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Jnobillc auicchln cwlljig ana roniclc : cuTctincso;in, Member 22, 18'a e IIOMK CIRCLE. niusr'n ItllAlsOWN. Tlio ;'n nilm liavd dropped from Imt iutvc-li'.- hiinl. An shr wutclios the ilysm; embers lIow, Kerciit frnm 1 lie lirnml old iliiumey plaoc (mo ghostly Fhadows of "long ni;o" Slmlows that carry lior lmi k nuin To tlic time of her childhoods artless ioy ; thriilt-ws t h (it show lier 11 tiny row Of blockings awaiting t lie Christmas toy; Shailowa that show lipr tlio faros lovid Of many n half-forgotten frirnd; Arid tlic Christinas eve it is passing by, While Past an J l'rosont in shadow bloiiJ. Alone in the dear old lioiiiestt'.u now, "With only the dnidowi of "Auld Lang t-vno, The clock is tickine the moments on, Whilo the tears in her aged eyes still shine. If only from out the silent world Tne world of shadows which mock her eo One might return to his vacant chair, To sit with her in th fire-light's glow ! If only Was that a white, white hand That seemed to beckon her out of the gloom ? Or was it the embers' last brieht flai-h That startled the shadows round the room! The Christmus-cvc, it has pissed at length; A glorious day from tho night is born ; The shadows are gone from earth away, And tho bells are ringing for Christmnj morn. But ah ! by the broad old chimney-place Tbo Angel of Death keeps watch alone, For straight to the Christ-child s beckon ing arms Its longing spirit hath gladly flown. TIME AM DEATH. Time is earnest, passing by ; Death is earnest, drawing nigh, dinner, will thou trifling be? Time and death appeal to thee. Mop Koh! Young niiiii, If you nru just com luenciiii; or practicing any vice or bad hubit, tilt- time to Htup i now. Von have atri veil at a stopping place, and you iu My now. if you pifc; but if you Miller your.-'t-if lu be while 1 on by appetites you may s.) !ar that when you lie-ii (o nii;, it may lie out of your p i'.v.t 'o If i' i -wear, bi..!; the Jviuliath, r-io -!o'', i yoa think evil thoughts or tdi thitu- ii". tiuile true, or goiue-inie-tell nono than IMl'.li, stop now. If you an oiiiti a d, i lice, or play, r any pi e e where you mry meet hail roinpasiy, stop now. If you aro iu the iratut of jetim; about religion, or iuiui.-ier-, or pie.tclii;!, t-top now. If you think there in time enough to le come reiuiou by-and-by, unil that you will pursue tiie way you aregoing a whiie ioncr, htop now, for the cour-e you are going ieiiU to death. Looking lu JeftiiH. A ?vage clothed in raL's and be grimed with ilirt chanced to look into a clear pond and shrank hack all'rigtit ed at the hideous ira ige of himself. The loLgt r he pa.td the raore appal ling vas the view. .So thu awakened sinner, the more he looks only at liitn elf. the viler he .-pcuis to grow, and the untie hopeless his prospects; hut if he turns away from tin own vileuesB to CliriM, tiie sinner's refuge, he finds joy ami peace iu believing in Him. ii id n arsi are forgotten, anil in their pla ' e is given a sense of pardoned sin, and : ej.tatice in the .Beloved. Miiii'm 1 tiHrncter. We may judge of u mail's character by what he love what pleases him. 1 f a person manifests delight in low and sordid objects, debasing Hong and vulgar language, in the misfortunes of his I'ellows, or crtu lty to animals, we may at onoe determine the complex ion of lA-i character. On the contrary, if he loves purity, modesty, tiuth if virtuous pursuits engaire his heart and draw out his all'cctioiis, we are satis lied he is an upriirht man. A man de based shrinks lrom as-ociation with the aood and wise. Many of the brightest virtues are like Mtais, there lutist be night, or they can Tint shine. Without, sulleriag thcr - eat) be no fortitude, no patience. ChristiiM in India. T'.c Kne'.ish census returns i-Lu'.v not quito ttnU.OW Christians in India, or les than ono in liX ol tho population ; und even of those some y.jO.(tfJ appear to be uro--peaiis, or to have European blood in their veins. About three-tilth,!, of tho Christians iu India are in Madras, where, in addition to UK'.-e in the native States, they number about 604,000, approaching two per cent, of tho population : 41'i.OOO are Koman Catho lics, a'ei llK,onf)aruenrollt'dus 1' rotes tants. In llouibay there aro l'J'i.OUO Christians, ;b"ing b'ss thun or.a per cent ot the popu !.. Nearly b i.OJU of these are returned as :.jmaii Catholics, (chiefly the Indo l'oringcse;, about lJ,0fJ are described simply us nativo converts, and 'J-i.OUO Hi J'rot'-Uants, of whom four-tlfths belong to the Church of Knglnnd. In lietigal '.'0,0U0 persons are Christians, Mc;ii:i less thun one jier cent, of the population. There aro sev eral missions in t.ie neighborhood of Cal futta, but only about "unlive Chris tians" aro returned in tiie city itsi-U. In .Mysore there are nearly "''..(J;) Chri-tians, of whom 1H.0O0 are "r.t.uve," ninetentha re Koman Catholic-. Olltie I'. I O Chris tians in ihn little Statu ofCooru, theru are U,000 "native, '' at. d l.'