t i r a .... ' III :. ..... I hi '. . ' , 1 , J. D. CAMERON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TRUTH, PEARS ;NO PQE ANp SHUNS;NO,;SCElCrTINT, ; .TERMS-$2 50 aYEAIUINYARIABLY IN ADVANCE ' EILLSB0R0nGH,H. JAUUABY 7, 1874.- . .. . .. old Sera,; YiL 5i: 111 "p DOOM onniiiiiu : FALL "f h-u. . - FALLr : 1173. NEW GOOD J. : illCKSQN&TVACK, Are now receiving their Full Stock of lteceutlvpurvhael in the bt Northern 3!:ir ket, an J einbraeing all the latest rtv le of Dreta Goods, Fumy Gmtd and Notion $, BLEACHED AKUOWX DOMEtfTICU JJlaiiket. , S1U. j.UeJ-Quillv Beil-Spreula, Ciissiiueras. , t Kersejg. Kentucky Jean, , n I sll the fml.rk- of the ilAltLOTTSVII.LK W0OLK5 3!1LL. So wicMv kh.mn snil justly eb bralej fur d.irv I'ilitjr . Ve have atlik-U vrry laryly llu arawli t vurktock of - " BOOTS and SHOES 4 ?r Alt ! litvc vlt-ctt d t'.ii.M. Willi xr11' C4rs In n alili-1 wirraul rvpry iuiiriM. Our ..rtuwiit pt 4'AKi'KT! li.t"i'. h. Kl .or(il Cloth, I.iur ir.. In ini-ii.ii!" I u J prd-e re tjt much lower than U4. jcnr f..r iin-quality kuoJ. lu tbo t'UOCKKUY : GLAS.H.WAUK STORK We bf aI.Vd htrcr-lv t tl aMturtuient, and lire rxtuhitiin liitiftil tarb-ti trf -KASCY I'AIXTKU l i t himl-r fVt. Viliitwl TiilLET H:T!. TKAM: i. la i.l..!n i hlna ami (i.iM Bund, I'anrjr Vsa, Ruhet uuU Kui'ks t ornimi, Winil ."-li A.-. IN THB liUOCKUlf DKPAtTMEXT. WcWp almaya on btnd . bnjim, Tm. ' Cuff.--, Cwoa, lljur, . UUff," , 4c, . . IX Til K Ft'RX ITL'RK DEPA UTM EXT. Vf h t rf-i-4 a nka lut f H'jlmit B3d-Steads and Bureaus f.f! th..VVKr, at !Ki. vr i M h wl ,r ilirMp ii tl airily akd. V t4V iIm i Ix-aut if'il .ri.tient ' Waluat ChmlMr St. Fancy l'.inta l Set Chair. H"ih-Sfu.l. Iffl-Stea.!. Ac. Wi i-.-nfi l. nt! r. W lth M k I. itil't'KRI'U it ofr-nt an J vari4y U. an w la rxvr irirt ff an I w ah our ftlrnJ an J the public In xivau a rill Mr t -rl 1-112. IIKK?U. A TVACK. n.-t - ' - , . TALBOTT & SOFJS, (iin.or to T A l.titjTT k UUoTIIMU iiockoe:acbincfork?, CORNER CART and 1?ih HT3., JtlCIIMOXD, VA. JI AM TAfcTl'kKKS. r ,' , PORTABLE AND PTATIOXAKV Steam Exginks. wmm. lir.rn.ARfiiwnml firi-t Mills IfrdmiiUr J Vrmn, amt all kiml rTnliu ritiirf, VrottUtIr Wik. Iiraiil Jiun lnuiii, litrbiiM-rx .f ti ilttnjiliuu, A-. N j.t Jilli lr. , To Country MmkoutM awl Oth:r$ I I)rugst)lcdicinc8$ C. PURCELLLADD & CO. WHOLKff A LK i)KU iOlSTrf, KKIIJIOXI', VA. ; dlf In VllVU. JiKUI' INK", Paints : And Oils ' : otttrrjr dwrr rt Inn I , ' WXrKWJl.ArofaniM.''. A. ; Ourat'icklatM'r iimt4 mml- rmhra. iti rvry rtl I-In our lino f lniiiii.. 'ir I r rxwrtrnri h tmIn fumillnr tHh tha iiurftlietr. a4 rnlljf lniUaa " Xi'llliwlionof our K ,. l. rir". We w rrr low ivrrtb, or in jniHctoal ua framiit an Mthrut atintl 1vrii Ui ordrr. ri'HCKLI LAIH4 C.. 'P 213m. 1216 Main Si., UicLmoud V, 18 73 ! ! CARRIER'S ADDRESS. ' 1 ' OP 1'IIE 1 ' II 1LLSBO RO RECORDER. Ouoa more, upon iU round with : Tim", Cornea OlirUtniu with 111 bery ebime ; Once morp, to eluJ th fading year Ar lieur.1 Un sounds of Curiatmu cheer, , . Once more nf-on bin weekly round, The Mewcngrr of Newkii found;" Tba Cakrikr PoY.witb egr foel, ' And anxious heurt kin I'rismU to greet. Tliro Summer l.eats, nd wintry snows, 1 Tho' borut bia ioe, nd torn Li toeii j lie's brought unmindful of bia barm, The Recoud of the world alarm. Of o idenUby f.e'd or flood, - ; ' Wild tale of Rhipwrec! fire , and Hood ; I Ot ramoHiit rawU brought to grief x Sad tnlea of wue, wghs of relief. 