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Italv. and in fact nearly all the dpeaVnaval J?0 hareeeii bii Shu engine of war, of a tonnage, ar- j mpr) aaa artflcry janet heard bf before, the wo haliern gradriAlljierfected, and tPiia. at least underUrany -'crrcarii mneei, to' nentralize them- A torpedo m-iT boWgartVjd aa agttn which dispense with a gun carriage, and which,, without Ai 'ct 'nnil pxncnsive agency of a great HIC oi - . - ' ' ship, inflict aa formidable a blow as that of the heaviest artilery. - T I Theoigiaiinjeptorwai DaTid.Cftsh neir, born "at Vestbroolc,4 Gonnecticut, 1742. II ot only devised a torpedo, but lso a aobmarlbe rowing boat, intended a convey.it tijthe bottom of the vessel to be attacked -.Jlhv practical experiments, however, which his W-as enaded to carry' out with3SMgJanjr ojhe private pnrse of George Washington, did not prove snccessful; and the invention sank into oblivion until the .coipmencement of theresent centuryV AnlRober Fulton, au inericiin sojourning in France, offered a similar one to the 'French Government. Afterta'erabhparieyingit was'reject and Fulton sold his secret to the Brit ish Admiralty for $75,000. The so-called CatowtTltpt'fltipPjfl11 attempt to de stci ttMrinchTAeWatfle s$ipsrnd trJu BiiJufeia, tfahriiig out: a failaijet.Fgl.ton ,rejurnel to the United Statend,'dUring'fhe war of 1812,'tfied In vain to blownp wvei alxf tlfe English niauuers knew n oouna anu tne proceeu- ings were termed ."unchristian,?7 "the in 'ji!cptf$Qt JVead, etc. Cousin John sBull has a frightfully short memory at times ! In 182U, Colonel Samuel Colt commenc ed experiments witlj a submaiine torpedo cxplodixl :by a galvano-electiic battery; and aftetliiany disappointments, he suc ceeded on UctoberjS, 1842, in. destroying the brig Volto in New York liarbor, in the inrsem-e of 40.IXX) excited spectators. So fiir only vessels at auchor had beeu at tackef.u ,o: April; 13, 1843, Colt blew up a brir of 500 tons under sail on the Potomnc riw, he himself being the oper ator aud at the time at Alexandria, trre inttt'plistaTrtlrom thc'explosion. ' "- I'ie ti r&t j2nfotlea;n 1 G o vern men t to adot t!ie invention was Austria, who laid i dowim leifeCt electric torpedo' net for the defence of Vemce. Russia followed snitf and dnring the Crimean war proted ed. tne entrance' of ' Croustadt as well as ;t?llfgmBtotluT jystem of ground. torpedoeR, winch kept the English fleet at a respectful distance. - TbrAni(nic;vrcivH Tnrr st iimj ntftteeu of the invention, and at the same tune ihanged;itshaTiict)er,fronr ft'TpnireTj de fensive to an .offensive weapon . GLalled tut; oon-8uiuiKMeii Hiiuvnoiiiy ui me Uaitedal nJvy, Jhich 'Idadlb-Wal-ed up all the iuapitanti Southern ports, the Confederate. GAViirJUiient organized a special torpedS service corps; and after VRiking torpedoes in every availableap-. prpachjy they .proceeded to ; build small iffcamer constraeted to, c:irry spar torpe d,'jesetoypedo boats, w i Ui a n, easily ctiaprtkensible Biblical,1 allusion, were i4eji Viaviasranowere m several in- stances used with as much pluck and per wyeranco as terrible effect. The Unitexl States soon Ytf&!6SWj5ai and in 154 the late Commander dishing, U.S.N., Hiicceeded in destroying the Confederate jam Albemarle lyt at anchor in the James riyertiaeetlreu tliet lecie ap pawtoifftorpedoes and thetorpedo lte'-1e been vastly jmprovedf ad nunterfs new inuentionsrhave beentin- tmlnced, all of wliicfi;libweverF may, be ...v, xmxt amu. luituwiug i ave lfeaus : Ground torpedoes, spar torpedoes, Har- JtenVr8 Yhitehead (fish) torpedocsaud .the LayQredo. tec Ground To?rEDOE3. - i - , ii t he ground torpedo