hdsý