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HOUSE AND FARM.
Gathering ahd Keeping Apples.
Gather your apples early if you wish to keep
them late in the spring, and' vice versa.
Gathered early, they are hard ; and it will
be sometime say several months before
they will have reached the period of ripen
ing which the ripe apple attains on the trees,
so that, to pick early, is to put off the ripen
ing time.
This is done; and we have now Aug. 14,
in the cellar, Spitzcnburgs, sound as when
gathered, though not so juicy and tart. They
were gathered four weeks before the usual
time. They had not yet obtained their
growth, and were green and immature look
in". But they kept and ripened, and are
Ted and soft now as any ; but not so good
quite in flavor, not perfect, as the ripe Spit
zenberg is. Still a fruit, and not a bad one
during the spring and into summer, when
other apple - are not
If wanted for spring use alone, and not
early summer, pick a week later ; if for Feb
ruary and March, a week later still. If for
early use, say November and December, pick
when ripe. Thus with the Spitzenburg and
most winter fruit. But there are other sorts
that will take the place ol these early in the
winter; these are the late full or early win
ter sorts. But these, all fruit' (apples,)
may be used earlier or later, kept longer or
not, according to the time of picking. It is
simply changing the time of pickiing ; no
extra care or expense.
Pick your fruit , and from the tree put
into the barrel, to be touched no more till
used. Handling fruit hastens decay.
Put barrels in outbuildings for several
days till the sweating which take place
the first night profusely is over and the
fruit is dry. This will be in a few days if
the weather is favorable. Remove then to
the fruit-room or cellar; a fruit-room prop
rly made is the best, but the cellar will do
if not too damp.
Head up, or simply cover, with or without
spaces, for air to circulate.
But the temperature of your room (or cel
lar) requires attention, forupon this depends
the whole now, the moisture being regulated.
The first, the great important point is nni
foimity of temperature. To this effect the
windows which should lie double are to
be kept shut when the weather is warm and
there is a breeze, as the breeze will blow out
the cold ail, though lighter, it will force it
out and opened when cool; this in the
fall and spring. In the winter f course lit
tle air is to be let in : the difficulty is, too
much cold finds its way into our cellars and
rooms. When this happens keep it in that
condition until it begins to thaw. Now
comes the critical point ; if rapidly thawed
it is spoiled ; if gradually it cannot le too
gradual there, is a perfect safety of your
fruit
Uniformity then, and a gradual change, if
a change must occur; alow temperature,
just avoiding the frost ; the mean between
moisture and dryness: and the fruit not un
covered or in open bins, much on shelves
unless the air, habitually, is quite damp. In
a proper temperature and hygrometic condi
tion, apples should be kept covered.
Barrels with the head in or on are the
thing.
If rot atiacks them as it will, but slight
ly leave them as they are, for as soon ai
sorting commences, the rot will be acclcra
ted, and your apples will soou be gone. If
severely attacked, use at nee. But this need
not be, if the fruit is carefully handled (in
the start) and treated as described.
You can ripen your fruit in the cellar or
truit-room, as well as on t he tree. Of course
you do this with the heat Thus in the dif
ferent compartments you should have a dif
ferent temperature, lor the different uses of
your fruit as to time. We use Spitzenbcrgs
from Novemlcr to July. The last (ripe)
picking1, put in a warm room not dry is.
used first In our coldest apartmentson the
floor, is our earliest picking, Ui keep. Prai
rie Farmer.
Reclaiming Meadows. The most profit
able labor a farmer can engage in after the
haying season is over, is to plow and drain
low or meadow lands, manure them and seed
down to grass. Full remuneration for cost
and labor is often received in the grass crop
the succeeding season. For several years we
have been engaged in this work, and have
found no kind of labor upon tbe farm pay
so promptly and generously as this. Last
year we bad a small piece of meadow, one
and a half acres, which had lain for many
years, worthless; it was full ot hassocks
rushes, wire grass, stumps and rocks a mis
erable waste. We put three men into it,
with a yoke of heavy oxen, in September,
and before tbe month was out it was drained,
pulverized, seeded and made as mellow and
level as a prairie. This year, in July, we
cut the heaviest swarth of timothy on that
meadow of any upon the farm. Tho first
crop paid all the expenses of reclaiming.
Farmers, your neglected lowlands are the
lest part of your farms ; do not allow them
to remain the home of tad poles and bull
frogs; with proper care, they will fill your
barns with the rich grasses ot the uplands.
j'ton Journal of Chemistry.
Why Orchards Decay. A correspond
1 nt of thcJVaUey Farmer says orchards have
ii-d or Become poor from these causes :
1 st exhaustion of the soil from con-
,fays f,pa of apples; from the blowing
"by the wii
I vjbture a
. -roSts
oy the wind oi toe leaves oi me tree
assigned to teed tbe soil on
-ouiuua; oy crops or grass,
) constantly taken from the
f ground, and little return of substance
i A nr.lioi mpansilf tlimr flcRtmoi-inti hail
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en in whipping the trees with poles to re
r .i i " k,A At iii
)V6 Weir appiVB. AUU 0"M ouuiuci UtUBC
ib the pasturage of cattle among them.
rt rp Mr thorn, if anv were left wnrtti
'restoring, men must cease to crop the ground
Hotter them, and mu.t manure them with
rentable moia, aecayeu icvs wuui-i.me,
haqm and salt. A compost formed of these
BUoPances wuuiu ue cjlubucui, ui uuc iurm-
ft pari Uj BUap-DUUD UU iwu BiUJJS,
chijvdirt, turf, &c., well rotted.
, Tien trim them in the niontn oi June of
i gall ch other, and of all sockerg that feed
DpOt vTun&S ui 1JD1U8, qui. necowurj wr iup.
m TT'wwrw a QnviW TirT1TJT in DVflianrrA
pive the following receipt for the purpose :
Jfakfft weak alum water and mix your Bri-
1 iZi.il of alum water; let the stove be cold.
PTvHIl IK W Jit iuc uiiJLtuic, men wiivu 0 y
brash and lustre and rub the Btovs until it
is dry- Should any parts, before polishing,
ft wet brush and proceed as before. By two
bricrht
jg coach body.
How to Ihcreabe tub Mahurb Heap.
It was recently stated before the New
Tork Farmer's Club, on what purported to
be good authority, that much of the " Pe
ruvian" guano sold in New York has been
nothing more than soil from Long Island
manipulated, composted and mixed with
some chemical preparation,' or with mate
rials that bad a chemical effect upon the
mass, and that testimonials are abundant
from intelligent farmers that they have found
this stuff to possess great fertilizing quali
ties. All of which goes to prove that most
farmers have within their own reach much
ot the material needed for fertilizing pur
poses, if they will but make it avaduble.
Muck from the swamp, scrapings by the
roadside, turf and loam from waste places,
or from anywhere else where the land is not
to be improved. These mixed with the
droppings and liquids of the animals, eith
er in the barn cellars or in the hog yard,
will make a more lasting, and consequently
a more valuable fertilizer than most of the
commercial materialsand at a very much
less expense. In fuct the cost would be
nothing except the time employed in dig
ging and carting the raw materials.