is a sort of sunken fc.:r - ....i K o". luipe.explodinsreither bv eonCarl or bv f eioctncity. If these are mdiciouslv laid . . " sS.Mr 6F ancJ,oraSe' th n 7 FvT T - :2SS&te i ft they ar? to 1 TT T Hiung to nrevint rmnviil Fnr(nJ may be .barred by these hidden mines "VMJf i-HW ft 1fM?. 80 powerful- that, aWaDder.whttih they explotle issurel; "'eemrtd twpelessry disabled. They are ffwteaed fe Waf-eld in their positions . , bursting charge consists of gunpowder, rniv. ... , .. , , - vharleston harboQ8tei boilers were frequently seA , yxk TORPEDOES par tor rpedo is fastened-to the end. tfaarrr. trOni 1.1 tn .W fwt Inn -awrriMI a boat, bo matter how small, andjx- relUtauce, fas the Vessel fired agsiinst will plodes also either by electricifj-Wcotrtacti. bViBvelj unaVare of the attack until A tooet remarkable experiment was made she, is blown tip? The newly invented at Cherbourg, Prance, f iaitm'cjricight frb top is a great help ".TtS1 hj lit6 'eel caRed the to the party attacked; but if three or four ieycroVhlchwas almost subinai' boats of great speed attack a vessel from Till Oo i il--si and. 246 of our current volume. -" tH(I.UIIVU btat U tva of ' sufficient strength to carrr ehgitfes and jtwoateeir sail s, and ; it Was vorlftd. JftjHa i lieutonant, t two engineers, and a pilot. The French Admiral "had two, disabled Bbips 4n Succession towed out to sea at a speed of 14 knots an hoar. go at the rate of 19 knots an hour, a rate not attained;. by any l vessel ia the squad- roil." She very soon" caught up5 Srith her prey, delivered?herlm wilja. spar tor pedo, whicli projected trom'her bow, and reboundedv. A rent as big as a house was: made in thetride'of the ship attacked, and ho jank at ouce t"TheTllbrrieyci,oft only spun round and round for a, few moments, and then returned uninjured to the squad ron, from whid She had started. A vessel of this kind is scarcely discernible in the water; event if she were detected, she is so small that it would be difficut to hither; and half a dozen t'horneycrofts attacking a large vessel would be a must dangerous foeY" Tleir"expense is quite trifliajr as con; pared (jvitti that of great ships of war; they can be multiplied indefinitely, and they can be carried on board other ships and he launched from them as occasion may requirei t The Italian' ' Government has already carried tbi iidi, inj lha construction xf her formidable -new iron clads Dandoloand Duilio. These vessels are fitted in tlieir stern with a sort of ar mored dry dock, harboring a small tor pedo steamer. As soonas the services of the latter arq eqajr.edr the dry; dock is filled, with water and opened and the lit tle craft rushes out at the enemy, return ing to lier safe berth after her mission has been fulfilled. Admiral Porter's torpedo vessel Alarm, also recently illustrated by us, is fitted with spar torpedoes, both for bow and beam; but the torpedo generally supplied to all Che cruisers of the United States is the - IIAB.VEV (TOWIXO) TORPEDO. Invented by an English officer in 1802, it was soon adopted by nearly all other navies, and probably will be exclusively used in general action at sea as least lia ble to injure a friendly vessel intherfe. The Harvey torpedo is towed upon the surface of the water by a wire rope tow line from a derrick end of the yard arm over or against the enemy; and just before reaching the ship to be destroyed this towline is slacked, and the torpedo, being heavier than water, dives under it. When in this position the explosion is effected by means of a mechanical firing bolt strik ing down upon a pin as soon as certain Icyers.of the torpedo" come into contact with the bottom of the target. This tor pedo can also be made to explode by elec tricity. Two different forms are used for starboard and port. WHITEHEAD (FISIl) TORPEDOES. This invention is the secret and the m-ooertv of the British Admiralty, but the ffc dejailsj torve leaked out : These torpedoes esunUein shape 4$ cigar, pointed atta ejjand aea3 tfcet long by two feet in diameter. The inside is divided in three.different compartments: First, the head, which contains a charge of 350 lbs. of ffun cotton and the pistol or de ii-. fT". 