1 . From thoae who ook to omiing time, ' For bleaoingn on our wery elitue, , ' , WilU more thingi, (fAfjf you ell remember.) Than I could count in all December.) Tho much of lite th land'e distreM, (Jay (TiN.k Si Co having evoked a tneae, Demoraliktiig all around, ' ' City, and CroM-Riiud. Cot. and Town. Tuniing trong atomachs upside dowi. And tLrw the fear of losing f elf, Caaehtriiitj. it panoply of Self. Vet Momachi no are being aoothe 1, ' ' Tho rnughn'd w.tja once more are amoutli'd , Sad heart and time, and all together, (ire prutnie of more proap'rout weather. Diater no more madly rangra. f Cheked by the premre of the Grawjet, And heart, and voices all are bumming. Ti Chriktmaat ' IJetter timea are coming ' Tour little friend in well aware, AU lave not overmuch to ajare, but yuM will never feel bereft, . , ',' Thro giving a mite of hat is left . . Then, rummage down among your quarters. And "catt your bread upon the waterit,' Aeured, that it wilt out U io vain, 111, return to you again ; Aud rAjf ere very many days, . In om of FrucLie.tcts iriya. And BoWnitii each kind wih and thought. Ytj frifidnL:p pruflertl, uli Uit'vit; May choicest LieMingi 01 yu fall ! ' A McrtBY t'jjuuTMiTo Vol All! llej.ecfu!ly, Cak::il'!:. A XEW TRr.ATV ITII PAIX IN COXfEMI'LATiOX. Wa!iitigloti. Pie. 3D The epiiit. uiui.t of Otu. Cuaaing in be the vr of tet. Skltr a MmHtcr t iu cji linues to excite coinment ro:Kriig the charirler of th iotru.ii.La will receitc Irvni the lA j rtiui.i of S'e afur the eu lirumtiiJii ot (be appoint nitiit by the Senate. Aliouugb uwge ta .oJ to an open d e!art.u of tbt line of i:p'.ni 'C)f to la pursued, it n be stated with truth that out of the abbots to mhiult Mr. Cuhiiir ill ;ive V' ttiiition will l tb j olw; til .l t cat aad 4 uinuirativo ixfuiuia io Co ba aa the best mean ealuuhtted to reto prjee to tLat Lland atid pioitiote it pru. I e i'y. and among t!iee rt-foriii U iiii'nJ rd the aUditiuo ot Itry in the Antiile. Tha 'n$ buve rcpestadly been enfurved, both in the lretliit's ani.nal tn mid tlie i flisial eorrerniiideiice of J-eciiUrj j Full and which bat e been ofteu coin 111 u in ' rated to the Spai.Mi CfLinet. It will be rcc'i.l. cted tU.t soveNl )ars ago tur uor riiment trtid 'red its good i.fhue to ip4in in the bepe of Cu.au piitiSciitioii, but whirb were renpci!uliy dfcl.neJon theba ai an;gled. It is not improbable that a aim Lr tender will agin be made by '.be new Mii.iater, a the AdiiiinUlrathni will reirt to etery roper expedient fir the puipu-e of restoring peae and Me-tirg .ii.iitii iutere-u in Cuba and the a)ji cent water, ai.d there eaa le no doubt that au tft.rt wil! be made in conclude a hw evmmerei.il treaty with Ffwiii, the on ly one ever tuade with lint power being iliat of Wil, of friendship, liioita and H Vig'tioU. . . fi.aKf, lin.1, tme, holy word dropped in ronveraition may be litlU thonght r, tut they are like wmU of tvtr or fruitful trees fallir.ff bt tUwsyaide, Ixjrne by .mie birdaafar, liapt thereafter to fringi with beauty some barren mountain aide, or to tusk glad some lonely wilduriKrWi ' , , Faith io cur owo ability i balf of every Utile, 'There are four bUno of tobaooo grown in Virginia and Noilh Carolina, 'ut hip ping, tilling , stiiokinghnd wrapt iug; ud it in iiiipurtHtii (hut plmitora desiring (o