.MJ oT them urn Ko nidil Catholics. la Lterur about J (I Cl.ris ti.inb are cm. unrated from humpeur.s r Kurnsians. Inliritioh liurmau there urti ol'.OJO Chri-t aiu.or ne'irly two j.or cent- of the population. It is iorty-livi veurs tineo itaiiimohun Key founded u soen.ty at Cal cutta with the view ot" reclaiming Hindoos from idolatry and establishing a pure nior: otiieiiiu. In l?i7 Kishub Chunder Sen was enrolled a member, and in lssvi he seceded from the orig mil tocietv, and formed a sepi.rate sect culled the lirahmo Somuj, or the l'ratiinna Sumaj as tho mern bers call lheuielvu iu the Uoiubay J're-i-ilee.cv, where '-'-1 were enumerated. Very lew persons rcturiiei theuiaelvus as lirale lnos in liengal, und only ninety-two in Cal cutta, whore there is sid to be a cur.i lera b!o community of tl. em. They! are, how ever, believed to have congregation, in moat of the districts. tj;,i al.ing oltho I'res. . lenrv of Madias, tho cc'itus icport IiOtiees thai tl." nnch nt ruler of Western India mo lelievid to have encouraged seltlc jncnuol Persians or Mntii i-o-.mn lor ( un til ioc l.ei'.ro the l'ortuge-e " -tal.lished theniseUi-, ea tiie cou.-t, but under the rule i.l' the latter I in- rsvrinli. or Ne-toriam, Church n. ;!'..ri 1 great depression and per.-e- c-uiion. It., c.-cioles r.ow ilourish cinetiy in Cociiin an 1 und Tiavuneoro, und in the ;oiith if Malabar, were there lira Pl.bT'J '.Na..iriiics. ' 'J lo re urn kboul three t'uou and seven huiiiii. 1 liruhiuin. and perliap thrcit tho'itaiid K.-Lutr.ja Chn:liaius iu M adras. Simplcity of Woman. Among other di ilnitioti?, Mr. Webster gives thu following to the words simplicity: Arlles-ni'ss ot mind: trieloai lrom .lu- plieily; f-in . orit y ; plainne-s; freedom from nrtilicml orioum-nt.'' Now let uny one nn alw.o tliee terms, unci ni'olv llii'tn to liu- liniii ch.irieter, and what can inuko a croa tur.) of (iod a rational, int lloi'tiial, im mortal oreaUire more l.iveiy than simpl ic ily ? We go a sto further, and nsk, hat is there in unman so en lth Lji ri tr. so fiiscina- linir o e h arm in if, as simplicity? A . llessness of mind ! llow sweet and be coming to a fair one whofe face is tho index to the beurtl No running craftiness, no stratagem, no studied concealment, but liko the pure unmixed waters of tho pellu cid lake, unruffled by tho winds of Heaven, vou can look to the very depths of the heart and sen nothing to detract from its beauty. No duplicity, but unalloyed sin cerity, l'lainness ; no oateMation ; no dis play; no Artificial ornament by which the real defects and deformities of character are hid from the cyo of tho superficial ob sorver. Header, if you were asked, AVhat is tho most desirable quality of a woman's heart, of a woman's manners, of dross, and of ad dress, would you not answer simplicity? In thus responding you would only utter the sentiment of every well-regulated mind and overy honest heart. And yet it is not strange that woman so often misapprehend tho real sentiments of tho sterner sex? To look abroad upon tociety and mark the manners of the fair, one would be led to think that the idea but too gonorally per vails that women reeard art. concealment, and ornament, a essential to perfection of character. Hence tne allectaticn we so 01 ten moet. Hence the display of costly or naments, the exhibition cf gaudy trap pings, the rude attempts to improve the Seautiful finish which has been imparted to the human lace by the hand of the Creator. Simplicity I How this quality attracts tho admiration of the good I "She is a child of nature!" This characteristic at once se cures your confidence and affection. Such an one can bo trusted. She is worthy of your heart's love, aniLwill rot fall below your high estimate of real worth. Nash ville Christian Advocate " HEAVEN." .Mooily niid Hie Itlcti Man's 3l4iuey, From the rhiladeltrhia Times. At the evening pervioes) Mr. Moody coutinueil his discourse on Hi -iveu. There were about six thousand prisons present, the number of choristers on the platform being unusually spur-e. j " Let us arise," said Mr. .Moody, ' and sing the tiTth iiyiiin, ' There is a land of pure delight.' " 'i'lut Mr. Moody's words uii'ht be those of God and not of man was part of the prayer which the Kev. Jfi Thomas ollered. Mr. rsaukey saim: " .Not now, my child." Mr. M.. ody read the w hole of Corinthians, 1-4, and sevenil other texts, i hen announced prayer meeting for to-day at 12 M-, and a special meet ing this evening in Lr. McCouk's church for the special benefit of those feeling particularly miserable and wishing to unbosom their feelings. Mr. rtaukeysaid be hud been requested to iMiig the " Ninety and !Niue," but as his brother's sermun was on Heav en he would sing, "That will be Heaven for me," us being more appro priate. "Open the doors ami let in some fresh air," ordered Mr. Moody. " Let's lake up where we left oil about heaven. 