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2h o 8 h a r 1 o 1 1 o I o m o a a d m o g ? air 6 a a r I a tt orr 6-. - - i XJLUJXLC jwuiuwvwu.i CHARLOTTE, N. O. Corraanondence of the Home and Democrat, Nkw York, April 10, 1882. Editor Home and Democrat: Yester- dv. Easter Suodav. was a great day among the churches, many of which were & - . ... " ' - . I full to overflowing, a morning ..paper i estimates that 25,000 persons visited Grace Church daring the day. This is doubt- less a great exaggeration, but that is pro-1 . i . I I L Z I, st? I oaoiy tne mosi popular curu ... iu. WJ, having a very large congregation, and generally thronged with stranger, who are attracted by its locality and by the admirable sermons of Dr. Potter, and the fine music, and yesterday by the Easter day floral decorations. 1 am lavcrea wun a parapmet upjr i i w - - L I .i - . I Lecture before the Historical and Scientific Society ot Wilmington, jx. u., nem a i "Sketch of Maj.-Gen. Robert Howe, of the American Revolution," by John D. Bel-1 lamy, Jr., Eq. Gen. Howe was eminent in civil and military life, associated with Cornelius Harnett in the patriotic move ments which preceded the Revolution, and in the army, from Captain to Major- General, during the seven long years of the war, enjoying the confidence and esteem of Gen. Washington, yet how little do people even of his native btato know I of him. and not even a stone marks his burial place on the plantation in Colum- I lt.ia nnnti nnvr nsnl Kv the hp'irn of the I bus county now owned by the heirs ot tne late David A. Allen I Truly, "Republics are ungrateful" not always, however, as Gen. Grant can testifv. Howe had been - - ,r in command at West Point only a month before Arnold's treason, and had been transferred to active service in the field at his own reouest. He was a member of the court-martial that tried and con demned Andre. Mr. Cyrus W. Field of this city erected a monument to Andre at the scene of his operations as a spy ; but nobody has erected a monument to the patriot and soldier and statesman, Howe ! I mentioned in my last that the Editor of the Boston Journal of Education has been on a visit to the South, during which he saw much to compliment at the Bing ham School, and in the progress of educa tion crenerallv in North Carolina. On his C3 way home he stopped at Goldsboro and Wilson, and devotes a couple of columns to praise of what he saw at the flourishing Graded Schools in those places. He re joices in the fact that they are models of free instruction for towns of their size, are adapted to the circumstances of the South em people, taught by native instructors, admirably disciplined, supported with singular unanimity by the foremost men of the towns, and "having already at tained a very hopeful state of affairs in scholarship ; for these Southern boys and ((iris are wonderfully bright, and repay good teaching ten-fold." "Nowhere have we seen all the difficulties of the situation so happily overcome as here.". It is pleasant to record such praise from a man I who has made the subject his study, and is so well Qualified toiudge. It is estimated that money will become more and more plenty here till the 1st of July, for the government promises to pay off fifiy-fivo millions of bonds and fifteen millions of interest, and railroads twenty millions more. All these great sums will be Becking investment. The last monthly report laid before the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor one of the most useful of the many charitable institutions In this city shows that during the month of Feb ruary no less than 7,202 applications for assistance were made, 6,346 of which were by persons having families, and 856 by single persons. Relief was granted to 2.350 families and 69 individuals, iu all 9,540 persons. The expenditures for the month were 14,114.35. lhe treasurer, instead of being a defaulter, like so many treasurers, has advanced 472.65 of his own funds. The Association is devoting much attention to the improvement of tenement houses. The American Bible Society last year distributed, by sale or gift, 1,094,108 books. Its receipts were $502,723. The receipt of eggs in this market is about 20.000 barrels, containing about . - i rati 18,000,000 eggs, each week. Ihey are cheap now, 15 eggs for 25 cents, at the grocers . . . . In an article on the Lost Books of the World " in the London Quarterly, it is very naturally deplored that so large a proportion of the records of antiquity has Ut Tktt ai..,u-t.;k f J yyy. i"". ".w j, iuswuvc, saiu iu uv wimuueu iuv,uw manuscripts, that of Pergamus 200,000, and the library founded bv Constantine 120,000. Yet at the present day hardly a iugi viHsoivtti iuuuovii v a viuui uatc than the Christian era is known to exist. The Alexandrian Library was given to the flames by order of . the victorious Omar, A. D. 64 1 and is said to have sup plied the 4,000 baths of the city with fuel for six months. In rejecting a request for the preservation of the library, Omar said, "If these writings of the Greeks agree with the koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." "During the Gothic invasion, toward the , , - j close of the third century, Athens was sacked ; and, according to custom, the libraries were collected for the purpose of being burned, when one of the chiefs in A.:iUt (...u,, tua terposed, observing that aa long as the