miKO iitbor die of thoi-o kluiuld chookojlio kind oi voud boat adapted to tuth, paiticulur The IVyor, mules the heaviest, richest 'hipping, and c.n only be gruwo to pi' it te non ou ulluvial oc heavily luuuuiod luada The Frederick or Mr land grow larger, out iettot so rich and waxy; ' , ,The Orouuko it tur preliable for filler, MU.ktNor w.i ptr, iomg awsetor in Sa vor, tiucr iu iilia ubd texture, and inure eily cured yellow. This i th kind bet adipted Ja out gray jMjj'; producing ie roturus; and w hild the product Uuot no l:rge aa ou bluck or browu rich laud, ;e:, with akil! iu turii g aud management, the d ffcreiico iu produU i more than in ide op iuqual y. 'J h j 'Uruiioko, therefore, u 1 ha ii.l kiiiU auited to our gray luuda, and .f (hi there are several vunotiVe, the two most in favor are the Yellow Oronokc, end the (Joocu or l'ridoof Uruuvilie. TI1.1 Cr.t ta the kind that gave character to the C welt (North Curuliua) )elloW tohscuo more than twenty year ago. slid in elili prcieir ed by a very large u-tiuber of phtiitets lio grow the line.-t yellow MuuLcra. and rip per. The latter is preferred in Gr..vnlo eouuty, Aiorili Carolina, that products the tineat yellow tobaeco grown tm thi euitiu eut. or, perha, iu the world. This lat ter is,, c.early , an Oiouoko tobacco, very mui.h retciuiiii'g the ioruicr, excrpt that the leaf grow rather I reader, aud. tiy some 1a coiifidcred sweeter. """" r- Tbeae two kinds have been grown with prctal r.Teieuce to t!n-ir adaptation to pro ducing the finest quality of uruppei, mo ker'ud filler. f : c- The writer is alhScd that the art f cur ing and uianngcmeut have not wily been very fr advance 1 toward scientific jifcc :i.ni. but that in perfecting the kin.! of seed rown mucU iinpruveiiui.l has been made Fr tnatatice, in the saving of seed, by a- duptiug tie plan df turuiiig nut the foi wardest pl ui: gr .wing 111 tle lt soil anj afterward id ..'rviiig tocutolfall the be.ids if pl-nt that liiien upCoarM, narrow or ill haped, or of green color an the bill, and sting only tho head 4 bat ripen yellow in cot or and of a amootb and uue texture, m'ucb baa beii done to improve the kind. Ilftidr. lb most iiupvrtaiil iiut in the saving of toSaeco wd t to ut elf all the lateral !it loaving only three eruwu shoot to J eflct ;cd. thereby securing lr- ger pmi and more xrfvt ai I bat alwaya rieu in gMi.l time, and are more relial.l fur seed bed and the production of early, vigorou ( Lot. Ry lolioainj this mle of Sating aeel with ). ial r f-reirt-e to the growth of a particular class of toLaccu, in a w jci tb oed i not only greatly un proved, but like b.et like in the vegita tile a in the it.iinl kingdiMii, bectonea ml fnfkfi' the fit of iu fKcies. The wri rr ran bear ttimony to the above fiet in bi own rxp.-tifoco. Bud desiie to give ihui puhiicii tbt other tmv prufii tlnoe l.y. , , - U"hcr sny plant att.titi4 it highest prf. iV'ti'M., th 1 tin p!ac to accura the le-t '"1. 