'There are more command ments iu the Kible besides the Ten Commandments. One is: Lay not up treasures on earth, but in heaven. A man with no treasures in heaven, don't want to talk about heaven, if you go to some of these dinner parties around town aud talk about religion you won't be invited to po there ugain. Some say that William JJ. Astor died worth fl50,()O0,(HW, that he was the richest man in America, r-o lie was, if he had Chrit-t, and if he hadn't he was a pauper, instead of hoarding up these millions why don't men give it to Christ? to the charitable societies, to the foreign missions, to the Young Men's Christian Association for put ting up their new building to save souls? A man goes up iu a balloon and takes balla-t with him ; after a while he sees a train of cars down be low becoming smaller and smaller ; he throws out mere ballast, and linally the train appears like a litte worm. He keeps getting higher ; but the men who hoard up all their treasures on earth will keep down ; they'll hae to throw out ballast ; draw up a check for tome thousands to give to C'hrint. It's a grind thing to do great things for jod; to leave monuments be hind us. A great many would liko to have monuments of marble, but I d rather have monumeuts with two legs walking about the streets. The world will say : ' Hosanna to tne Bon of Da vid,' to-Uav, and ' Crucify Him,' to morrow. Christ don't convert men to take them to Heaven right away ; He wants them to stay here and work for His kingdom. W hen 1 read tho life of that man Paul I feel ashamed of myself. (Stripes were nothing for l'aul. liuwouiun i tain aoout wnat ne sut fered for Christ, but about w hat C'hrint did for him. I see him now lav down his head upon the guillotine, und he comts sweeping through the gates, right up to the throne, where Jesussays: ' Well done, Paul ; you've fought the good light.'" Mr. Moody told of a poor little bird that was de voured by a ravenous cat, becnuM' the rient of the former was not high enough fora the ground. "Young man, young woman, wouldnt you like to lie converted, and cause joy iu heaven ? Mother, it may liu u little child that's in heaven, looking down for you t repent and come to meet it. May (iod break every heart in this as sembly." Mr. Moody prayed that many might go into the iutiuy rooms, to ttil of their new-found joys. The prayer took effect upon about one bfindred and fifty, who went in dur ing th singing of "f'hull woljather at the Kiver?" Good and Bad News. Hal news weakens tho action if the heart, oppresses the lunt's, destroys tiie ap petite, stop-; thy digestion, and partially suspend ail tho function; of tho system. An emotion cf fchame. flushes the face, f.;ur biunehi's, joy illuminutei it, an in-'.ant thrill uiecrii.er. a million of iiorvus. ioir prise spin s tii pulso into a g illop. Deliri um ii:fi.:-es p-retit energy. Volition cuin niar:. I.-, and hundred1: of mujces spring to ei' ite. l'owe'f.l emotions often kih the boJy nt a str.iitu. Chilo, lJiagori.j and fc.'pUO'de. died of y.y nt tno ; ian ru..i -. The ne of je : at kill' l'ni.ip V. (ii,e of tin: l'op' i uiej of ad ciooiir n of tioi ludierous. on o , i.ig hi., pet moi.ki y robe 1 in iiontiheiai ie cj.yiug tho chair ol Jstate. iiiiler Aloloi li Kai carried up' n thcL'ld ot battle in ti.'! J.r.-t Uteres of ai. incui able di-eiir'-: t:e n t-.eiriK Lis ariiiy give way, he raiiiel l.i, pnido striekeu trjups, and rolled lee I- ll.u tide of battle, bhout' d victory, and d: 'I. '1 lie door ke' perof 'Congre.i i Xiir. d un hearing of the surrender of Cornwallis. Funny Incidents in the Pulpit At a clerical dinner party somo time ngo, snvs Appleton's .lournal, and the question went around to each, as follows: "Were you ever fo placed in public in the perform, idiee of a service as to lo-o all sense of tho solemnity of 'lie occasion irnl be compelled to lauch'tn spite ot your more serious self ?'' and tho following are some of the replies that wero made: A very solemn clergyman and biJ assistant, who wero disturbed lit their chancel by a miserable, looking street cat, wlncli had come in some unKnnwn way, an J was rubbing itsilfnn against their logs, niii-ow-ing pitcoUsly. Tho rector beckoned to the assistant to put tho cat out, which ho did, but in a few moments shn was back again. 