Greeks were addicted to the study of books, they t would never addict them alvea In arms " Tha 1arVnpfla that. ovr. anread the world after the downfall of the r ... ... Knmn mriro hrnn nr n t. with it now i t perils. As lhe interest in learning de - Citnea, so aia me care ior us lnstrumentl . - ana products. With the revival of letters, of printing, and the Re invention formation, a new spirit took possession of men's minds, and it has gained such an ascendency, that a relapse into the bar barism of former times seems piacea oe- - - .. . yond the bounds of credibility. That in deed j3 a contingency so remote that, in the face of the present state of science, literature, and art, the very mention of it . .. m . . r I ... I may provoise a smile, ine aanger oi these last days seems to lit rather in the direction of misapplication of energy than n that of stagnation. . . fae Atanta Constitution - . . . to darkiea and mules "It always did seem like there was a kind of confidential relation between niggers and mules, a sort of a treaty or peace and equality, for tnere is no other animal can stand the darky and there is no other human can ret alone in peace wun a i nulla WhAn thv art alone together in a bur flela wun long rows me aaraey umks w mm an . . . . . . i 1 1 . n - JSStSSlTo Z!reXei tliey talk to one another and the mules are snuo- bed. And the Milwaukee Sun thus describes a parrot in that city, which has more Bense than some other two-legged creatures, inasmuch as it eschewed liquor after one experience of a drunk : 'A gentleman on the south side has a parrot that is almost human. It will drink beer, and knows when it has enough, and will not touch anv more, which is better than many "grown people" do. The parrot, when it first began to take beer, got lull, and tuose who saw u say we . . i m - j: parrot was just like a man. First it was funny, I fdJaf hf d at Wi1!?' nd :w!S ??i?iTA5 uld sit on the pech Spay 2oa to .. - m. i I anytning mai was saia, appearing xu ue eea-aii:. i A th next morning it3Tathei8 all seemed to pun and the parrot had a headache. Its master I offered it some beer that morniDg but the poor say : you got any soda-water? The bird has sworn off, aDd is a great favorite, being one of the most intellectual and versatile parrots in the city." H. Astonishing Case of Fatality. Philadelphia, April 9. An astonish-1 ing case of fatality, in which three sisters died within half an hour, was reported to the Coroner to-day. About 10 o'clock last night Mrs. VVinsmore went to her bed-room to retire lor the night, when she heard a noise in her sister's room. Upon reaching her room Mrs. Winsmore found Mrs. Watson in a dying condition. Med ical assistance was promptly summoued, nd Mrs. bmith was also sent for. Ine physicians found Mrs. Watson in a coma-1 tose condition and administered ammonia, but she did not recover, and expired in a few minutes. Before they had recovered from their astonishment Mrs. Winsmore was overcome and tell to the floor in an unconscious state and in ten minutes she died; and ten minutes later Mrs. Smith, the third sister, was a corpse. All are supposed to have died from natural causes. Legislating Against Lobbyists. A good move was made by Congressman Mills of Texas, who introduced a resolu tion amendatory of the rules governing the privileges oi the floor ot the House. It appears that a legion of ex-Uongress- men have taken possession of the House corridors and cloak rooms this session as lobby agents for various schemes and measure, notably the Eads Ship Railway bill, and the fact has become apparent that they have been so employed mainly because they possessed the privileges ot the floor. This has given rise to such given rise abuse of privilege that upon complaint made, effort is being made to exclude ex- members. While this proposition is likely members openly violate their pledge, not I to oe interested in or io innuence legiSia- lion, iney muai taite ine consequences. Finding Money. A telegram from it. Louis says : "As two laborers were digging a drain on the premises oi James E. Haggertv. No. 912 Collins street, to connect the house with the street sewer, they unearthed a large pot tightly sealed, which on examination was found to con tain a large amount of English sovereigns, American silver dollars and about a hat lul ot Continental currency, lhe money has not been counted, but there is proba bly between $20,000 and $30,000 in coin, which is dated iu the last century, lhe currency bears the date of 1777. date of 1777. The house was occupied by Moutgomery Blair many years ago, but subsequently passed into the possession ot oamuel Catty. Mr. L. Raney, living near Moccasin Gap, in this county, some weeks since em ployed a colored man to clean out and deepen an old well that had been aban doned many years ago, and had caved in and filled up to within a few feet of the J rfT . VI sunace. wnen tne man naa reached a depth of about twenty-five feet the found a post in the centreof the well a hewn post about the size and length of an ordinary fence post. He dug deep enough to enable him to remove the post, and when he J pulled it out of the earth a stream of WBr came. P?nnng "" "e wen, and oe- I wuiu aw uiawu uut tuo water was L,.ree feet . aronnd . R . minutes the water suddenly disappeared, I be again descended into the well, and I found a hole in the centre of it. and cnuld hGar the water rnnnn bpneaih h I could not reach the water with a ten foot I pole, and as he was not anxious to em-1 ite by the subterranean 'short line,' he abandoned the job."