1'n home of the tubsccu plnl iin Virginia and North Carolina, and the .Toaih and iK.rlvc.ioo vf the kind here eu'iivated bate re' heda j-oint u attaii el any where cm. Tlis e4 ml routh w.iu'.d io m il t-i 1 rurur their aee-l from u, and 1 ti-it av and piopsgute s.'ter (he inst'uetiooa abnve giten. , ' John W. lli-vn, Sie-lonsn. of Richmond, has limited suppjy wf toil Velio O10110 ko snd (t.icb tobaeeo seed groan and v ed af'er th improred tuithoJ for a seiie of veur. . . v " Xittbiiig pay letter than gmd seed, and the rn t i f tew o'inef.. aiiflich-nt f -r the target plnnter. is trifling coinpnr.d with th.. benefit rivalling from pniper l ction. Plant bed iny be sown any time between Xovemhar and Id of March, the soonrr the better, and where the binds are anitablsj it bra eay id grow tobacco worth fill cents IO cents per pound. Vef',um Bit; $ (p. A woid fa the lint i ennw.'b 11 L. RA'Lvxn. riyeo, Halifax Co., V. ' " asn 1 11 Pi i-saw saM- f.- j Po nnr CftlTH'isR. Whatever you do, never act up for a critic,, I don't mean a newpper one, but in private lifi', ju the domeiie circle, iu society. It will not do any om? any good, and ai'l Ho you harm if you mind being eailed dinjgrecble. If toil don't like any ono'a noe or oh- j.-ct to an) line's chin, don't put J ur feel- tug mttf . words, W any oae tnatners don't pleweyou, re member yourowq. 1W pi re not made to luit ob tite ; recollect that. . Take thing aa you Cnd them, uti le you can alter them. Even a dinner, after it is rllowcd , tau'i Le made any better, r- V. " ... -', .'.'-'t CoiiMnited fault B.idingj continued cri ticim of the conduct of this one. the dres of the other, and the opinions of other, will make lionm the tinhspplest place un der tho min. If ton are never pleated with any oue no one will ever be plcued with ynu. And if it is known you are hard to ait few will take pain to suit you. The wort men ofiou give th best J- vice. llailey. TilK VIRG1X1U3. I f New i'ork, December 28. Th United States steamer J iii iuta.. Commander Drains i...., ,.,:.... A t '(...l ...:.i 1 1--J VIM UKIIUUJU VUUU I 11U VUU BUMUIVU and tiperaomit fuimeily of tho Btemmr Virg1uiu, arrived here this eveuing. tiho eipcriuncod strong u irtliouat gale during the liiKt Bve diva, the Juniata will tiro ceed tp jhe, Uiooklyn tiavy-yard, where the prisoner mil be transferred to a receiving ship. No communication will bo allowed with th prisoner at prencut.' . . - About 2 o'elooii to-day the Juniata, with the priMiuer from Cuba, arrived opposite q iuraiitine atation. ; She was boarded by tn beultft olhcialii, who bad all the tnu iu mieieJ cut, and finding them iu a per fouily Jienlthycomiition, tlhip was allow ed to puM 011 hor way. The Junitia then proceeded up the bay anchored off the battery, where idie ly unlit 4 o'clock P. M., when she was taken iu tow and brought to Brooklyn navy-ya.d about 0 o'clock io the evening. ' , v ' Iu accordance wi It instruction from Wskhington all intercour or commuuica tiuu ai'U thot-s on board , was iloi.i.-d, and many friends of the priHiner and promin ent Cuban aero turned away diuppuiutcd from tho navy-yard. Tie prisoner will remain i n hoard the stesnikbip until orders tot'.ie c.mtiarjr are received. . Nods of the oiDesrifor rw oi the ieatmhp have yo( allowed to leave the veiwel. TLo Herald oirrei-noiideut ou the Juiiia ta u)s soul uf the Virginias pmonors at fs.mi :o de Cuba aerocouipeil.jJ to leeiify at tho -cjnt of the aword, aud threatened with houaiit death if they refused to an swer the queiition of the court. In mt case Soldiers poiuted their bayonets at their bnaxt. New Vork, December SO Night. , Lieateiaui t'omtuatider llaswell, the Exe cutive 0!!ber of the 0ipee, mw : The O.viipee left T.mtnga with the Virgiuiusir. tow on the looming of the 19 h imt., as already