The great necessity of the times in farm
ing is an increased attention to the prep
aration and manufacture of fertilizers. Those
who would increase their crops must first
recognize this necessity, and at once go
about answering its demands. It lies at
the foundation of all successful farming.
The manure heap must be increased, and it
must be done without relying to any great
extent upon artificial means. Every possi
ble thing about the premises must be util
ized to this end, and then we should not
hear of fields and farms running out, but
upon tbe other band that their productive
capacity had been increased.
Evidence that more attention must be
given to this matter is to be seen almost
everywhere. Those who desire to raise
remunerative crops must take hold of in
earnest, and in every legitimate way possess
themselves of the means to enrich their
lands. From the above statement in re
gard to the "Peruvian" guano, a lesson
may be learned that it will lie well to heed.
Instead of paying great prices for a home
made article though sold under a foreign
name, let us go to work and manufacture
our own " Peruvian " guano. Let us go to
the muck swamp before the fall rains come
and secure a good supply of excellent ma
terial that can be had for the getting. After
passing through the compost heap there
need be no fears but that it will have a
good effect on future crops, and pay a
large dividend on the expenditure.
Home-Made Manures. Much, veiy
much, has been said and written upon this
suliject within the last two decades. If cul
tivators of the soil, on the farm and in the
garden, had been as industrious in making
and applying manures as writers have been
in offering theories, our country, from Maine
to Texas, and from Florida to Alaska, would
at this moment be like a blooming garden,
clothed in all the luxuriance of fruits, and
flowers, and grass and golden. Alas ! It is
not so ; and it will never be so; until our
farmers awake from their lethargy and indo
lence. No other alternative is left them but
to awake, and " work or die." They mu-.t
battle with stubborn facts. Among these
facts none is more potent than that our once
fertile lauds have been brought to leanness
and barrenness by a ruinous system that
took everything from them, and gave no
thing in return. To restore this lost fertili
ty, liberal supplies of manure are wanted.
But where shall this manure come from ?
Within our forests and on our plains, along
our etresL.s and among our hills, lie the rich
materials, that only await the skillful mani
pulation of science and art .to transform
them into golden fruits and gram that will
fill the hearts of our people "with food and
gladness." The great bulk of our manure,
however troublesome it may be, must lie
made at home, for we cannot afford to pur
chase a tithe of what we need. Away, then,
with your teams to the forest; gather the
rich stores of leaves and mould that centu
ries have buried there; go dig your beds of
marl; your limestone deposits; your swamps
of muck ; go wherever nature lias deposited
her vegetable or mineral stores; draw forth
and apply the food which your, crops will
take np and appropriate, and return your
golden stores of autumn wealth. Yes, let
it become your daily thought and work to
make and apply manure. 60, collect it and
spread it, broadcast it and drill it, put it
npon the ground and within the ground,
compost it, comminute it, concentrate it
Yea, think about it, read out it, talk about
it, and even dream about it, for there it no
tafety without it. B. W. Jokes.
Cottage Home, surry, Ya.
Chickexs rs Paste. Make a crust as
for pies, and roll it out in cakes large enough
to cover a chicken. The chickens should be
very nicely picked and washed, and the in
side wiped dry ; put in each a small lump
of butter, a little salt, pepper and parsley.
Have the pot boiling, close the chickens in
the dough, pin them up in separate cloths
and boil them an hour. Unpin the cloth
in a deep dish, so as not to lose the gravy.
Pigeons can be cooked in the same manner.
To Cleah Brass. Rub the tarnished or
rusted brass, by means of a cloth or sponge,
with diluted acid, such as sulphuric, or even
with strong vinegar. Afterwards wash it
with hot water to remove the acid, and fin
ish with dry whiting.
Matrimony Among Children.
The Princeton (Illinois) Bepubliean has
the following :
" One day last week a company of movers,
comprising four teams, halted on Main street
to lay in a few provisions and rest awhile.
In one of the wagons we noticed a youthful
couple, whom we supposed to be brother
and sister; and, approaching the horses, we
inquired of their destination, and where
they came from. Tbe young man replied
that they were going to settle in Iowa, some
where near Des Moines, and that they were
from Do Kalb county. At this point of the
conversation, an oldish-looking gentleman
came out of the grocery, and handed the
young man a package remarking, he
' guessed that ought to serve two such young
ducks as they were until they reached Rock
Island.' The girl blushed and said ' it was
just like Dan ; he had to tell everybody be
cause she was married.' 'Never mind,
honey,' replied the young man, soothingly,
'the men always like to make fun at the
women's expense.' We then resumed the
conversation by asking his name and age.
He replied that he was sixteen years old,
and liis wife, Hannah, was fourteen ; anil
that his mime was Henry Miller. The 'ice
being broken, he became very communica
tive, informing us, among other things, that
he had only been married one week; and,
his father-in law having fitted him out with
a team and $500 in cash, he was going to
seek his fortune by buying a new farm in a
new country. Hannah then put on her pret
tiest smile, and said ' that was the way her
father had made his money buying new
land ami improving it and she knew Henry
could do as well as he did.' Henry, being
thus complimented, stroked the place on
his chin where he expected to raise a crop
of whiskers r and, tlio loams before having
started, lie gently slipped hi) rm around
Hannah's waist, bid us good-lye, and 'went
on his way rejoicing."
Death of a Philanthropist.
John W. Farmer, best known as the orig
inator of the soup-house system for the ben
efit of the poor, died in New York on Sun
day. Mr. Fanner originated the soup-house
chanty in 1857, the year of the great panic,
when the destitution of a portion oi the
people was unpurallclcd. The idea was
quickly seized by the philanthropic of Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, and other cities, and
thus the sufferings of millions of starving
people were alleviated, if not entirely re
moved. Mr. Farmer gave much attention
to the establishment of co ope:rai ion socie
ties among workingmen. New Yorh Timet.
In the work of straightening and widen
ing some of tho crooked streets of Boston.it
became necessary to move a building known
as "Hotel Pclliam." This building is of
freestone, ninety six feet high, and weighs,
it is estimated, 10,000 tons. It was moved
fourteen feet in three days, by mens of roll
ers and screws, a portion of the sidewalk
being also moved with it. No crack was
made in the building and nothing in it was
at all disturbed. The fastest rate accom
plished was two inches in four minutes,
FASHIONS.
We take the following from a letter to
the Washington Star by the well known
fashion writer Jennie June. Onr lady read
ers will undoubtedly bo interested in the
descriptions.
THE CLOAK OF THE PERIOD
Is the coat to all intent and purpose. The
most fashionable styles, as developed by the
approach of the colder season, is, as stated
in a previous letter, handsomely cut into the
figure, and oruamented with revert broad
cuff and large hot tuns. Tnis coat, when
made in velvet, is cut with .side paniers in
stead of lappels, and very richly trimmed
with black lace at the wrists and across the
shoulders, terminating in a cascade or series
of loops or bows in the centre of the back.