-Tallahassee Flori- flian 1 ff3!F Lizzie Marcellus, the circus rider I wbo was lost with Stowe's show on the UHTrWP vxoiaen wiy, I OT ant. fiTi Vlfh lion Hma whnn nnlv ft non a li jm: : ! nu of age. Dan's circus passed through a rural town near Schenectady, and Lizzie rode a short distance with the clown in his buggy. She was a remarkably pretty and bright ahild. and nn lAvinr W t her parents' door he gave the family tick - etB for that evening's nerformance. She I was infatuated with the circus, and begged to be taken along. Dan and his wife of- fered to adopt her, and the parents gave her dd. She was soon nut intr t raining for horseback riding, at which she became expert. At the time of her death, at the acre of 22. she owned most of i h hm P , - I in the blows establishment, six cages of . AimmnJ ' " i wild X ii i m 9a I m inn mr iiiiii vnrin m nrnatna i The Stab Route Indictments. Wash ington, April 10. In the Criminal Court to-day Judge Wyhe decided that the Star RoutJ indicBlmeng are d and 8Qfficient. A motion to quash was overruled and the indictments stand. JT The North Carolina Republicans in i vv asmngton neia a meeting aud adopted I l: t J . i . . i reuuiuwuiiB uitieny aenouncing me siai - 1 wart Senator Jones on aocount of his post - I fclv" wu fcUO v"uteo The Religious "Jerks." Bishop Paine of the Methodist E. Church, ' South, in reminiscences of bis early life, gives the following account in the Nashville Advocate of what is known as "Jerks," which prevailed in this State about the same time: Tfie Jerks. It was about this year 1819 the phenomenon called the "Jerks" uisappeareu. yuriug iwutyym u uu occurred. pnncioallv in the Western coun- 3 I TA . - 1 1 try, and especially in Kentucky and Ten nessee. It sprang: up in the midst of the . . '; .a t great awakening," about the beginning ot the century, and for the first decade spread and prevailed wonderfully. It was marked by sudden and often very violent spasms, affecting, like a paralysis, the whole body, but confiued more frequently to the arms, head, and npper portions of the body. Many fell, seemingly lifeless, and would lay silent and insensible a long time, not flinching from pain when experi ments were made. So violent were the motions of others that it was necessary to restrain them forcibly from injuring them selves. At the early period, which marked the origin of the movement resulting in the organization of the Cumberland Pres byterian . Church, these "exercises" as they were called, were various and ex travagant to a surprising degree. I hey were not confined to any particular Church nor, indeed, to any classes of citizens saint or sinner, grave old ministers and careless worldings were attacked. I have been reliably informed that at a famous great union-meeting, held on the border of Kentucky and lennessee, so intense and general was the exercise, that, "exercise." that, among other wild and strange scenes, was a race at night between a noted preacher and one ot his elders The preacher could no lAnnnr ait nnrnoa rtia fua hnna onn ctorf ol .v6. ""cr1-"" '"""'"S0! hastily to leave the encampment, lest he miirht be overtaken with the Jerk, and bUcl exp08e himself. His elder fol- lowed to take care of him. Adown the road they went both did their best, but the elder grabbed 'him after a half-mile chase, and just as he had begun to climb a tree. At the foot of the tree thev shouted awhile, embraced each other, and wept tears of holy joy together. Calmly and quietly, an hour later, they returned, better prepared to instruct and soothe others. I have seen half a dozen at the same time who needed to be controlled. Usually we would slop preaching when the Jerks began, and sing, or talk kindly and softly to them. Those who came to make sport of it wero often its subjects. I have seen many fall from their seats in church as if struck by electricity. The less cultured were most subject to its. Of course there were many exceptions. Preachers in my time very rarely suffered. Do you ask what we thought and did about them when they happened in our meetings the cause and moral effect? In reply, we muttt say, we were always sorry to see them, but did not feel it right to oppose it directly and indiscriminately, lest, perch ancc-, we might "fight against God." Those who were affected by them appeared mortified they seemed to try to suppress their emotions until they could do so no longer. If such could find relief in singing, weeping, or shouting, the struggle ended. I believe they were, by a great majori ty, sincere and good people, although us ually of an excitable temperament; yet some of the gentlest and best Christians were occasionally of the number. We do not comprehend the action and reaction of soul and body, much less of God's Spirit upon the human soul and body. That both good and evil may have at tended them, I doubt not. Irreligious spectators were often deeply impressed, and dated their subsequent conversion to these strange scenes, ibey could not ac- count for them without reference to super- natural power. Others were offended, hardened, and hindered. --Having never been very demonstrative in my religious leelings perhaps never sufficiently so 1 tried to rely for usefulness upon