reported. , They had i'air weather until toe altemoon of Saturday (the follow ing day) heu a gate rprung up, and they coutlliusd to bate bad weather. l:ka that encouutered by tlis Juniata, and the Vii giuiussig ialdd t'aat ah was leaking ba lljT Captain Walters, commander of the 0.i pee. therefore determined to ,ha' hu couise for Charleston, 0., but as they got into smoother water the Virgiuius be haved bettor and the water waakept outol her fire-room. - Ou the morniugof Christ ina day, however, severe weather tutting eootiuued, tbo Virgiuius was again leaking aa bd y a ever, and the Vevel put into Frying Pan Slioals, about ten miles south tf Cape Fear light, where smoother water .nil be obtained. Here tie tel en me to anchor, hoping that the Viigiuitw Would ride out the gale. Ik-fore day light next morning, Friday, , Cotum-tiider W'oodroti igr!4 with light that the Virgiuius Wa leaking rapidly ith the fires nut and the puin stripped, aud the crew wUlied to b taken off. liuats were lowered from the ll-ieat 0y light, and by 7 o'clock a. m. all ou board (lie Virginiti were tr inferred t the for.er tel. . A a besty sea was running, the work of removing tho Crew Was one of 111u1.I1 danger and diflieuliy. Xo live : ruked in etiJeavuring to Kive their pertia! eff ta or any other property from ths Yirgiiiin.' The h-w-er oi to Virginiti was cut and a bu y attached to it 1 1 m..r' her p -i;ioft in ce she sunk out of sight. The Uipc rem lined at anchor during the day, end at 4 :! " o'vlook, p. m. thi Virgii.i.i. which bad beeu gradually settling, went ta th b itt .in. 8!ie aank in eight fatiioiu water and her topmaM re mained above the surface. Th fja.iip thet re.iuu' l her voyage to this port. Her upply of coal was ample; 25 ton atilf re mained ou board , All ou board th ).! pee are well. Hit wilt proeasd to the Na vy Yard her to-day or to-morrow after die charging Ler powder, , , w s'asa'aaw saw 0m THE NEW MINISTER TO SPAIN. Mr. Caleb Curbing, who is to succeed Mr iekle in the HnuiiUh tuiion. :ny be called 'Tlie Adwirsble Crhhiou' of America. A speaker, writar, th master of several language, a profound lawyer, a tiatbsmsn, a diplomat!! a uiilitary uwu ('orb waa a brigdier-gon?ral in lb Mex ican war), be isslso a thorough lid'.ta-Li-tret achular. It is related ofth Scottish Crichton who, by reason of hi many ac eomplishment and universal knowledge, ws alylad Th Admirabl Criebtou,' thai be challenged the doctor and schol ar of Pari to depute with bim tt an ap pointed time on any quention and in any one of twilv speciflad laniuge ,A n u lamu company asrmbled to heerth dis tONiion, and be serjuitted himself to the dmiration of sit. Mr. Cuhing is much tho same kind of prodigy Rldt, Whig. w 00 r T.vTr.MPKft.vst 8 among joung " tuen Chriotmss day snems to h ive generally 4r failed.", It wm noticed here, and we find that our exchange make th ram com plaint about the young mm In their vari ou localities, . H ie an ugly ign. Our young men e.inn'.t ulTird to begin life un der the crushing burden tf intemperance. If thev tho hog in life , how will t'ify end it? 1'hatisa tftteotion for them to pon der. Rldtitiuml Whig. Tlie contented nwt is never tflot, the diieoutcutel never rich. . ,. EdiCurt of the NeKt : ' , Gentlemen If it was my (inject to gain reputation from the peecnJ! referred llV MeeklAlllilirfr 111 vnur iiunar VAfctaratnv . ... jv-. it might be prudent iu me to reply upon hi notice of it. rather than risk the . pub. licution of the speech iuelf. Not being governed by that motive, I would prompt ty yield to his requet and that of lusny friends, niude to me prirutelvi but for the fact that the subject will again bo ' up, in theSeiiuto iiiiiu j.Jit )' aftxr the reucas, when I dcire to bo heurd more fully upon the luBt .resolution of my anieudment, ug geating the policy and mctit of theflen- eral Uoverument assuming the , puyment of our stiite debt, wubout which tho . apeesk is not eoinpleteV i In tbu meantime I send you f-w publi cation a copy of my amendment to Dr. Worth's bill, which, if I am not miaiakuii, will bo regarded by the people of the btule aa coiiatitutiiig of itself a pretty strung peoch. '' ' !i '". 7." ; ' .- - Mr bed regard to 'Mecklenburg for the kind manner iu which be- baa alluded to mj effort. :";'' v- ' ; J. W- NOKW'OOD, t ' Mk$;y&M"iii ; it 1 ' The following ia the amendment tt Mr, Norwood which, aa heretofore stnted, ia in tended a a Buhetitute for the hilt : . ti; rike out after the woid ' the General Ascemhly do, and insert the followinfi : - SUmAitoL-, 1. That in " consequence ' of the calamitous result of the late war, and of the suhreqoent leginhition of both ' the Ijciieral and Mate Governments, the eo pie id' North Carolina have been deprived of ail ability to pay, at the present tiuia, any 4rt of their public debt. i. That a new government una ueco tot- posed upon the peeplu , far more burden- one iu jts admiuiatratioa thau the old one, wbi'di is true, 1 of all its departments and di vh-i on of conn tie,' townships aud towns. that in addition to'thli heavy la de l k hi u has our people iu their impoveri-hed on lition can be reaaonahly expected to hear, and in addition to sn alaolutely not- etry sytem of Couunnu School ' lutroi t- ion. towards which only a feeble begitiniug h bf en made." 0 ir constitution reijuiiet in term which uiy not le unheeded, if in our power to obey them, and common bu- oiatutv uni, lor ton iu tun louder tone that tb neglected idiots computed in numbers t 1.UU0 ; th still neglected io sane, after providing for some of them.) computed iu number at 00; that tb largo number 01 the -Dear, Dumb and liiiud who are still unfriended aud forsa ken, and th whole multitude of destitute Orphan shall ba gathered within the fold ! of aneularged Suu charity, and le prop. erly crd lr V 3. That the objects itnpoae a b'?''ef i obligation, a too iniperm necessity up on tie people of th ite at lb pre at ti:nt, than evo 1 the liiti and aolemu olii liirtkD to pay tin imtsnd l.oient p 'rtion of their public debt. Epceia'.ly when it ia remembered that the debt waa contract ed uuder cireuniftanceinow so changed. aud depending for it payment upon means : no so completely swept away, and by au sea which we, aa a State, bad no power to prevent or control. - ., , ' 4 i hat upon a review ot tne wnoie uo- j t, we enl uiit it to the enlightened eon- eidcration of t ongrea, 11 the uenerai Uov- erument would not act wisely by assuming the .vnienl of M muck of the debt of the Stat of North Carolina, a in justice and equity ought to be paid, Rksvmptiow . It U fiuftcon week inee the financial storm burst upon the 'country, and now, aa the year draw to its c'oe. tu aigua of relief and encourge- .iient are numerous." The actual