The skirt lined with white satin, and the
garment when completed, is called tho mar
quue coat
Another very handsome and more nseful
velvet cloak is made almost exactly like a
gentleman's dress-coat, only the lappels are
rather narrow, and are turned back in revert
over a rounded paniered overskirt and coat,
separate from lach other, and can be worn
separate or together. The cardinal shape is
revived in some of the handsomest cloaks,
with the addition of a broad loose flap at
the back, trimmed with fabulous lace, which
also forms a border to the bottom of the
garment N '
Quite a change has been effected this
season by the use of heavy ribbed silks upon
cloaks and velvet cloaks as trimmirg.' The
effect is exceedingly good; infinitely better
than flimsy fringe and coarse gimps upon
such heavy and costly materials. Revert
and cuffs, both of cloth and velvet cloak, are
faced with silk, and there facings arc edged
with a narrow double quilling of the same.
This constitutes all the trimming, with the
exception of buttons.
The "mantle" cloak can be obtained in
various materials velvet, cloth, and Scotch
plaid ; but is generally made to complete
suits, and in cold weather requires a wrap
of some kind over it, nnless made of very
thick material. It is of the round mantle
shape, drawn in at the back with a belt, and
each bow forms sleeves which are sometimes
cut up and trimmed so as to form a model
something like the Hungarian.
For wraps, besides the waterproof, which
are more comfortable and protective than
ever before, there are Scotch circulars, trim
med with fringe containing the colors of the
plaid and Highland plaids or scarfs, ar
ranged as a hood at the back, and generally
worn witb one corner thiown over the left
shoulder.
Opera sacks and loose or neglige styles
generally are made of soft white velvet plush
or heavy cloth, or of white Astacan fur,
heavily fringed with goat's hair; the latter
are worn with muft to match, and are very
fashionable for matinees, day receptions,
concerts, and other dress but not "full
dress" purposes.
For opera wear there is a very pretty new
Russian baehclii, made in white velvit cloth,
which has a hood, crosses in front, and is
carried to the buck, the rounded tabs at the
side forming an orament to a plaid dress.
It is cut out in points upon the edge, and
bouml with blue or scarlet satin. Mine.
Demorest has the pattern of this and many
other Parisian novelties, including the
"Metfernich " mantle, so the ladies can get
them fpr a trifle, and make them up nut of
their own materials.
NEW WINTER FURS.
The popular style this season, apart from
the mink, which always leads, are black or
white astracan. The astracan, fringed with
goat's hair, with mnff to match, constitutes
the most useful and economical set of furs
which have been seen for a long time, be
cause with such a set no other cloak is need
ed. The white astracan cloaks, as I have
remarked before, are very fashionable for
matinee and concert purposes. The black
astrican forms a most distinguished street
garment; hut should always be worn with
muff to match. There arc also collars, bor
dered with a deep fringe, with which the
muff constitutes a handsome and inexpen
sive set fur those who do not want a cloak.
An ordinary cloak costs fifty dollars ; a col
lar, with cuff in black or white astracan,
from fifteen to twenty. There are, however,
complete sets this season finer than ever dis
played before, the surface of which has the
appearance of satin moire. At first sight,
one would think the fur had been pressed
by art, and machinery into these beautiful
designs, but in reality it is the natural ap
pearance of the skin of a very young or
stil! born animal and the garments are there
fore considered very choice and very rare.
Mink is reduced in price from former sea
sons and a very good set can be obtained
from forty to fifty dollars. Ermine is as
usual regarded as the "dress" fur. Chil
dren's sets are composed of either ermine,
chinchilla or squirrel fur. Chinchilla is the
softest and prettiest for very little girls.
The sets consist of straight collar and pock
et muff, ornamented with the head of the
animals. There are also sets of Astracan,
consisting of cape, collar and muff, the piece
of which is twelve dollars.
ORNAMENTAL NOTHINGS.
Rich chenille fringes and soft white feath
er fringe are used tor trimming evening
dresses, by ladies who are tired ot lace and
satin deo rations; white feather fringe is
lovely upon white satin. White alpaca may
be trimmed for an evening dress with rich
white chenille fringe and white "mess" (a
sort of silvery white plush) heading. Black
fans, with oval tops and gold mountings,
arc the latest Parisian styles. Very recent
French novelties consist of port-monnaies,
bracelets, chatelaines, and even earrings, or
namented with a medallion into which a
miniature watch, a perfect time-keeper, is
introduced. With black silk toilettes, or
silk trimmed with black lace, gold jewelry
is worn of a deep color, what is called the
Abysiannian gold; the designs are hoops and
rings, or beads, or horshoes, heavily fringed.
Little scarlet scarlet sailor jackets are the
rage now among young ladies. Hats are
more fashionable for street wear than bon
nets. The high crowned Tyrolean blac&felt
or black straw, bound with velvet and trim
med with broad ribbed ribbon, a plume of
short feathers which curl over the front, and
an immense jet or steel buckle. It is fash
ionable to attache a long gauze veil of the
color to black or grey felt hats as the back,
and wear it passed round the neck and put
through in a knot at the side.
Jennie June.
Death of a Cuban Patriot.
CoI.Eduardo Montcjo was killed in the
battle of Las Tunas on the 16th of August
lost, in the 30th year of his age. He was
descended from a wealthy Cuban family.
ana was educated in tnc United States.
When the tocsin of the Cuban revolution
was sounded at Yara, in October of 1808,
Col. Montejo was foremost among the pa
triots of his native city, to enlist under its
banners. And upon the reorganization of
the liberating forces, after the election of the
illustrous Cespcdes to the Presidency of the
Republic, he, by and with the consent
of the Cuban Congress, . commission
ed Manuel de Quesada Generalissimo of the
Armies of Freedom, and Col. Eduardo Mon
tejo was appointed Adjutant and staff officer
to the General in Chief. Early in August
last information was received at the patriot
headquarters that the Spanish garrison at
Las Tunas, under Bencgasi, held the women
and children of that town as hostages, and
it was thereupon resolved at all hazards to
storm the garrison and relieve the wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters of the pa
triots, who were suffering untold horrors and
outrages at the hands ot the brutal hireling
Spanish soldiery. Fired with indignation,
Col. Montcjo begged his General to be allow
ed to lead in person the assaulting column
for the relief of his suffering countrywomen
in Las Tunas, and with his accustomed
bravery, placing himself ut the head of his
Boldiurs he led the victorious attack which
resulted in the capture of the city, and the
release of all the surviving women and
children in Las Tunas. In the hour of tri
uniph he fell, his brain pierced by a ball of
the foe, in the morning of life. He expired
in the arms of his brave, devoted soldiers,
while the shouts of "Victory" proclaimed to
his fleeting spirit that he had "fought the
good fight," aud had scaled his faith with
the sacred blood of the hero-patriot martyr.
President's Office, H. C Railroad Company,
Company Shops, S. C, Oct 29, 1869. ,
To the Stockholder ' '
cf ike North Carolina Railroad Co. :
Gentlemen A few tacts and figures are
necessary to refute the false charges, asser
tions and statements of various editors and J
otners in relation to tnc proposition hi lease
the North Carolina Railroad. ,1 will not
trouble myself to answer in detail the many
editorials of men who know nothing of
what they write, who make assertions do
void of proof, and point to conclusions not
justified by reason, and who have in all their
writings shown no ability to handle the sub
ject, or give information to the public.