the faith- lul use of the divinely-instituted means, and commit results to God in faith and prayer. Revivals we must have, or the Church becomes a spiritual cemetery : but lor its extensive and permanent wel fare its pastors must be teachers and wise master-builders. These duties require wisdom, patience, and earnest devotion Spasmodic and sensational efforts are not enough. It matters not what God may do, or allow to be done, to startle and awaken the slumbering soul, if its energies are thenceforlh rightfully directed Noth ing is more dangerous than indifference, especially when caused by a vicious habit; then the force of a moral earthquake is needed, lhe giants who figured in that great awakening " belongiLg to various Churches, have disappeared, and the pro tracted excitement has passed over like a storm-cloud. We hear only the reverbera tion ot the distant thunder, and it is to be feared that the calm which has succeeded is lulling to repose the Church and her watchmen. I prefer a storm occasionally to perpetual stupor. Guiteau's Book. Guiteau's book is out and the advertise ment runs thus in part: "The Tkuth and the Removal." Part I. The Truth, a companion to the Bible, contains (1) JFaul the Apostle, (2) Christ's second coming A. D. 70. (31 Christianity, reviewed since A. D. 70. f4 I Hades and the final judgment, (5) A reply to attacks on the Bible, (6) Some reasons W man7 Prson8 are B?,ng.5,ow" t0Per ? i'l A"e.lw0 8?eas W Aae Pre dieted late ot the earth. i irari ii. i ne nemovai, contains a sv I nopsis of his trial for removing James A. I Garfield, with letters of commendation I 1 . I uu uir papers. I A number ot tst. Louis physicians I are of Plnon that small-pox and other I contagious diseases are transmitted from one 8ectim of the country to another by I the sleeping coaches on railwav trains. 1 Passengers who use sleeping cars, says I Dr Dorsett, of that city, should exercise I every precaution to inhale as much fresh air as possible, keep their windows up at everv opportunity, get out of the car and walk about as much as possible. Thev Bhould also avoid, as much as practicable, mixing around in promiscuous company, and should sit up as near as possible to the r a . a i . t lorwarq ena oi me car. Chased bt a Wild Boab. Some nor tions of Watauga are infested with wild boars aa fierce as those of the Black For est. Mr. Bernhardt, of this place, ioioed in the chase of one of these animals last week, and the dogs had driven it under a ledge of rocks, when it turned on its pur- suers and "Barny" was forced to take re fugeon the top of a boulder. The wild boar followed and was scrambling up the I rocK displaying a monstrous set of tusks I . , . , mr . i wnen snots irom air. Bernhardt a gun 1 caused it to retreat to the ivy jungles i wuerv ii eacspeu. jcnvir xqpic. NEW There are eighty cotton and woolen mills in this State. " r : Concord Presbytery will meet in Con cord on Tuesday , 25th insLxThe 'opening Sermon will be preached Tuesday - night by the retiring Moderator, Rev. A. L. Crawford. It is rumored (and we hope the rnmor will prove true) that the authorities of the Carolina Ceutral Railroad will visit this place, at an early day, for the pur pose of locating a route from Shelby to Spartanburg, S. C Shelby Aurora. ISF The following North Carolinians graduated in medicine at Jefferson Col lege, Philadelphia, last week : T. J. Cost ner, H. B. Jnrgerson, J. B. Gunter, Geo. J. Robinson, J. R. Strickland, A. R. Wil son, A. P. Keever. Mr. B. E. Webster, of Hickory Moun tain township, informed ns week before last that some stalks of his wheat and oats were heading. Whoever before heard of wheat or oats in this county, heading in the month of March? The work of track laying on the Mid- and N. C. Road is progressing, lhe iron put down is of the best quality of steel rails. The Midland construction trains are now crossing the track of the - ... a . it W.-& W.and follow up the work, wrjion is now on the other side of the river. Goldsboro Messenger. The Newton. Normal- School, among other teachers, elected Mrs. John A. Mc Donald of Raleigh, to take charge of the Kindergarten school; Prof. D. Matt Thompson of Denver Seminary, the Mathe malic ; and Prof. W. T. R. Bell of Hing'w Mountain, the Grammar and iUocuiion classes. The Cranberry Iron Company have discovered on tneir property in Mitchell Co., N. C, two veins of the finest magnetite ores, one eighteen feet and the other thirty-four feet. They have tunnel ed through the veins iu building the rail road. There is much reioicing among the ron men as it insures to the Chattanooga mineral district an abundant supply of steel-making ore. On Monday morning three passenger nearly the trains left Asheville depot at same hour, on their regularly appointed schedules, on three distinct branches ot the Western North Carolina Railroad, to-wit: the train, as usual for Salisbury, at 8 a. m., and the train to Paint Rock at a. m., and the train to Pigeon River at the same hour. This last is the first pas senger train on that branch and marks the opening of a grand era to us and to the people 'est of ns. Asheville Citizen. We direct attention to the advertisement in the Citizen of CoL W. R. Young, Sheriff of Buncombe, of the sale of all the interest ot Thos. D. Carter in and to the property and franchise of the W. N. C. Railroad to satisfy sundry executions in his hands against the