failures hate been fewer than it w feared they would be. Many house which trembled in the gale have etcsped, and are still sound and firm. We read daily of the revival of iodutrv aaiotigllie manufacturers, and of a beaUbior lone ia th labor, market. Con fidene i in a fair way to b r s ored." and noibl ig help this m ire than th reappear ance of thoM white disappearance wa a go of woe and tb oocuaiou tf n , to ' of fcnth. t'b tuxpens'uii of Fu-k A Hatch mi ked so epoch iutbe wild rush of th September cyclone. The reopening of the huue at Chri1inindicte that the ebb tide ia sotting strongly to 1 the woist U O vr. Wo shuuld like to "bruniole a few more roeovcrie.' A'rw 1 Wife . Conimit' citl Advert U-r, .,. " 1 sjaMtsfc . . apsasvwaw naa a) ' - Santa Fte, IVc. liO Night Relia ble renotti have ju-t reached here that the trouble in Lincoln county, io thi territory, between Americsu and Mnxicana is daily growing mor aeriou. The- lat report was ou the 10th iustant, which state that six cr seteti more pcronbave been killed. It seem tint the friend ot th American previously killed wut to 1-incolu plus las. Saturday where dance wsa in progre when trouble arose between th Ameriain and Mexican, which finally culminated fa tally ts abov stated Some report say that eight men ami one wotirun act shot. O hor report giv the number at six men and one vfmmn' Intense excitement ire vuiiesnd ills feared that mora bloodfhed will follow , , , I'riendnhin is the w inn of existence; love ; the drain u.mklng. inckert. - A DISEASE JJEdruqV IN li XllEE.f i The following paitigriijjli sppeardd,late!w ia the Moiii hi T.tnM and Gmtt, w&M been copiod into some of the newop.iper's ; "M. Gimbert, who bus becii Fmg eiigagiid. in colleeting cu lenea , coiiccriiing, tla AuBtruMan tree, E'Cilptna. globulus, the growth of which is surprisingly, rapid, at taining, bCside gigantic dimensious, luni ; addressed an interesting connn-juicutiuu tj the Academy of .Saioouo. ,This plant, 'it now appear, potos-en- tt t oxtraiirditiary , power of destroy in; niiasm itia influence iu fever-striekeii district. It ha the singular property tf absorltnjj ten "time, it weight of water from, the null, anil o euituing anti.septit) cumphorou efj! jrt. i VVbeti mjvu iu iiiaul.v-gioac4,i4 uftl dry it up, in a very tbort tim.. Tho Engiich weru the.firet to try it at the Cnpe, aud within two or thro years they completely changed the c'imatio condition of tho unhealthy pnft of the colony. A few year lutor it plantation Was undertaken ou a large wile in various parts of Algeria At Par dock, tweuty miles from Algiers, a farm situated on the bauka of tho llamyxo, wa noted for it extremely pestilential air. la the spring of 1467, about 13.000 of, the eucalyptus were planted there, la July of the sums year -the time when the fcrer, , ea'tuti nd to set in not a' tingle case T occurred ; yet the trees were not more than an; ftet high. Since then, complete iiin t munity from fever ha been luaiutaiued. Iu the noighboi hood of Ctmstaiitiiie. the farm ' of lien Machydlia waa cjuaily ia bad te-t pute . I; wa covered with mtirehe both in winter and luruaier. In five years, the ' whole ground wasdried 'tip 'by 14,000 of these tree, and farmers and children enjoy excellent health. 