First: The Sentinel asserts that tho Direc
tors bad executed and delivered a certain
contract to the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
Company, leasing the North Carolina Rail
road, not subject to the ratification of the
stockholders. I do not pretend to give his
exact words, but this is the substance. The
statement is utterly untrue. These are the
facts : the Directors authorized me to enter
into contract witb the Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad Company leasing the North Caro
lina at not less than two hundred and forty
thousand dollars a year. ' I, of course,
would get as much more as possible, but
was not authorized to take lest. I have not
signed, sealed and delivered any contract,
but have been waiting for propositions from,
a responsible source, intending to close the
contract with no one until it was ratified by
the stockholders, and for this reason the
meeting of the 11th November wag called.
Why, but for their endorsement did the Di:
rectors call, a meeting of the stockholders
' We will notice Mr. Turner's administra
tion, which I am free to confess was far
more successful than any previous one had
been, and a disposition on his part to parade
it is really pardonable. But it was not alto
gether so profitable to the corporation as he
would have the public believe. He asserts
that during the fiscal year ot his adminis
tration the road cleared three hundred and
sixteen thousand six hundred "and thirty
eight dollars and eighty-one cents. Let us
proceed to prove this assertion unfounded.
We will take the annual report of Mr.
Turner's administration, and examine on
pages 44 and 45, and it will plainly show
that the
Receipts from all sources were $585,411 09
The total expenses 508,526 43
Leaving as nett income 76,884 43
Upon the strength of which his .
Directors gave you a Scrip
Dividend of $240,000 00
Which left bis administration
in debt $163,115 84
So much for my friend Turner.
I will now notice briefly the remarks of
my friend Pike. He comes out with a flam
ing heading, "Conspiracy to lease the North
Carolina Railroad." Mr. Pike goes on to
argue that this will make a great through
route North aud South, and says it would
work a loss to the Company of sixty or one
hundred thousand dollars a year. In tbe
first place we want a great thirugh route
through the State. It will enhance the
value of your property and build up your
State. His argument is the strongest I have
seen for the lease. But as to losing sixty to
one hundred thousand dollars by the opera
tion let the figures above cited speak. He
states that if this lease is effected "up goes
the freight and passenger tarrifl." Head
the contract, Mr. Pike, find out something of
what you write about, and you will see that
the tariff on freight aud passengers cannot
be increased. And Mr. Wclker reports that
he wot not notified of the meeting of the
Board, and therefore there was something
wrong on foot, is the inference intended.
Now, Mr. Welker knows that this was a
regular meeting established by the By-Laws
of the company. And this being an im
portant meeting, notice was sent to him.
This article alludes to the building of
another Road from Raleigh; he evidently
means the Chatham Road. This lease will
defeat the extension of this Road to Colum
bia, and it will go no -further than tbe coal
fields, as originally intended. But suppose
the lease is not made, the Chatham Road
will be extended to Columbia, thus making,
as Mr. Pike says, the shortest through line
North and South. Any man of common
sense will see at a glance that this would
take one-half of the revenue from the North
Carolina Rail Road, as their line of road will
be sixty miles shorter than ours. Again, if
all the Railroad projects of the State are
completed what will become of the revenue
wt have now ? It will, to a great extent, be
frittered away by competition of these Roads.
For example, say that the Chatham Road is
pushed to Columbia, as it certainly will be,
we loose all the freight and passengers from
that point and South of it If the Tennessee
and Ohio Road is finished to the Virginia
Road we are cut off from the freight of Char
lotte and its neighborhood, besides losing
all the freight and passengers which we now
get from the Western N. C. R. R. If the
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford R. R.
is finished to Charlotte from the east and
beyond Lincoln ton in the west, we are again
stripped of a large portion of our freights.
We will also have a competition for freights
ij the Fayetteville Road when it is complcr
ted to Salisbury or Greensboro', as the case
may be. With all these complications and
competitions how is it possible that this Com
pany can ever realize more than six
per cent on her stock ! Up to this time
there has not been one legitimate dividend
declared. Some simpleton signing himself
"Rowan," is ambitious of enlightening the
public and be does so "thusly :" he declares
that two hundred and forty thousand dol
lars annually is only two and a half per
cent on a capital stock of four millions. If
he would but totally reverse his stylo he
would be invaluable as a financier. Presi
dent Grant should at once make him Secre
tary of the Treasury. Such great ability
should not be lost to the country. Does
not Col. Rowan know that whether the road
is leased or not its debt and interest accru
ing thereon must be paid ? Rowan was a
Director long enough to have learned this if
he is capable of learning anything, which in
the face of his article, becomes a question of
great doubt His premises are false and his
conclusions are necessarily so. His great
absorbing idea is bis own selfish interest
The Col. owns property at Morehead City,
and has consolidation on the brain. Put
your city in the back ground, CoL, and then
say what you think of the lease. Who is it
that opposes the lease i Is it the stockholders
No. Who is it then that claims to speak
for the stockholders and the people ? Why
the Raleigh Sentinel and tho Raleigh Stan
dard boi of which I understand are own
ed bo the Generals of the Ring.
The stockholders and people can draw
their own conclusions. Mr. Wclker and
others arc opposed to the lease and in favor
of selling. He said in presence of me to
day that he was sorry that he did not ad
vocate the sale of the Road at the last meet
ing of the Legislature, and that he would
do so at its next session. Our bonds are al
most worthless, only bringing thirty-eight
cents in tho stock market, with interest add
edbut we will say forty cents in the dol
lar. One hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars in cash would buy four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in bonds, and by do
ing this every year you would reduce the
debt in twenty years nine millions dollars.
thus saving the down-trodden people of
North Carolina out of their own pockets
this nine million dollars, besides paying the
stockholders annually sixty thousand dol
lars, after the debt of the Company is dis
charged, which can be done in two years
from the proceeds of the lease with the as
sets on hand.- This cannot be denied or
proven to the contrary, the financial ability
of Col. Rowan to the contrary notwithstand
ing. If this lease is such a bad thing let
the stockholder's lease the State's interest at
the rate proposed. It is strange that some
ot me many financiers who arc coming
10 lie relief or rue stockholders nave not
ppiposed Ibis. - The financiers of the coun
try men who deal iu stocks, and who have
large experience in matters pertaining to
Railroads, think the lease a eood thin".' A
month ago and your stock was not soturht
after, and when you found purchaser? you
were iorccu to sen at a ruinous figure-... The
rumor of this lease doubled vour stock in
value, and every stock-dealer 2row anxious
to purchase, and should it ;l)eoomerai.racfc'
I Here is HUIn doubt but it would po tttBevA
caty cents on thu dollar.- This feet is. a
powerful refutation of the billy theories put
juiui nnuisb me projeCT.
, Those old stockholders, who have owned
cock since tho completion of the Road must
03 at a loss to know what hat become of
tie great profits of the Road if the figures
given by these newspapers and their corres
pondents are correct What did- Mr. Tur
ner do with the three hundred and sixteen
tljousand dollars whch he claims as nett
profits during the year he controlled the
Riad: True, he and his Board of Directors
declared' a six per cent dividend, but did
they pay it in cash. No, it was payable in
twenty year bonds of the Company, which
placed the corporation yet deeper in debt,
an J this scrip was only worth an average of
about seventy cents in tbe dollar, or less than
five .per cent was really the dividend. cBut
theory is raised that others will give more...
Tlie following telegram ' vrill explain. it
selP; - " " v '
?ohpant Snops, N. C, October 29, 1869. ' .'