said Carter. As this road is already 'burdened with owners, or would be owners, we suspect the bidding at these sales will be lively, more particularly as Mr. Carter s "clam to ownership is pro miscously energetic and aged. Asheville Citizen. A Child Swallows Two Half Dol lars. One day last wek a ten-year old daughter of Mr. S. N. Thomas of Shilob Township, was playing with two silver half dollars, and, having them in bet mouth, they accidentally passed into her throat. The child at once began to gasp and turned black in the face. It was evi dent that the coins had lodged upon the wind-pipe, closing it up and rendering breathing impossible. Mr. Thomas, who was fortunately present, thrust his fingers into the child's throat, and in doing so dislodged the mouey. The pieces passed into the "swallow" and thence into the stomach. An emetic was given and the child threw up both coins. The throat was considerably lacerated and bled a good deal, showing that it was with diffi culty that the pieces passed through the canal. Statesville Landmark. A correspondent of the New York Post, who recently visited Martin county, in this State, and witnessed the work done by an English colony in the swamps and jungles of that county, States that the re sults which accrued from the reclaiming of some of the waste lands by the colony surpassed the most sanguine expectations. On a tract of some fifty acres, cut into plats of four acres, with a central drain or ditch eight feet deep and six feet wide, connected with drains surrounding each of the four acre plats, were raised corn, millet, garden vegetables and fruits. Of corn titty bushels to the acre were raised, and of millet five tons, bweet potatoes weighing five pounds each were produced, and turnips, cabbage, beets and other vegetables in proportion, all without manure or special cultivation. The cor respondent states that in a young orchard oi appie, pear and peacn trees be saw an e 1 1 a apple tree of six years growth, whose trunk was as large as a man's leg, while one of the trophies is a pear weighing eighteen ounces, the product of a tree only five yearB from the seeding. Strawberries and small fruits, including grapes, flourish luxuriantly. Some Splendid Wheat. Mr. W. B Smathers, of Pigeon River, Haywood, sends us some of the finest specimens of wheat from his farm we ever saw at this season of the year. . htr. S. failed to enclose part of his letter, but from what he did send we learn the "wheat was sown on the 20th September, on light sandy soil which had been in clover two years. The clover was plastered last May, cut in June, turned 20th August. Samples sent are an average of four acres, and each bundle represents one grain ot wheat. I know more than I can write on clover. Exhibit these samples and beg our farmers to reform on this matter. I cut fche clover. turned the sod, sowed the wheat and har rowed in. Prospect good for another crop oi clover on same land. 1 suggest Ken tucky seed as best. Sow one bushel of clean seed to six acres. Two bushels of orchard grass, 2 ditto of blue grass, 2 ditto red lob, 1 ditto timothy." Asheville Citi zen. xjics. jjong anas Jameson, wno waa in jail at Indianapolis last Friday charged with a heinous offense, was the coolest criminal of this century. A mob broke into jail and took him out to hang him Just before being swung off into eternity he was asked if be bad anything to say. His only reply was to begin singing "See that my grave is kept green." His last wish was "hang me decent," aud it was scrupu lonely complied with. i m m The execution of two Indian murderers by shooting instead of hanging, in the inuian lerruory, a lew days ago, was done on the urgent plea of the doomed men. They had an awful dread of the noose, but professed - fearlessness as to death by the rifle. N. C. NEWS. NEWS ITEMS. Good seed corn is scarce all over. Ken tucky. "' - " ' K-norville. Tennessee, is to nave a fv 000 cotton factory. Fine crops are now certainly coumeu on in west Tennessee. . -' Buffalo gnats continue to kill stock in some localities in Tennessee.- TolUhftsBRn vegetable growers receive $5 per barrel" for cabbage iu Baltimore. Large quantities of cedar timber has re cently been cut in Levy county, -Florida. A Barren county Ky., mare gave Dirtn to a mule and horse colt at one time last. week. Tha SaIki Ala. nnt ton TPAAintS tO date are 71.294 ba'les. against 86,456 up to ,the same date last year. Up to date Mrs. W. H. Pillow, of Jack sonville, Florida, has - shipped 34,716 quarts of strawberries. . Tho T.aVavalla IT? MoBHOnorpr P&VR I On the night of the 22d ult., ice formed. .1 . - 1 1 jNine-tenins oi ine peacnes on iae vauey lands were killed. The army of the United States is not attractive for enlisted men. About 11 per cent, out of the whole army desert every year. . Washington. Anril 8. ReDresentative Thomas Allen, of Missouri, who has been ill at the Arlington Hotel lor several weeks died at 3 o'clock this, morning. Rev. Pr. Fulton, of Brooklyn, says there arn more -. drinking women than drinking men, both in that city and New York. fSgT' Seventeen years ago two-thirds of the business portion of Richmond was aid in ashes, dt-Btroy ing $30,000,000 worth of property. No visible effects ot the dis aster remain to-day. Judge J. J. Lyons, editor of a news paper at Gilmer, Texas, was shot in his office on vVeduesday of last week. A printer named