1'pon this the very solemn rector placed tho poor creaturo under one of tho heavy box stools in tho chancel, and plac ing his footon this improvised kcnnol, gave out the hymn beginning : "A chargo to keep I havo." Tho last experience mentioned was that of a clergyman at his first baptism of in fants, llo was tiien very young in years, and had never before held a baoy that ho could remomber of, much less hold a baby and a book in tho presence of a church full of pooplo. Tho first infant given into his arms was a big, squirming boy of thirteen months, who immediately began to cork screw his way through clothes and wrap pings. Tho minister bold on bravely, but in a few moments tbo child's face disap- ficarcd in thu wraps, and his dangling legs icnoath wero worming their way to tho floor. Scizod with the uornblo impression that tho child was tunneling his way through his clothes and would Boon be on the floor in a state of nature, he clutched tho clothes violently bv the sash-band, and, straddling tho child upon the chancol-rail, said to tho mother, "If you don't hold that baby he will certainly be through his clothes, and I shall havo nothing left but tho dross to baptizo." Some Curious Facts. Naturalists say a singlo swallow devour C,0o0 tlies a day. Tho tarantula of Texas is nothing but an anormous spider. A single codfish produces more titan a million ergs in ono season. Fishes havo no eyelids, and necessarily sleep with their eyes open. Allieators tall into a lethargic sleep dur- ine tho winter liko toads. ."serpents of nil species shed their skins annually liko lea crabs and lobsters. , I a bee, wn-ii or hornet stint's it is near ly nl ways nt the expenso of its life. r i-iics swallow tlieir tooci wliole. Lnev have no denial machinery furnish u for them. us nri; as liitelou'eiit a dou's, n:;J may I ma le t'i perforin us many trices. I I tiio eye of a newt is put out another rl'eet eve ii s"on supplied by rapid growth. in tne unriccst niphts listies jtursuo ttuur suttl movements, the same as by daylight. .Serpents are so tenacious of their life thu. they will live for six months without food. In South America there is fa (prolific honey bee that has not been furnished with sting. 1'rogs, toads and serpent.-, never take any IO"l but that which they are satisfied is alive. Iiirtles and tortoises have their skeletons artly oulsida of instead of, within, tho ody. A whnle suckles, its voung, and therefore is not a iish. Tho mother s all'ec'.ion is re markable. A Courtship. M. II. 15 , in a Now York letter to tho St. Louis ltepubliean, says: Tho D itroit P'reo t ress describes a lexas courtship, but it is not half as funny as ono that is carried on twice it wock in a Iriend si kitchen. Her cook is a Gorman named Louisa, and sho has for a beau a middle-aged Yankee of small pretensions to intellect. line report ot ono conversation is a ver batim account of the whole courtship. Smitti knocks una enters, loui.-it saya, gruffly : en, oiniu, now you goes . "I'utty well, Louisa." drawls Smith. Then silence for livo minutes when Loui-a says : "Vot vas the vedder outside .'' "Pretty fair. Louisa." Another intermission. "Did you bring your rn.'.or mil you, Smitt '.'"' "Yes, Louisa." Then he proceeds to cut bis fair inamor ata's corns a solemn silence brooding above tho pair. About ninu Smitt ventures to re mark : "I s'poso I must be going, Louisa?'' And Lnui-a replies : "Yell, likely as not it would bo better."' And the door closes and tho courting is ove r. This hi-been going on for four years without a singlo accident. Twice u week this mingling of sold and sentiment, this cutting of corns and exchange of nllection t ikes place. Probably this winter the niar riago will eventuate, and Louisa will get some ono else for a corn doctor, since it's against all nature that a husband should be. for a moment ufler marriage, what ho was as a lover. It Works That Way. Yesterday while fifteen or twenty men were sitting in a saloon at tho ferry-dock, toasting their shirs and lumenting tho hard times, u ii. an opened tho door und called out : "Who wants work at twe'.vo (shillings a dav '. ' Not a person inado answer. Somo shut tlieir eyes and pretended to bo a-leep, and others were busy looking out of thu win dows. In about fivo minutes another man operied the door and shouted : "Who wi.r.u an en.-y plseo in the City Hull ' ' "I do." v:as churu-el in tones that mado tho leerilor jar, and every man i. imped to his fe"t. "So do II" saiil liie loan a- he shut the door atil walked awav. Detroit Free Pre,-. Reminiscences of Tweed at Washing ton- "hoi 1 v.cf,'l fr t noi'fe Ins appearaneo here at Wadiingtn in April, 1S0I, as fore man of tho American Lngimi (Jomjiany, No. 0, which was composed of danhintf b'hoys. "When l.e introdueed them to I're.-ident Fillmore be simply said : "These ara 'Kig Six' boys, .Mr. President " "When they left tho "Whitu llou-o hi) said that this speech was long enough, as they wore as much grander looking thun any other company in this world, as was Niagara l ulls grander than Crotori Plum. In Ue cember, lho 1, he caino hero and was sworn in as tho Keprescnlativo from the J'if'.h 'ongre.-.-ional I Jistriut of Js'ow York in tlio 'Thirty-third Congress. During the two sessions ot that Congress ho was a regular attendant, voting squarely with tho Demo eruU, aud ho made two short sje eehes. JIo also got f r a relative the job of hupplyiti? t aiie-aeat chairs for tlje s-immer si' sion, and became uiroctiy inf re-'ed in a bindintr eoiitrai t. Many assert ti.itti.e llourd of 1'ublie Works hero wus ue. doled after that founded by Tweed in e- York, and would havo b';en a part of tho Machinery which was to havo !:''. 