R. & Brimhs, Pres't W. & W. E. R.,
Wilmington, B. C: , . .,
I am informed that you have authorized cer
tain editors of the 8tate to say that your Com-
Siny would pay tor the lease of the North Caro
na Rail Road three hundred thousand dollars
per annum, and tbat yon bad the authority under
your charter to make tbe contract; and tbat you
were ready witb collaterals to make good your
part of the contract as published. ' 1 Informed
you before tbe Directors of this Company took
any action regarding the lease tbat such a pro-,
ject was on foot tbat propositions were pend
ing, and invited yon to make a bid, and assured
you tbat it should be considered. I now repeat
the invitation, and ask for your bid, and the au
thority of your Company to enter into contract
of this character, as I am determined, if the
lease it made, it shall he to the highest bidder
If I have any lnflnence in tbe matter. Answer
at once.
' (Signed) " ;: '
W. A 6MITH, 1 .
0 President N. C. R. R. Co.
At my request, Mr. Stagg, Secretary and
book-keeper of this company, gives from
his books a statement showing the Income
and Expense of yout Road for the last four
yenrs, which speaks for itself: ,
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from which yon will observe that
1 tbe whole. Income for tbe four
' fiscal yean has been -The
whale expenses for the tamo
$3,733,307 55
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Leaving a nett balance for the
lourvetrt .
$78,765 14
. . F. A STAGG. Secretary.
flam persuaded that after reading the
above plain statement of facts that every
body witt breathe easier, and feel satisfied
that it it no secretly gotten up penitentiary
nck. Jja conclusion, gentlemen, I will say
without the fear of successful contradiction
that this Road, all told, has never made
clear and above board six per cent on the
capital stock, including every dividend de
clared, save that declared during the war
nu paiu iu ionieaerate money.
lours truly,
' t - W. A. SMITH, Prts't
A New Thorr of the Anrorar Borealis.
i Dr. A. W. Hall read a naner "Wore the
Polytechnic Branch of the American Insti
tute, at the Cooper Institute, last evening, on
the cause-of auroral lights, in which he took
issue witlfjProfessor Loomis and other scien
tists who attribute the phenomena to elec
trical action. , Dr. Hall's theory is that tbe
boreal display is produced by the rays of
the sun, which are reflected from clouds sur
rounding the pole to the iee and snow of the
Arctic regions, and thence again reflected
to the clouds, and so back and forth until
it comes within range of our vision. The
glancing and flashing of the columns of light
he holds, are caused by the motion of the
clouds, an exact correspondence being trace
alble, the Doctor contends, between the
movements of the light and those of tbe
clouds. '"'In confirmation of his theory the
speaker cited the cases of similar displays of
auroral light in the east just before sunrise,
and in the west just after sunset, when there
are banks ef clouds visible from which the
sun's rays are evidently reflected. The
arches or' oowg often seen in the north are
also easily explained according to this hypo
thesis, while by the electrical theory they
are inexplicable. The deflection of the
needle and other magnetic effects, sometimes
observed during an auroral display, are at
tributed by Dr. Hall to the fact that the
state of the atmosphere most favorable for
these successive reflections of sunlight from
the pole is ilso favorable for the action of
the electrical forces which produce the mag
netic disturbances. New fork Timet.
I r"
The Double Scotchman.
j All the stories told of the Siamese twins
hardly equal this of the famous Scotch
double man, of whom the following account
is given in the Rcrum Scotiarum Historia :
! "During the reign of James III, of Scot
land, and at this court there lived a man
double above the waist, single below that
region... The king caused him to be careful
ly brought up. He rapidly acquired a
knowledge of music. The two heads learned
languages; they debated together, and the
two upper halves occasionally fought They
lived, generally, however, in the greatest
harmony. When the lower part of the
body was tickled, the two individuals felt
it; together; but when, on the other hand,
one of the upper individuals was touched
he alone felt the effect This monstrous be
ing died at the age of twenty-eight years.
One of the bodies died several days before
the other." ..,!,
1 . - A Kidnapping Case.
For several days past a gentleman has
been at police headquarters for the purpose
of obtaining assistance to recover his
daughter, who, he assorted, had been kid
napped from Grand Gulf, Mississippi. He
laborer under the belief that she hail been
brought to this city, clothed in male attire,
by one of the family, who bad an object to
accomplish in, tor the time, hiding the girl.
Diligent search developed the fact that the
partitJid bea.uerc, but all traces were
well covered up. Intelligence was finally
developed that they Hart gone over to jnon
da, and dispatches were sent alter them.
JNcws has come that I hey were arrested by
Marshal McCloskcy, in Pensacola. The girl
is a daughter of Dr. Cessan, who resides
near Grand Gulf, and the person who kid
napped her is her uncle, John Cessan. N.
0. Bejniblican,
The Japanese Colony in California.
The Japanese Gazette doubts whether the
Schnell colony can succeed. TncAidzu clan,
which was ,to.i furnish the colonists, were
driven to desperation by misfortune in war
when the enterprise was planned, but have
since been Well treated, and most of them
are now reconci)ed to remain in their old
homes. Theeditor of the Gazette, writing
in the middle ot. September, thought they
would all remain where they were At that
time, however, Mr. Schnclt had not arrived
in Japan, M iris to be boned that his pre
Bonce and representations Will induce several
hundred of UicwjUuricre to follow those who
have already c)ine. and who have underta
ken to introduce several new branches of
agriculture Hi u St&tei Alt Gulifornia:
' ! An anbleashnWuntr Woman1 entowKl nn
English parn cburult the other Btimlay,
walked up inl'mut of the chancel, and hold-,
ing up a oaby, informed tho congregation
mat its parent w" metcvior,
Spiritualism Astonishing Revelations
The Ghost pf N. P. Willis. .
Whatever suspicion may attach to needy,
professional mediums who give public sean
ces for money, none, I apprehend, -can prop
erly obtain in relation tQ private individuals
of ample meant and undoubted respectabil
ity,. who reluctantly disclose the spiritual
manifestations constantly recurring through
the agency of their own mediumistic pow
ers, and who, although keen,! cool and edu
cated reasonera, are totally unable to explain
any portion of the phenomena npon any
known laws, . In this city,and almost daily,
events are transpiring in this connection.
In one instance, we find an estimable lady
the wife of a lawyer, whose brown stone resi
dence is on Forty-fourth .street-communing
constantly with the unseen world, under
circumstances the most startling. The spir
it of N. P. Willis, whom she bad never seen
in tbe form, is a frequent visitor ot herself
and family. He enters the draiviug-room.
from time to time, and, in the presence of
her husband and others, takes a scat by her
side, and converses with her through the
medium of the alphabet In a strange phos
phorescent light, a chair is seen to move to
ward her from a distant part f the room
without human agency, and then she be
comes aware of its proximity. From n vase
of flowers near a curtain window, he has oc
casionally plucked a rose and placed it in her
hand ; while, in more than one instance, he
brought her lilies and bouquets dripping
with dew, quite dissimilar to any bud or
gem iu or about her dwellings. In addition
to this, he has given her a spirit likeness of
himself, in crayon, so perfect as to be regard
ed absolutely inimitable by those who knew
him well in the flesh ; while, to cap the cli
max, he has presented her with a small vol
ume of poems, to which he has affixed his
autograph in her presence, and which
seemed to have sailed into her hand out ol
the empty void of the atmosphere. I Lave
Seen this lady and conversed with her in
tho drawing-room in question I have seen
the portrait, the book, the autograph, and,
in a dried state, the flowers alluded to ; and
am thoroughly satisfied of the genuineness of
the manifestations. First, because they oc
curred amongst persons of refinement and in
telligence who checked and analyzed them
to intensity, and whose respectability placed
anything like fraud completely out of the
question; next, because manifestations, sim
ilar in character, are, as alleged on unim
peachable evidence, occurring daily in vari
ous other parts of the world ; and, lastly,
because the noble character of and exalted
nature of this lady, combined with her me
diumistic powers, might well attract toward
this nether world some of the brightest
plumes that sweep the realms of bliss. N.
y. dor. of Chicago Universe.