Ashley, who is missing, is Huspected of the crime. , The fourth wife ( a Mormon elder re cently eloped from Salt Lake with a hand- some-lookir.g discharged United States sol dier. The Salt Lake Tribune says : "The sympathies of the community are tendered the elder in his partial bereavement." Bors in 1775. Mary Smith, a colored woman, died in 155th street, between Courtlandt ai.d Elton avenues New York, at the age, according to the certificate of her physician, Dr. .VicEIroy, of 107 years 2 months and 23 days. She waa born in -Virginia, and had lived fitty-four years in this city. Her disease was old age. A newspaper carrier in Portland, Me., has the moet uselul of dogs. The carrier's route contains many residences with high flights of steps, aud the dog takes the papers from his master, carries them up the eteps, pushes open the storm doors with his nose, deposits the papers and comes bounding down wagging his tail and barking for more. The Americus (Ga.) Recorder reports that the season looks encouraging tor a good crop aud good times next fall. The amount of grain planted is large, and it never looked better. Wheat and oats in most localities are looking fine, while a better stand of corn never was seen. The season has been very favorable, and the farmers have never shown more energy and determination to make the most of their opportnnites. m t . Destructive Storms in the West. Chicago, 111., April 7. A special to the Evening Journal says i "A terrific tornado. swept through the township of Kalarno, Haton county, last night, doing immense damage and killing a large quantity of live stock, several lives are reported lost and many person are said to have been in jured. The place is remote from travel and telegraph. Later advices say that in Oakland county Lafayette Randall, his sister and little boy, and Mrs. Henry Tyler weTe killed. A little daughter of Mr. Tyler had her arm so badly crushed that amputation was necessary. Miss Cora Ward was also in jured. The debris of the house had the appearance of having been torn up by an explosion,' everything being ground, to atom. A horse was blown out ot a barn and found ui a distant field covered all over with mud. An idiot lister of Mr. Horace Sherman, of Kalarno, was killed ; his aunt's leg was broken, his wife's jaw was dislocated, and the whole family were carried a distance of fifty rods by the storm, and thrown into a swamp, badly bruised. East Saginaw, Mich, April 7. At 6 o'clock last evening a tornado swept over the territory norlbeaetof Midland village, twenty miles west of here, doing consider able damage. The residence of E. Walton was lifted up and capsized, tearing it to pieces. The wreck took fire from a stove and burned up. The family were all in jured. News comes of a terrible hurricane pas sing near Highland station, on the. Flint River and Marquette Railroad, south of Holly, early last evening. The extent of the damage is not yet known, as the tele graph line was blown down, and the rail road agent walked to Clyde and sends what . was learned when he left. The dwelling of a man named Crandali was blown down, killing Crandali and one child and severely injuring another child. A lady named Taylor, of'Pontiac, was also killed, and several other persons more or less injured. The hurricane covered an area ot less than half a mile wide, but it is reported to have levelled everything in its path. Iowa Uitt, Iowa, April 7. The tor nado last night moved in a northerly direction, and prostrated telegraph poles when it crossed the Santa Fe Railroad track. John Wilson's house was blown down, and Mrs. Wilson killed and a : Mrs Baker fatally injured. Several other large and strongly built houses were demolished in the neighborhood. Proceeding north ward, the storm struck the new and thriving town of Chase, de molishing twenty out of twenty-four build ings in the place, and throwing cars from the track. Mr. Reed, hotel keeper, was killed and his wife fatally injured. An other woman and a child were also killed. At aoout tne same time in tne evening a small cyclone passed through the eastern part of the county, but it did but little damage. It was accompanied by rain. In some places the wind sucked all the water out. oi tne wens, as the cloud ap- proached Chase it was in the shape of a funnel, whirling and twisting with fearful velocity. All the inhabitants of Chase were more or less injured, but lewescaping without a hurt ot some kind. The people are living in box cars, and many families are in a destitute condition. - Nw Orleans, April 7. Major Jack Wharton, United States Marshal, died suddenly in Surveyor Pinchback's office at 5:20 o'clock this evening, of apoplexy. The Cotton Situation and Prospect. n, York Post, in a well consid ered article recently pnblished. regard the cotton :. situation as very npsatis-' factory! It takes the ground that specula tion alone is holding up prices hereabov those of Liverpool, and. while we have a shortage this year of say 1,250,000 Dales, East Indian and Egyptian cottons are coming in to Buppiv m u1'- such an extent is this the case tnai u thinks these cottons bid fair to make up what is lacking in our own stocks, and so, after all, the world may have as much onitnn thin as in -nrevious seasons' It cotton this as in -previous may, argues that paper;, be the middie oi May before the probable reigning price in Europe can be ascertained, since