1 a 'Jainmany President. Certain is it that ho took &-".-I'M worth, of shares in t'ej Patriot, stab-li-hed hero in November, ;o, by W. W, Conoraii, Kichard Sclo-ll, J. K. Ifarretl. i ernando "Wood and o'lnrs, but dispose) of his block in InVl lor i di. ts on a dollar. Washington Letter to ilo-.ton Jouirial. The Bo3t Manure. It is an establish oil fact, says the' Scien tific Farmer, that no onn constituent of plant food can keep a soil fertile. Somo fanners buy frccl v cf phosphal ic manures, as bono dust, supei phosphate of lime, and experience good result torn few years, and praise it iiceordin'tlv. Then tho crops fall oil' and tho fertilizer dealer nnd his goods are denounced, and somo other miinuro is tried nitrogenous, pmhabiv. The change improves the yield, but this in timo fails. Perhaps, now, the farmer gels ashes, or other manure containing potash into the systotn.J'ind with still moro mark ed results, it may be, than with tho first use of tho other sorts. Hut this does not last, and ho returns in digut to his stable manure, and again his results aro good, for in barn-yard manure aro all tho elements of fortuity, tliounh usually insufficient in quantity to secure the best results. Now what is tho reason ? It is not that any one item of plant food is more efficient than another; but tho explanation lies in tho fact that the kind that produced the favornblo Ptl'ect was that in which tho soil was most lacking. Thus it is that while crops require food in certain amounts and proportions, yet the application of potash, for example, in some form, or superphos phate of lime, alone causes a largo yield for a year or two, and thou tho beneficent action censos, unless the other requisite substances aro suppl led by natural resour ces, or by system of cropping, which is inlrequcnt. Thu best system of manuring far ' ds, then, is to supply all tho fertip lo monts which the soil and crops de- . , in proper portions and amounts, whin, the same time taking care of the physical on dition of the soil, as by keeping up the store of humus. Verily the farmer needs the best educa tion, the best judgment, that training and study can give, while some of them say they know enough, and have no timo to rui1.. nor any need of light and knowledge A Prohibition Speech a Century Ago. The following is taken from debates in tho House of Lords, Feb. 21, 1(112-3. Lord Harvey, in the courso of an eloquent speech, on altering tho duty on spirituous liquors observed: Almost every legislator of tho world, my lords, from whatever origin ho derived his authority, has exercised it in tho pro hibition of such lood as fnilcd to ltnuro tho health find destroy the vigor of the peo ple tor wnom no uesurneu his institutions. Tho welfare id' tho public, my lords, has always been allowed to he the supreme law; and when miv governors sacril'ce the gen ii good, culler to private views, or tem porary convenience, they deviate, at once, mi integrity and policy, they betray ti:"ir trust and neglect tlieir interc-t Tho prohibition of tiio-e commodities which are instrumental to vice, is not onlv dictated bv policy but nature; nor docs it indeed require much sagacity, when the evil is known, to Und the proper remedy ; for even tho Indians, who have not yet re duced the art of government to a science, nor learned to make long harangues upon tho different interests of foreign powers, tho necessity of raisinc supplies, or tlio im portance and extent of manufactures have yet been aula to discover that distilled spirits ere perriicuus to society, nnd that tlio use of them can only bo hindered by prohibiting the sale ol them, r or this rea son, my lord, they havo petitioned that nono oi'this delicious puison should bo im ported from Britatin; they have desired us to confine this fountain of wickedness and misery to stream in our country, without pouring upon them tho inundations of'de bauchery by which we aro ourselves over flowed. When wo may bo sent with justice to learn tho rude ami ignorant Indian, the first element of civil wisdom, wo havo sure ly not much right to boast of our foresight and knowledge ; wo Ji ust surely confess, that we havo hitherto valued ourselvers upon our arts with very little reason, since wo have not learned how to preserve either wealth or virtue, either peace or commerce. fsii.OOO.OOO In ItKKH Valiialtlo I reii-lil I roiu 2ilu lo 1 rntiec and Italy lty tlio Way ol America, Thrca freight can containing $0,000,000 worth of silk-worm eggs, arrived nt St. John's Park depot, on Tuesday. They had come from Hong Kong to San Fran cisco in twenty-tiireo days, and thenco to New York in less than seven days, tho speed being faster than the mails aro car ried by tlio samo route. This uncomimn cargo is going to Italy nnd the South of France, and could havo reached ils desti nation quicker and nt less co-t by way rf tho Suez Canal, but it has been found use less to ship them that way because tho Southern climato hatches tho eggs. Tho silk worms aro put upon long slice's of cardboard in -China, and aro left until each board is covered with eggs, which are ubout tho si.o of mustard seed. 