An Asiatic Race in Africa.
Recent travellers in Southwestern Africa
have discovered a new race, called the Boas
apparently ot Asiatic origin. They occupy
a fertile tract of country, stretching Irom
the coast inward to Lake Ngrric, and from
the Walfisch Bay on the south to the Cun
tne River on the North. They are of led
father than black complexion, with curly
hair never woolly, of regular features, and
fine forms. They are far more civilized than
most of the African race, have a graded gov
ernment, good government, and a vigilant
police. Travelers and hunters arc hospita
bly received, and can pass through it with
out difficulty, but foreign traders must have
the endorsement of a responsible citizen lie
fore they can reside in tbe country. They
lave a religion, resembling so closely the
Parsee faith, as to leave no doubt of its
Persian origin. They worship no idols, but
Ielieve in one Supreme Being, omniscient
nd omnipotent, and worship Him in the
symbols of fire and sun. Like the ancient
Persians, they keep the sacred fire burning
Continually on the altar. They believe also
in a powerful evil spirit, like Ahrimun, who
is always plotting mischief, but is held in
subordination to the Supreme being, and
Compelled in the end to work out good,
i They are said to be an honest, industrious,
temperate people, far more regard ful of their
word, and maintaining a higher morality
than most of the African races. The travel
er, Anderson, was so pleased with them arid
their country, tbat he bought a large tract
of land in their'teritory, and commenced
raising cattle on a large scale, but unfortu
nately soon died.
Defaulter in One Hundred Thousand
Dollars The Accused Arrested.
' In the latter part of August an imperfect
telgram came here from Galveston, Texas,
informing Captain Cain that S. L. Boone,
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue at
Brownsville, had absconded, a defaulter in
about one hundred thousand dollars. It
was supposed that Boone would immediate
lp come to this city, and it is not altogether
clear but what he did. Three of his trunks
came to the City hotel, apparently in charge
of no one, and were taken in hand by Cap
tain Cain. For the time the case seemed to
have been dropped, but inquisitive eyes and
ears were active in his behalf, for the United
States government was anxious for his ar
rest. He was shrewd, and for weeks was si
lent, but eventually it was learned that he
was hiding somewhere in Mississippi, not
far from Vicksburg. An officer who was
trailing mm quite laithtully was there toil
ed, as Boone must have received late infor
mation, and again changed his base, but
three of his companions were taken prison
ers Thaddcus Miller, George A. Cook and
apotlier. Hoone and bis accomplices had
Uid out some of their funds in mules, which
wjcre secured. The real criminal was soon
after captured in his retreat on the Big
Black, not many miles from Vicksburg. The
men are now in charge of United States offi
cials, and there is a fair prospect that justice
will overtake tlicm. N. U. Jievubticari,
How the Rasian ladies do When they
get mad.
I was at one time going to the opera in
company1 with a lady; she came and begged
me to wait a lew minutes as she was not
quite ready. She was magnificently dressed
in a dark crimson velvet, a profusion of
jewels, lace, and marabout feathers. Itook
a Seat in the drawing room,next to her cabi
net de toilet, while she completed her head
dress. Suddenly I heard a tremendous noise
ini the adjoining apartment mistress and
maid were endeavoring to outscold each
otjher, but as they spoke Polish I did not
understand what it was about. Presently a
lopd crash and the heavy fall of a body on
tlie floor announced that some catastrophe
had happend. Very soon after thu lady made
her apperance,smiling with all the politeness
possible, and expressed her regret at having
Mpt me waiting. I made no remarks of
course, nor did she allude to the mysterious
fracas that had just taken place, but I after
ward learned the facts of the case. The maid
had not pleased her in her coiffure. The la
dy scolded; the girl answerd impertinently,
which so enraged her amiable mistress that,
with the chair on which she was sitting,
she knock her down with so much violence
thjat two of tier front teeth woru broken off
in her full.
Bloody Affray.
Under this head the Waco, Texas Ewm-
intr of the 18th ult, has tbe following :
Two brothers named Grimis. getting nn
der the influence ot liquor this morning and
becoming boisterous, the police attempted
to: arrest them, they resisted, firing - upon
the police with their six-sbootcrs, wound
ing Mr. fonyer, a Federal soldier in the
band. :
frhcy then mounted their horses and start
ed out of town, taking the Austin road. . A
squad of Federal soldiers, under Lieutenunt
bands, immediately started in pursuit
.They' were overtaken about two miles
from town, on the Gatcsvillu road. The twin
Grimes immediately turned and commenced
Bring on the soldiers, nve in number, wb
returned tno nre witn tueir carbines, killm
both of thein instantly. ' '
i -' :;" -" -' ' '
jA London Journal of the 0th of October
announces -some modification of the lavora
blc news which it was said hail been brought
of! Dr. Livingstone. It seems Hint Mr. unil
MrB. Lee, the missionaries, who loll Zanzibar
n jane ana nave just arrived at f ulinouth,
do bring intelligence of the intrepid explo
rer, but not of so late a date as was stated.
He was' seen about fourteen months ago ul
Lake Tanganyika, and was then making hi
way to the western part ot tiv lake,
A Strange, Trne Story A Meandering
Woman Desertion and Recovery
Sore Repentance.
(From tbe Council Blnffi Nonpareil.)
' About ten years ago, the hand of a young
lady, whose father had passed beyond the
stage of mere competence in point ot world
ly substance, in the city of St Louis, was
sought by a merchant Pressing his suit for
some time, he was finally accepted by the
parents, and, being a gentleman of means,
the marriage took place with considerable
eclat and display. On his part, he was an
earnest and an affectionate suitor, but by the
parents of the young lady it was degraded
to the degree of a marriage a It mode. Their
own establishment was set up, the hand
somest and most elegant of appointments
provided for a luxurious and wealthy home,
but it lacked the very essential that nill
make a palace of a cot. One of the clerks
in the store of the young woman's father,
was the wolf which beset that household.