ine weather prospect and the iosa oi acreage from recent floods will have to be taken Into account. It estimates tne loiai block, including all in the United States, Eng land, aud the contmeut, togetner wun au afloat to Europe from the United Slates, Brazil, Egypt and India, March I7tb,- at 2,988,782 bales, against 3,080,858 at the corresponding date in 1881, and 2,583,r - wmm . t 1 794 in 1880. lhe amerence oi,ueany 100.000 bales less in the stock now than a year ago, is caused by the fact that the amount of American cotton afloat for Europe is only half as great as last . year, by reason of the shortage . ot our . crop. The continental . stocks, however, are. larger than then, and the amount of In dian cotton afloat for Europe is nearly double what it was last year. This shows that while we have a visible supply in the United States yet equal to last year, the cheaper Indian cotton is going to market in Europe in preference to the American. This last fact is one that fhould be reflected upon, for, without care, the American market may be o managed as to play exactly into the hands of the J&ast India dealers men. by no means wanting in shrewdness. . A correspondent of the New lork Chronicle from Nashville, Tennessee, in a recent letter . summed up concisely and plausibly the future prospect of the South's great staple, and the present dis tressed condition of the Southern' cotton grower, especially in the Mississippi val ley. He says that during the great nood of 1859 planting was carried on by men of large means and unlimited credit, and possessed of perfectly organized labor. Now each laborer has to arrange for him self, and the recent overflow has tremen dously increased the difficulties; they have lost their stock and the fences are gone, and they have no credit. This and other things will bear heavily against the next crop, lhe preparations lor the last crop were made with good credit, liberal ly accepted, and the future looked bright. Stores and fertilizers and implements were bought, and the growers went deep ly into debt. .Disaster, came, the credit ors got hold of the cotton and put it on . i l l i i mt ine mantei as quicsiy as possioie. ine whole did not pay the debts, and now the farmer starts with only , limited credit available, and a back debt to start with. These things, in connection with the flood, will materially limit this season s acreage; it will be weeks before a crop can be got in at all in the , Mississippi valley. He considers that the South has not for years been in a worse condition financially than now; it has bad unbounded credit the last three years, merchants believing that every year's crop .would be larger than that of the year before, but a reaction has come and advances are hard to get. even by farmers in ' favorable circumstances. The cotton, grower is in extreme embar rassment; there is diminished credit, di minished acreage, less to start the season on, wants more thau usual, and prices of feed and all necessaries unusually high. The exigencies to which the farmer is re duced will cause him to put in more grain than ever betore, which will further re duce the cotton acreage. All these in fluences work one way. and that is to limit the amount of ground that will be put into cotton during the season now opening. In view of all these quite generally con ceded facts, it seema likely that prices for cotton must yet advance 'materially. Nevertheless the advance will come too late to benefit the farmer. His cotton has nearly all : passed from his hands into those of his creditors and speculators, and whatever benefit is to be obtained from high prices they will derive. ' The South ern farmer may at once make up his mind that he can never hope to enjoy fully the proceeds of his labor until he fortifies him self against debt and disaster, and renders himself independent of the world by a diversity of crops and the production of his home supplies. Urlf Marriages are said to be made in heaven, but here is one made in a South Carolina jaiL A dispatch says: ' ' ' ' "Richard Bates, under sentence of death for arson, to be executed on the 28th inst.,. and Ann Good, sentenced to two years imprisonment at hard labor in th peuitentiary for grand larceny, were married to-day at 5 P. M. by Col. Edward Croft. The- ceremony took place in the cell of the jail wherein are confined three others, who, with Bates, await the execu tion of the death sentence on the 28th inst., for the same crime. - To-morrow the bride goes to the penitentiary to serve her term of imprisonment and three weeks from that day the groom goes to the gal lows." : m vBa& A few days ago the ferryman at Neat's Ferry, on the Chattahoochie River, Ga., while putting some passengers .over in his flat, discovered a box floating down the river. As soon as the box was dis covered, and after the flat had landed its passengers, the ferryman seized a bateau and made way to the box. which he soon oveibauled. Qn reaching. out his hand to grasp it, be was astounded to find that it contained a sweet little babe, which raised its head and smiled at its rescuer. It was a white child, well dressed with plenty of good clothing besides. Some, old people wno live in tne neighborhood have taken and will raise the little Moses. An Economical Engine. - A smokeless and sparkless locomotive was tested on Saturday afternoon on the Fitchburg ivauroaa. i