'Tho eggs stick to tho cards, which, interluid with sheets of paper, aro packed in wooden boxes, tightly closed, nnd wrapped in can vass and matting. In this shipment thero wera bS7 cases, containing over PiO.OuO cards. Tho cases wero transferred, yerter day, to the Hamburg steamer Frisia, which wiil sail for Kuropejto day. A lien the eggs reach their destination, they will bo stored in vaults, secure against warmth, until the mulberry trees on which they feed huve grown thoir foliage. COMMERCIAL. wn oi.i:nai.k .Ti.iiiKi rs. ('llllOKICLIS O'KICK. Kkozvillk, Tf,sx., Dee. 21 1873. Wheat continues dull. Nothing doing in corn. OaU scarce and in light demand. Ample supply of flour. Kggs p'.enfifLl and lower. .Market overstocked with butter. Turkeys (JJc. per lb. gross. Chickens from 5 to be. gross. .Sweet potatoes scarco and in demand. Irish potatoes in better demand for ship. ping. White beans continue very dull. I'eathe.s weak at quotations. Choico green npttl 'S in demand. Wo quote : WllKAT (,'iiot; whilu prime, $l.O0al.O3. Corn Ohl crop, none in market ; new, 55a-10 cents. A.ARU l'irlll, lie. Oats- :,5al0c. 1 kisii 1'otatoks ooaloper bushel. iJay Fair demand, Sl.OJul.10, baled. I''fco from wagons, K5a'iOe per lUO lbs. WaiKi) .iiit A pples, 7a7ic; Peaches, quarter', bu'.ic; halvi), balOc. Jflackber ries, buMc. t i.oua Uuil and weak; country family, buyii'i;, iiioa-l.Ud; felling, ii.MJiw.25; ex tra, b'ljing, l'.oi)B'.'..7o; selling, 1 2.73a a-il. li.n"iixvtlli('ity M ills, " our htanilard family.'' ? ieio; I'earl Mills fn!in:v, 1. 10 ; City -ii.os ittimly, i2.U; 1 earl -Mi ..i -i:ra, 'e 11- i-'.T.). ilAeosllaine, I2;al:i ; cb ar t' shoulders, 11. (jiiA-s .Skku DiUD grass. $1.'); berds graos, il.73.t2.(XJ; orchard Kra .-, tiij; timothy, S1.00; clover, SlO.Oo. Xtcxiunus Ieeltiied;; prime, 0-J ; mixed, Huttfr Choice to fancy, lo-.lbc; cum ruon 12al P-. Koob Gcol demand, 20c. fUo Cotton, '2n2c. Hkkhwax 27a'Ac por pound. Ton Ai'oo - 'l enniwsen leaf, Culic. (ilNsKMi 7!icaf 1. 00. i'MA Snakk In demand, 65a'c, Y KU.I.oW KooT Dllil, I.e. Wool, Vaht(d, .VmlOe per lb Kt'lts l!ut few offering and prices nomi- i.Ito Nkm'H Slnrkoi. KnnxviVe, -1. nous. Oavpork packers havo bad very favor able weather for the past two weeks, and havo slaughtered something near 2,000 hogs within that time, Thero are no changes in prices. Hogs, gross weighing from 160 to 2o0 lbs, fij iti cents; from UoO and upwards, Oatii ; dressed hogs from V to 71 cents. BKRl CATTLB. Thero is an amnio supply on tho markot. and wo havo na changes in prices. Kxtra smooth steers at 3 ; fat cattle, iij to 'Ji J com mon to good, li to 1. BIIKEP. Sheep are in fair demand. No. 1, 3!c fat, 2iailc. ; common to fair, $1.502.00 a head. lints. Knoxville. Die. 2). There are no changes to note in our drug quotations this week, but the trado contin ues fair. Sit. Turpentine 65 Aloohol 12.75 Linseoduil.raw, Vl.ttl) Iod. FoUm., ... 4.M) do do boiled 1.10 ChloratePitus.fB) 70 Tanners' Oil, Kl 7ikk75 Ksaenoea, f dni... Ml Lurd Oil. best. gal l.lfiTmi.hrI,doi... 4.00 Coal Oil V t 2i Hart's Keliel Vdos 2.0" Orain Peeper. 't " 2' Paper Twiue, tb 2S Madder. tb lit Wrap Papir, bdl. S SS In'iuio, V B l.luWil.'W Wrap Paper, bdl. M Opium, Vtri SS(i) do do do L Morphine. os,... 7 (H) Soda. V lb Aniline, V del Sue Uorax. t fit Copperas, V tt Cinnamon bark tb Concent'd.Lye V case $7 Ext. Loicwocd lb 20ig!o Knoxville l.nmbcr Market. KnnxvWe. Her, -t Kough boards and Bcantling, $12.00 30-00 per 1,000 feet. Cloar seasonod plank, $2O.00a25.O0. Dressed weather boarding, $18.OOa20.00. Flooring, if lO.OOai'.o.OO. Ceiling, fJj.OOa-lO.OO. iJlack walnut, (rreen, $30.00a83.00; sea-scn.-.t, ; io.00a.o0.00. Oak p..sts sawed tapering. 20c each. Hough cedar posts, 20 to 25c. Tapered cedar posts, 30 to JOc. S.'.ved laths per thousand, o.Ooa.'i.oO. t-niveil Fhing'ms, S-l.OOa-l.OO. .-shaved shingles, SioUal.OO. Wholesale tjlrocery Marker. Ksoxvii.lk, December Cotl'co TloAliaco ' CI Ol Priiuo to choicest! ii i2? i ynocn Ulivi..'.'.".!.'"