Between him and her there had been a Clan
destine courtship, and he was loth when the
prize was carried away, to surrender the
hand of the woman whose heart he already
possessed. The kind of life the married
couple led, will not bear repeating. The
husband tried every expedient to win the
womau who always regarded him with es
teem, but never with affection. One morn
ing he found his home deserted by his wife,
and a note telling him not to pursue her,
that it would be a hopeless task. He im
mediately communicated with the father of
his wife, and to his utter astonishment found
that the flidet Achates the confidential clerk
of his father-in-law had also absconded, ta
king with him a sum of money, but not
enough to endanger the inteiest and pros
pects of the house. By a system of hushing
known only to those in such entangle
ments, the whole transaction was concealed
Irom the public. The husband wear
ied out the absence of the woman, and
filially obtained a divorce on the grounds of
desertion. He married again, and with his
second nife lived happily. Last summer
she died, leaving a motherless boy and girl,
both interesting, sprightly children. The
truant woman (this part of the story is
from her own lips) accompanied her para
mour and lover to the plains. The first year
they spent at Central City and other mining
points in Colorado, the lover, with his small
capital, filched from his employer's safe, and
his knowledge of business, being able to do
some mining trade and to make some money.
Thence they went to Salt Lake into South
ern Utah, and finally driitcd with the tide
of adventure to the mines of Nevada. No
tidings of their where abouts and meander
higs ever reached the ears of her heartbroken
parents ana stricken husband. At last ill
fortune befel them. He grew sick and their
accumulations gradually wasted away. The
Stutes began to have more attractions than
heretofore, and they drifted eastward. The
toyt-r, who, in the loose civilization of the
frontier, regarded himself as the lawful hus
band, established a boarding house on the
Central Pacific Railroad. Here he died.
Alone in the world, the woman came back,
and when she landed in Council Blufls, was
utterly penniless. Repentant, only as wo
man can be repentant, even to despair, she
wrote to her father, but noth parents being
dead, the letter fell into the hands of the
executor, who showed it to the bereft hus
band. The latter came here as speedily as
possible, and met his long lost and truant
wife. Both parties went South, but whether
they will ever be so far reconciled as to be
re married remains to be seen. The woman
was a pitiable object Harrasscd with want,
haggard with despair, lashed with a guilty
conscience, and tortured with want anil pri
vation, there was but a shadow of herformer
lieauty.
A Remarkable Animal He Steals like a
( Unman Being.
' One of the most remarkable animals of the
Rocky Mountain, is the Rocky Mountain
Rat, the Nootoma cincrea of Beard, also
known as the Neotoina Occidcntalis, and
called iu Oregon the wood rat A full
grown rat is often nine inches in length
from tip of nose to base of tail, while the
tail adds about as much more to its length.
Its hair is soft and gray on the back, and
whiteish on the belly, cars short but broad,
and round tail bushy at the tip. It is the
worst thief in the animal creation, not ex
cepting man, for it always steals and does
not stop to consider whether what it steals
is valuable or not. Many strange stories are
told concerning its stealing nails, candles,
&c., and bringing back in return manure,
and all sorts of offal. Its operations often
have the appearance more of having been
the result of a desire to be employed than
anything else.
On one occasion J. Alden Smith of this
office, says he had standing in his office in
Clear Creek county, half a keg of nails, con
taining three sizes,and during a single night
these rats took out all the nails and piled
them up on the floor in three piles, each size
'y themselves. The same animals, night
after night, brought in heaps of manure
from an out house. But even a stranger
trick than this was performed in the house
of Mr. Hale on Tusday night On going to
bed he placed his false teeth on the bureau.
In the morning the teeth were gone, and a
raw potatoe left in their place. After a
long search, and on tearing off the weather
boarding in several places, they were found
in the nest of one of these ruts. The rat had
started to carry off the potato, but finding
the teeth, took them and left the potato.
Murder Will Out.
More than forty years ngo, the body of a
stranger was found in the woods near Pen
nington, N. J. It was in a sitting posture
against a tree, the face distorted and eyc3
protruding as if from a death of agony.
The garb indicated a man in comfortable
circumstances, and yet there was no money
found. At that day public scrutiny was not
so acute in such cases, and as there was no
wounds or other signs of violence found,
no' verdict of supposed murder was render
ed, and his body was buried without further
inquiry.
Now comes the strange confirmation of
the old adage, in a death-bed confession
made three thousand miles irom the scene ot
the murder. Daniel Hulscmann, dying a
fevr weeks ago in Manchester, England, ac
kriowledged to having killed in New Jer
sey forty years ago, his friend, James Ebcr-
nart. Hulsemann then worked in New
York, and Eberhart came from Germany,
where they had known each other, to pur
chase land. 1 hey started together to ex
amine the country, and Hulsemann provi
ding himself with a flask of poisoned brandy,
intending to murder and rob .bberliart
Walking from Princeton to Tcnnington,
they halted to lunch ; Hulsemann passed his
flask to Eliexhart, who drank liberally and
died in an hour in tcarlul agony, Hulsemann
looking on all the while. He then robbed
him ot his money, about one thousand dol
lars, and set him against the tree, as he was
found, and started on his journey of life
with a tormenting secret of crime, to burst
irresistibly Irom bis dying lips.
Terrible Yawn.
That was an unfortunate yawn which
spoiled the pleasure of a party of young
men on .Lake Michigan last week. 1 hey
sailed into a beautiful little cove, and hav
ing laid put a sumptuous rcpast,wcre sitting
down to enjoy it when S., the wit of the
p irty leaned buck with wide stretched iaw
to enjoy a tremendous gape, when snap
went his jaw, having shrunk out of joint
with his mouth open to the widest extent,
Ho tried in vain to close his jaw, looking
wildly around upon his mends, who mistook
his open mouth anit agonized appearance
tor sonic kind ot a joke, it was some time
before his indistinct articulations could be
understood, the party, meanwhile, roaring
with laughter ut 1 he appearance ot a. w ben.
finally, thev lecnm aware ot the trum
their visions of a pleasant day vnuished,
thev hastilv bundled their traps and the af
flicted brother hi ' the boat, took to their
oars, and pulled twelve long miles to Munis-
ing. , 6., in the meantime, sat in tuc steam
sheets stenring the boat, with distorted
jaws, and Ihc strong south wind blowing so
trcshlv into I us moutn us to make it neces
sary to stuff in a handkerchief to keep from
beinr miiiocatuu. Arriving at Munisimr
doctor was procured, and. with the help of
several mm, me uniuck-y jaw was put in
piaCV. ' ' - ,.:
Annie Wagner, according jo an intelli
gent Ban Francisco jury, died of "a gun
siioi wouna, uuvnargcq irom a pistol.
Tennessee Ruffianism A Tragedy of the
Lowest Kind tf Life. ;.
Cm w Rnridftv nifht, in Lincoln, countv
in this State, was perpetrated one- of those
deeds of blood, the recital of which makes
the hair stand on end. The tragedy orini
nated, as many of them do, in women. The
hiatorv of the event is peculiar." Two men.
named Baugh and Hoflowajr, belonging to
Lincoln countj,. near. Elk river, went into.
Alabama some months ago and took away a
good looking loose young woman? named
Pye. . She lived in the neighborhood -of
Serouge Church, in Northern Alabama, and
had been in, company with two others,
great favorites with a circle of young scamps.
Baugh and Holloway lured away Miss Pye
from these vouns fellows and brought her
into the Pea Ridge section, where they trot
ted her round. The young fools of Scrougc
Church Cross Roads were much incensed at
the taking away of their favorite girl, and
vowed vengeance. t ' t r !