ne run was to vv altham and 1 1 r . ., uavk., uisisnce oi vweniy miles, with a consumption of 273 pounds of Cumberland coal for the round trip. The average con sumption oi coal tor a twenty-mile trip with an ordinary engine' is about 1,000 pounds, thus showing a very large saving in fuel, besides the stopping of a long-felt nuisance in rauroaa traveling emoke and cinoers. Jjosion Transcript. - Two new counterfeit coins that are proof to the ordinary tests are a silver dollar of 1878 and a $5 gold piece. The dollar is faultlessly executed, and the sil ver platin? ifl. SO Derfect that it will roaiat. the application of acids until its aurface ia scratched. , Its . weight is exact. The gold coin ia short in weight and does not 1 aL . . , nave ine true ring. , j ,v- i ; - . w w vwaa The following is a statement of tK. National Cotton Exchange, showing the cotton movement ol ' the United States from September 1st, 1881, to the close of March, 1882 : Port ? Receipts this year, 4,272 272 bales; last year, 5,058,444 bales. ' Total Overland this year, 810,193 bales; last year, 753,844 bales of which there went to the mills 393,067 bales ; U8t year, 402,6 30, bales, u . f To Ports this year, 417,156 bales ; last ' year, 351,214 bales. In Transit this year, 5,564 bales ; last year, 1,655 bales. 1 f T . To Canada this year. 42,92 bales: last year, 18,616 bales. .." Exports to -Great Britain this year 1,694,635 bales; last year 2;il3,382. To Channel ports this year, 40,638 bales ; last year, 26,390 ' bales. To France, this year 271,209 bales; last year, 428,640 balei! To the Continent, this year, 645,163 bales Ut year, 837,819 bales. At sea between ports this year, 16,260 oaies; last year, 10,000 oaies. Total taken by Northern" mills this year, 1,345,256 bales; last year 1,376,681 J bales.. ' ,;.';' I. Stock at ports at the close of March this year, 869,179 bales; last year 809,373 bales. . . . : u '' - 1 A Tbain Fkozen In. Winnepeg, Man., April 6. A Canadian Pacific tram with 800 emigrants is frozen in three miles from the nearest source of supply. Provisions are being carried to it by a re lief irain- If" will be three or four days before the'train can ' be got out. Capt Kirwan, who. returned partly on foot and , partly by sleigh,, says a man is dying on the train and that it is piteous to hear the little children crying for bread. During the night a barrel of biscuit and one cheese were discovered on board and were dealt nut. so there is no danger ot starva tions but there is of the fuel and lights giving out. C5gf Rev. George Dana Board man, D. D., of Philadelphia, has completed a very remarkable series of lectures, in 1864 he commenced lectures , on the New .Testa ment, beginning with Matthew, and has prosecuted them continuously; chapter by chapter and verse by verse,' until his 626th lecture closed with the last chapter of Revelations. The lectures, if. printed in book form, will make 45 duodecimo vol umes of350 pages each. , ". , . i J" A cougar . seized a ; 6-year-old boy, in Oregon, and had dragged him nearly out of the dooryard ' when discovered by the mother, who clubbed "the ' beast off, but not before the lad had been fatally bitten." : AT THE RISING SUN. C. S. Holton Has in store a fine lot of r Lemons, Apples, and a fresh lot of Candies. Call and see them. .-, C. S. HOLTON. March 17. 1882. B. H. JOKDAK. DR. JOS. OBAEAH. NEW DRUG STORE. We have opened and have now on sale a new and complete line of Fresh DRUGS. .1 t- Toilet articles. &c. which we respectfully invite our friends and the public generally to call and examine at our Store on TRYON STREET, . Opposite Eliaff Cohen's. ' ': Prescriptions Carefully Prepared at all Hours, Day and Night -; R. H. JORDAN & CO. Feb. 3, 1882. ........ Prescriptions . Carefully and accurately compounded of .the best materials at all hours. WILSON & BUR WELL, Feb. 20,1882. Druggists. OUR SPRING1 STOCK ' j Is now Complete.. Wholesale and Retail Buyers Are invited to examine it before making their purchases. Handsome Stock OF ; . ; . - 1 ' -- ' ' . NEW CARPETS, Oil Cloths and Rugs. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS a Specialty. The laigest and cheapest stock of Embroideries In the City. Call and see them. Elias & Cohen. March 17, 1883. OUR STOCK , . :. of . Ready-Made Clothing Is large and cheap, and we want our friends to call and examine it. We keep a good line of ' PANTS GOODS." Also, a good line of Shirts, Laundried and nnlaundried. ' ' The ladies will find a good stock of Dress Goods, . Dress Trimmings, Laces, Embroideries, Hosiery k Gloves','' ' i- WHITE GOODS And everything wanted in our line. ..; We Earnestly desire all of our old friends to eentimte with us this year, and we hope to add many new ones to our list'""' ' ; - ' ALEXANDER & HARRIS. Jan. 13. 1882. FERTILIZERS, GRASS SEEDS, Agricultural Implements, &c. We have in Store, Potash Acid Phosphate, Navassa Acid Phosphate and Kainit. A full line of the Standard Grass Seeds. Agri cultural Implement of various Kinds from a Wheat, or Grain, Drill, to a Garden plow. Every fanner should call around and. see for himself. The Thomas Smoothing Harrow is attracting great attention among farmers. . 3,000 Were sold at The Atlanta Exposition. This House is Headquarters for ImpelmenU, Seeds, Wagons. &c. ' -J. G. SHANNONHOUSE, ag't Co-operative Store Feb. 24, 1882.
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