! i'l f. t Sillfarn lunno la Ilnrd susar: Co ft V a A ilo 11 l'Mra (' Yellow C H-V.l1! KNOXVILLC SOAl" FACT' I'-atJ:! I aunilryi'.n til boxes $!4 '""i o - ) T Family .ni Hi boxes, Si t" .t.... "eat ' . . pit u'' Cnurtl- ial2 P.irafine KSaS V 1 ail Etur. lull weilit. liiimirara N U SjriiH roounon Vrimi; to choice. Tobeco r." C'.inimn 11 io 50aW "r1 Viaiii Lt lie hi JI in iiu7ii Jr'utiejr ..s-ai aiiiiy, n in aai.'i p-iiicy lirands seal is r.'al H i Sul"kini ',Ual rjui -r, Knuir tl a tl" P'k'gs Garrets...? I 75 .S'ltl (I I -'ez t UJ ...7 ul J) i'iirnrM Ilyson Iiniieriiil Ouni)Owii.T Oolocc Lag Lru'tlit ist... Piplce- Peppf-r A li-i'iee Nutiues All brands J20al'0V . M -j'2 Urocera' ilrutra l 'i' Ind:no, S F. Jin' f .' t Ih ...17 uo Mauilltijl fa I :V ...17 DuteU Middcr UlalS (iiiiKer Cloves rnuiiril (.ooiltt Stir.linra V rns1 i 7 hliot and I.vnil 2 I'' I'enches i Uuz iJrop Phnt l 2('a?'2 2'. to caie T case SnS'i liuek Shot Sii 7.i Pine Apples t easel) liar head b -a'J S-rawb.rri.. raijftil SuoUrlea 2 " 1' matoes . iOft I Cove (! stersl 'i al ; i.nyrr Raisins ?:i 5 at! 75 Uo ;U'li.i.lvt Paper Y, .r;-'.a7Jc RU-o Twino -da nc in., .i. : '-...--. f- -..! -. II. iMa:iun ji KlillteuH Cap! 1 l Y M ' : Water Proof. Nl!ll4 JIusot MiaS' 61 v hex 1'arl T A;iitchc?..'t'iti2W F.inii : Kito-vvllle Hi lull Mnrhel. Kxoxvii.i.k, Deconiher'-l. Al'i'lei ir:ed lit (tt'J1 .'r'fli Mol isses V 7'. iral Ai-jiies KrCs-n Sitot-' m) Meal, "f bush omsn Ilutler, - vn :ii."-tl ails, o,1 Ja7I"rin Items. 1."'W.U) V bush Ouw, V bu-h 4'Ki.ftH Itrua V . bu-ht)!, " fheat, Vwtf'eft.f I lliieon, liiiins. e. ti''.,tlS Onhms, l.i 0-?i Vbuh i-'iuntry, !:.r'i'lti- re"1 Poultry, ehik'fll-'j't- " sides, l-MfrlifeVflb " duckt.M.-.,'?!'!) " shout lcrs, " ceese. '.' iiill) Hcownx. S'lVt'i " turkeysoi'i.l.v. lie-f pn-en, lr,', Pits, dried. t 1.1' i" I i" ilru-'l. 20 -. Jj'r.vm Potatoes, sw't. ttCK-i so Candles, i-io a-i--r!i " Irish, li'l CieilOii, 4'f- f Venl Powiler, . 4'"-et'"t'ln C..fTee, -,.-'j.:ioth P'arhes,'lricd,li.''l2li Cheese, .Va riiT-lh Itiee 't ID l''!4c Cotton Yarns. j'". lHJ.i Suitiir, crushed, VMtln Corn, '"'"e " coflo, l2'iii'e'4 Cabhace, " yi-IJow,l2"' li'A Kcts, ' -.''."'..oo " tirown, JH"12 i'f.mr, f.imily, :;.7 4.i Sop. bar r-10e do extra. 2..'I.S0 Kalt,rtack. 1.9'"-2.'0 do fui'crtir.e, ;;.io a3 'Jt Pvrup, 7Cf-f 1.75f'eul Fish, fresh, ( - U'Clh Shot, r do cod. 8" !0-lb Ia, reen, 7-"-1.7fttf ilo mackerel, f wd.'-'ctn do blaok.5 (" jl.2lli FcathtTd. V f' ! "-jS Tar. hoeTfual liay. X'! ! l. fewt I allow, v wa-ie V B' i 0 Vinegar, V gal 4UCloc Lurd. linllauootcn Market. Times, December tMth. (IRAIK, KLOUR AND UAV. Corn On the wharf, 45 to 41 ceuta ; in depot, 60 cents. Wheat $1.00 to 1.25. OatB No quotations. Hags 2 bushel ljurlapi.-llc. Flutir Superline, bbl., $5.25; extra, $0.(10; family, $0.25 ; fancy, 7. 25. Corn Meal In sicki, fuc. Hay Domestic, If 20.OOa22.00. i-r.ovisioNs. Hulk Meats Clear tide. 1 S.'.al t cents: shoulders, lOJo. II gs Fine, 7 cents. Hacun Country, no qiKitatioiiK. Hams Sugar-cured, 15c. I.ard Leaf canned, 11 cents. Ileef Cattlo 21 to 3 ceuta. COUMKV ritoDL'CE. lleans Per bushel, $1.25a2.50. l'cin Per bushel, cOa'JO centsi. Api'les Per pound, dried, 7 ceiitn. reaches Dried, Ma 10 ceiitH. Ituttur l'er 11)., 25a'10c. Poultry (thickens. l(ia2oc; turkeys, ,.jc i:-;gs Per dux., 20e. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. N Turk Market Xkw Youk, Dm:. 2o. Money easv at -rdi'. f!old dull ntni weal;, $l.i:i!al.l'!.'. Hterling quiet, tl S3-'.. (;i)veriiinenls lower aud little doing"; new O'h, 1.17. Slatea steady ; TeimosM-es lowo nixes. 10: new, as. lotion ijiiiel anil Mtcudy ; fculea of 1,21'J bales ut 11 ft-lbaloj ; coUMolidateil net receipts, 70,ISl bales! ; exported totJrat I'.ritniii. 2"!.o2s luile.s : b'rance, ",f)50 ; tlio ColltlueUt, 12,108. I lour (Hiiet unilHteidv. with it limit t d (U ihuikI for low grade for olilppiug ; extru, HcarcB and Headily litlil ; auper line SVt wIerii ami btale, S l.ooaj l.i-). Koutlieru Hour uuiet and iiiicliangeil ; couimou to lairextra, ij-15a?0.OO; good to choico pxtrn. $0 0)a$S.7"i. Wheat dull and elight'y in buyera' favor; new No. 3 wii.terred Wetern, frl.tiU ; while Michliran. SI. 43. Corn ncarcely pet firm; high inlxei! Western, TOJc; old choico yellow, in Htnre, 78e.; new Weatern mixed nnd yellow, (i.'laTlc. Onto quiet ; mixed Weelern Bin! Ktate, 4111350.; while, 4Ua-r2u. Jlio cofl'ee quiet, and unchanged. N. O. Moliinsea quiot, ")5c.! common lo choiee, b2o. Itlcu (pilet and unchanged. Tallow steady, lOc.alOJc. 1'orK (lull aniineavy; new nieaft, job lotB, $21.00. lard dull nnd heavy; prime steam, 13c. Whisky llrmer $1.10, I.oiiihtIIIc Harkft Louisville, Deo. 20. Flour quiet and unchauged. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn quiet aud steady and nominally unchanged. Oats quiet and firm, 37a3!)o. Kye quiet and un changed. Proviniont dull and nomi nally unchanged. Wbiaky quiet anil unchanged. Bagging quiet and un changed. ClnrlntlKII Market. Cincinnati, Deo. 20. Flour dull and drooping. Wheat steady and in fair demand ; No. 2 red winter, $ 1.28a $1.30. Corn steady, 48a49o. OaUdulI, 35a4oa. Barley quiet and unchanged. Kye quiet and steady, 78a80o. 1'ork dull, nominally $20.23. Lard easier; steam, 12jjal2c, cloning at Inside price; kettle, 1.14al3J. Bulk meaU dull and lower, nothing doing; shoul ders, OjalOc; clear rib and clear sides, 12112al23al2;, Green meats dull, tending downward, free sellers. Live hogs dull; fair to good packing, $0.00a $7.25 ; about 6,000 were left over on Saturday and a large number are un sold to-day; receipts, 9,000; shipment. 