Three months passed and the aBair was :
beginning to wear out their minds, when
the two vouna men who bad spirited away
the woman Pye made their appearance again
the neighborhood of Serouge Church. The
young fellows became aware of the fact, and
turning out in great force after dark, they j
scoured the country and captured the two ,
obnoxious chaps in the wood, and whipped
them pretty severely and let them, go. Of
course this led to- the cultivation of bod
blood. Baugh and Hollyway made the best
of their way to Pea Ridge, and placing
themselves under the care of the girl Pye,
she nursed them until their sores were healed
over and they were again' fit to go on the
' war path." They proceeded to the south
bank of Elk river, and commenced firing in- -
to the house of a person named JUleOsor,
whose sons had taken part in tho whipping.
They peppered the house pretty freely, aud
made things lively mere lor a ume. uui
Bledsoe returned the fire; and compelled the
besiegers to retreat, Finding, that they
could do but little in that direction, they ,
feave ud the idea ot inflicting punishment
just then, but concluded to await another '
opportunity. ' ' . ' '
i Some davs afterward. Baurrh and Hollo
way got into company with. a still-hunter;
visited several places ana dramc ireeiy, ana
in the night time, while riding through the
woods shouting and cursing, they found
themselves in the neigh berhood of Scrooge
Church, and surrounded by a crowd of bush- .
whackers, who commenced firing on them.
They returned the fire, and for a few min
utes the dark woods rang with the sound of
cracking rifles and ot human voices raised
high in blasphemy. The fire lasted as long
as there was ammunition, and when it was
over it was found that Baugh and Holloway
were shot, actually riddled with bullets,
their horses pretty liberally perforated also,"
and the three United States men who were
with thera had their clothing holed buti
escaped with whole hides. Beside these ,.
casualties there were four of the attacking '.
party hurt by bullets also. ' It was a per
fectly bloody affair. It is said that the ani-
mals ridden by Holloway and Baugh were ;.
stolen. The young woman, Pye, as soon as ;,
she heard of tbe fight, picked up her fraps
and bundled together some money which her
new paramours had hidden, and made tho
best of her way toward Jackson. All tbe ...
parties concerned in the tragedy are repre- , ,
seated as being disreputable and low.
. A Sad Re-Union. - -
On last Saturday, in a little country chtfrch
near Cincinnati, a humble village parson was
preaching the funeral sermon ot an old man
who had lived more than his three score
and ten, and who had finally laid down life's '
burden and joined his fathers. ' While 'the 11
religious exercises were . progressing two : ' .
young men passed the door of the church ; ,1,
one, a young man of twenty-five summers,
proposed to go in and " see whom they were r
about to plant" (to use his own words.)
They entered, and as they did so the little
congregation were about to take a last look :
at, the still, pale face of the deceased. : The
youths joined the melancholy procession.,
't-i j . 4-1... v: l.
L 11 uv pauseu a uiouieub ai. toe uici, wuuu
the one who had proposed to -enter "the' '
church and " see whom they were about to
plant " bent down over the coffin and gave .- -
signs of the most poignant grief. He wept
bitterly, and retusea to leave tne comn.
Some one suggested to him to pass on, when
he said, " This is my father how came he '
here V The sequel is soon told. ' At the
beginning of the war the youth had enlisted
in an Indiana regiment, and had remained
in the service until the last battle. He had
been mustered out, and taken -employment "'
iu Maryland, and remained in that State un- '
til a lew days sinceywhen he-started home
to see his aged parent En route he had,- ,
itopped in the village to: visit a comrade. -,
who had gone through the war with. him. -
The two in taking a walk passed the church -,
in which the Mineral services ot John Blay-
ton was proceeding, and by some strange
influence young Slayton had been led to en-"'-ter
the church, when the sight of his father's
lifeless form gave him the first intimation' .
that ho was fatherless.- Tuelder Slayton
bad moved to Ohio during the last fswycar3
of: his son's absence, and had, after a linger
ing illness, died. vteseiana Merald.
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i From the New Tork Times. . A ; .-i.-i
A Strange Story Fire seen near Solo- -mon's
Temple Warning of the , in
coming of the Messiah. . f
Our friends of the Hebrew faith will
doubtless feel much interested in knowing '
of , certain strange developments, according
to, the Austrian newspapers, which, bare
manifested themselves in Jerusalem. These
developments refer to the coming this year
of the Jewish Messiah. The story, as told,
is singular enough. It appears that the
Rdbbi of Paka, a town in Hungary, has re-
ceived letters from Jerusalem which state .
that toward the end of lost month a column
of fire was seen near the ruins of Solomon's
Temple, and that a strong voice was heard - '
which addressed itself to an Israelite who
was worshipping there at the time. Tins
voice warned the devotee of the coming,, ,
this year, of the Messiah, and declared that
the Israelites should repent, and be more
o'jservant of the religion of their lathers.
The man so addressed spoke prophetically
of what be had heard. Thereupon the peo- 1 ''
pie treated him as an im poster, and some -'
even went so far as to attempt to take his' " ''
life; but he, as if miraculously endowed 1;
with more than human strength, lought
hundreds of his assailants, and when, after--ft
wards, a battalion of soldiers was sent-to
arrest him, baffled them- in their efforts to
capture him. Two Israelites, the Hungarian .
journals say, have been dispatched to learn ' .
the) exact tacts of this extraordinary a Hair.- '
It lis clear that, if not one of tho race ot : '
prophets, the man who, as above narrated,
opposed this host of enemies, must be: an
athlete of no small pretentions.
The Earthquake in Mendocino County, ''s
I California. 1 :I- ; 1
At half-past one o'clock this morning, .'.
October 8th, we were visited by the severest
earthquake shock ever experienced in Ukiah
Valley. For ourselves, we were asleep, but
soon found ourselves wide awake, sensible of
the terrible convulsion going on. For four , ;
or five seconds some say ten seconds the
house rattled as though actual demolition ,
was going on. Nor wa? it all in appear- "
ance. When daylight came1 the first thing ; 1
that greeted our sight was a large quantity -,
of bricks and mortar in the fire-place. On
going out of doors the cause of this was '
plainly visible. Three or lour courses of " '
bricks hod been taken off the top of the
chimney, and landed on tbe roof of the '
house. ; " 1
On coming up to Ukiah, we learned that
some damage had been done in the way of '
breaking bottles, &c, itf the drug stores. ; ' i
Some twenty tons of flour, in sacks, were ' '
stared away in the western part' of S. Wil
liams' store. .. It had been stacked np nicely T
but when we looked at it this morning it,
looked as. though it had been ,dumjed( '
dawn from a big cart without order or care. "
The ceiling of Williams' store was also con-
alterably damaged. The ceiling of . Jioorelwt
& phambers' saloon looked terribly streaked.
On further inquiry we learned that quito a
number of chimneys in the neighborhood ,,
were more .or less, damaged. ; One, that 'nf ' '"
Crawford, was thrown down above the roof M
of the house, and then , broken uff lower;
down, and the body of tho chimney shifted,, .
abootone men; ' Much intcrcsfwas felt in"
regard to the new-seminary, the walls' of '
which had just been completed, but on .-;. u
amination it was found that no damage. w5 , T
done. Mendocino Herald, Oct. 8(A, . ,. (