7 At tho factory of .the 0 Ci ue de Conatautine, iu three years a planta-. tion of eucalyptus baa transformed twelve acres of murehy soil into a mugnifiuant park, whence fever has completely disappeared In the island of Cuba, this and all other p.ilu la! disease are fatd disappearing from all the unhealthy districts where tun treu bas been intro'Iin'oil- A station-house at one of the end of a railway viaduct ia the department of lb Var waa so pestilential that the MTieial eould not be kept there l.tnger than a year. Forty of these trc t were planted, and it ia now aa healthy a any other place ou the line.' We have no ' information as ta whether, this beneficent tree will grow in other thai hot climstes. We bop that experiment will be made tu . determine this point. It would be a good1 ' thing to introduce it on tbs west coast of Afiiea." ' ...... IIl'DSON RIVER SCENERY, The II adson River throughout it uhola' course of 2i0 mile, savs tnafftitltie writer. pakae throtigli scenery unrivalled for pic-,, tur.s jutMiep aud with itscitie ou lb Jer sey aide, we paw Weehawkcn, , whet aa many lata! duel have been fought where the lamented Hamilton fell by the bloody band of ISuir gliding by the celebrated t aiiraJen, a so. id wall of rock, rising perpendicular from the water' edg to the beib: of from two hundred to six hundred feet, and running up the river for twenty miles psNiing Carmausvilie. for many year the home of Audubon, (be distin guished American oruilhotogld Wahhing tou lleijihi. the heme of JatLe Gordon I'cni.ctt, the founder and proprietor of the New York llo;id Yobkers, where lien- , drkk Hudson, for whom this river ii'call- ed. anchored in 1CU0 H-tiings, whr-re Gsrilldi (Md Hi.t of Li leuur time whoa tm kept a toap and candle factory 011 Ststun Islaud Dobb's Ferry, whete Ar nold net Andre to plot treason, and Tap-' pan a ftiw mile away, .hcr Audre wa tried, condemned, and executed, aud hero'' the j ill iu which be ws incarcerated Bis still be aeeu pacing Irvingtitu the boms of Washington Irving llatcratraw, where) Arnold ami Andre arrsnged fr tho sur render of Wed Point ing Sing, with it State Prison Sionf Point, that ' Wayna itorn.e I in 1773 Pectskill. near whieh is Cic farm and aumiuer residence of llo Rev.' Henry Ward Ihiecher Chai-i sous, where the lamented Ho -ace v Greeley retired to chop and red W4 Point, tbe clory sud 5 ride of the Goverment and the eoui.try iewburgh. the old, fasl.io ,ablc. boKt.iUble' t-.wn, scaled in 1C-I8, the Leadquartera f f W-hi- gtoi duii ictha Revolution, ami where the last sutviving member of the Lifa Gu.ir I died iu 1 Sod, passing kastilr hit these point of national and hUtorie io-tete-t. w land at Poughkucpic, " lha Geo tml I'.rk of tb Hudaou." , Motiieiit of triumph are riot alway too mchtaol happiness, Mr. Elli." There i tomeihing very suhlimf.'tjhoogh very fanciful, iu Plato 'a description of the Siiprwm IVio. that truth is' bis body, and light bis shadow. Addison. . - . A petiiii wn explaining th utility of sn India rubber ship whiuh be wss invent ing, when an old salt exeUimml : No, no ; it ill never do, Au India rubier ship would rub ont all lU liimit of latitude and longitude, to uy nothing ol the equator I You ought tt IctW rw free of th rg, flonttlderiug the licneo'nt ntar of my lirof.'si.loB,' skid a physician to a tollgat ce-ef,', fi , ' r- , :; a , Not eo. w the reply." You acui tou nisny ds-ad-heads thruued hoiw ttoW.' t

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