10,0,50. Whisky In good demand at full- prices $1.11. Butter quiet and steady; Western Reserve, choice, 27a 28c; Central Ohio, choice, 25a26c; medium, 20a24c. Baltimore Market, Baltimore, Dec. 20. Oats quiet and steady; Southern, 40u50c. Bye dull, 80aH3c. Provisions quiet anil steady. Js'ew mess pork, $21 .AO. Bulk meals, job lots shoulders, 8e.; clear rih, ll'iC Bacon quiet; shoulders. 10a lO'.o.; clear rib sides, Hall', ; hams, 1,5 alU. Lard dull and steady ; 1,'l j, Cof fe dull nnd heavy ; job lols, lS,,a21'. Whisky dull, Jl.lo. bugar slcady anil firm, lOlalO'c. St. I.duIn IZitrUef. St. Lorin, Pee. 20. Klour dull ami uiicliaiiged. Wheat dull und lower, No. 2 red, fall, Sl.do.1, ; ,"(. do.. S1.2.S. ('orn nctivp and lower ; No. 2 mixed, ii:)a42l. Oats citiiet and unchanged. liarley quiet aud tmeliuuired. Pork dull and lower; $10.73 nuked, Sl!.5o hid ; prnall lots Hold at $19.05. Lard dull and lower, $12.15. Bullc nieat.s dull and lower; shoulders, 71; clear rib uud clear sides, lOlalOJ, transactions very email. JSaeon dull and lower; shoulders 9 ; clear rih sidea and clear sides, 12al2j ; preen meats unchanged and hiirher for liest crades ; shippers, S0 4Oa0.7O; packliiir, (i.ilOa?. : extra, x.oo. cattle uull, lifeless, scarcely anything doing; common to choice na tive Btuers, $:5a5.87J ; native cows and heifers, $2uX50 common to choice stock steers, $2.23a4. 37.1 ; TexaH, S2a4. Whisky steady and unchanged, $1.11. (HAMKRY SALE OF VALUABLE LAXD NEAR KXOWILLE. No llnry K. Farrind v M. P. Cbapin. 1Ul'.-liANTT0 A DKCREF.OF TilKCHAN-i-ery Court at Knoxville, in tbe above caaso prom uneed at the September Term. 187.1. twill soli at publii- auetion to the highest bidder ia front of the Court llouso door in Knoxvillo 0a Saturday the 22 day or January next, at II O'clock A. M., 1S76, The tract of land mentioned and described in tho ;!oadint,'i. lyiiw in tho l4ta civil diptnet of Knox ivmnty, Hd.iinintr tbo land ol John Jones and ntUorn, on the south tido of Hoi fiun nvor, und in iruiitol Uuy ttroct, coutniuiuf; about ten uert, TERMS. 8nid palo wdl Lo made on a credit of fix month? and in bar ot tho r ixht of rt'demption, tukinn fr iui tb purchaser n note with irood security hcariT"-intnre-t from date, ad rtumiu' a hen on thu Und aa lurther security. M. h. 1'ATTERSOX. C. A M. December 3h7" w4t. Chancery Sale of a Tract of Land. No. 2oH Jiairiib W. Davis vs. B. II. Bl.amblin. T)l'RSi:ANTTO A DECREE OF THE CHAN--J iery Court at Knoxville. in tbe ab"ve raa?o pronounced at the October term, 1ST."., I will sell at public auwton to the hiuheiil biililor, in front of the Court Home door in Knoxville, On Saturday the 22 Day ol January Next, at II O'clock, A. M., 1826. The tract of land mentioned aad described in the pleading .find in s h civil oiutrict of Knox county Tenneiwe, adjoining the lands of Ir. James Roditers, Jordan tflinrer, John Linkenfalt er und otliers. containing V acrej more or ic-i. Fail Bale will be made upon a crMit of A and 1 -in nut liit nnd in bar of the rik'ht of redemption, 'faking notes with yood pcmriiy lor the puri-hao money aii'l mtainiug a lien on tho land uutil tht) uauio is lully i-uid. M. L. PATTERSON, CAM. December 17r wtt- Advertised Letters. I. 0. KsioxviLLK. Tkn Dec. 21, 1575. B-Mi" Cire BoEct, Q N Braici:. Goo N Bliis jr, Jan liowe. Joiian Cheek. J C Cayword. Mrs Kate A Cooke. Mavttie K CoIuf, Sleoaeu CarrioKtuu, Kiley Cobb, H A Cmiy. I Albert Duncan, J yhn 8 Doyle, Squiro Duvall. A H Fisher. Horace S Frankliu, JoiiD Fftue. John 8 Fraiior. u Urover ic Baker Bewinu Machine Apenl, Abraham liay, Ch m Uantry. Mins Donnis -vette. Kli.iibelh Ifruliaui. Mi'llrftin lie, Mi.'-S Heme Hull, Mm Cordelia A llayncs, Mis- Macaio Ui)k(-I. J F Jordon. i-liichnrd Koyhill. W C Kincada. I.-W A l.ove. Xi Alexander Moppin. Miss D C Miller, Mi? Emma Murphy, .1 amc Morritton, Nelson Mynatt. IM -MiM Amy Neal, Ihouiaa V Macbeu. f Jol n Oliver. Mrs Coruelia I'atton. J II Tierce, Mis? Ma lip fa 1" .iter. It .Mrs Mary Itcynolds. S Mimi ll"llo hm, ih, Alcxniilcr Sioiih, Mrs ! II Sooft'irJ. Kev J II bealon. Mr- Jauu-s bruiibi. .1 V hlinnet. Miss Lucy beay, Moley tseers, Mu-i U'tche! ttur-lterry ( 'I. 'I John Tinlcy, John II Tinltv, Mir!i.i:ill Tay ir. Tom 'larwulT. I Miss Ksto Lniph'n. W Jacob Wci-min i r, i'.n topbiu Waikius- Vi-rvons cii'liiiK f r any of lho above letters will, a-k I r " ion orioou li-U'jm," uo l p:t v one cot lor aavci li.i.o; ice. W, M. KULE. I'ojtnia.tor Wanted. Agents,'.; SI l. A II. I titllt., every oily, town anj initv, lo rnnva.iN Inr . t. ii-lo.r's IU - ENTTKiHTNIMi HWIl'lJULA I I Mi 1 M I'lillV 1. 1) tlK'liS AN ll KiiO llMATI.lt. culsal ntilU ami pa) s l.arse I'roti's head t r circular In inanu iaciuriirii, W.il Uii k Co. ,111 ti. bncoud oireot hi, Louis. ixUnJiu