1)51 illAiMJ anrberv vniicfi contains "a con trirAtolor IftfgHtMWto feniafti at any deptli tft whfrhMU wished to travel under'the w a tec liaei land lastly, the air chamber, which contains the engines and the compressed air to drive them. The after "end supports the screws a right aml a left handedwhich propel the tor pedo and are in aide J the finest ste$. j The' air chamber is tested to the pressure of 1,200 lbs. on the square inch, although ! for service it is ' only loaded to 800 tt3. The Whitehead torpedo can be made to go'at the rate of 20 knots for 1,000 yards, and at any' depth . that is desired from 1 foot to 30 feet. It can be set to explode either on striking an object or .at-any par- ticulaB mtaWf CndeY f,W$ yards in i artilleTyh4iiuagiitlLer hj a percissioji I Gr a time fuse. It can also be set so that. j if it niisReVthe object aimed at, it will go to the bottom and explode aHialf cock or come to the top ton half cock so as to be recovered j-as it has botiyancy enouglrjnst to fleatroii!tht8ttrface of the vratr wheii i j i . tint- in mnrinn It.ia tii-mi fmni vlior ia I , . I. i - ..i - hr. j- , iramennea 10 a. pore, aiscnarges wie vor- fpedo into tlie water. It can be fired above I the rbt will at once to the depth it is setaif;6iu mmm & object, &6ZtUi Vosv last ttiesh1p trom . . t. rv' .r t. rr. a r anything but speak. It is calculated to make a hole on bursting of 70 feet area, aim mere is uouunui uiai iipue oi ijiem j xi s i. : e r ii I J11U4 a ship of any sort of description at i iiickui vu tup vi aici . duo uiuoi present on the "water, she must at once if only able to approach rthin J,000 yards of a large one, can discharge-a deadly flighjb of unseen projectiles ather, and at night such an "attack will probaTjhf .be VnMlr itntniiuu nm unnraalir rm IllUClCUVj IWIUIV Will IWO, 1 ' x - - 1. they are commanded by smart officers, "'-afr.Aamirn'. In fact, it Rftmg thnt it. rati An nothinglhat she can do will save her from being hit by oh&or niore of tbem. There is no doubt "whatever that this torpedo is the most formidable weapon of modern naval w arfare. U t ft . THE LAY TOBrEDO. -i i, Ju a i ; ' Properly speaking, the invention of Mr. Lay, purcliaied by the United States Got erameut, is not a torpedo, but a very in geniously devised submarine torpedo boat fitted with a spar torpedo. This, boat has. the advantage of not requiring, any crew on board, but in other particulars is capa ble of great improvements.. , The motive power, consists of an ; engine, driven by carbonic, acid gas and a screw propeller. ine boat is entirely suDmergeu, and is steered and in all other respects controlled by jaeans of an electric battery, on shore, connected with 'hft yl liable whicl is coiled np in her hold an4 PaJ8 out M SDe moves away. Her location is indicated above the surface of the water by a flag, so as to enable the operator to direct her course. The greatest defect of the Lay torpedo is want of speed. The United States Government stipulated for a speed of 9 statute miles per hour, but the maxi mum speed actuallyattained at the late ; trial 'trip, 'when it was steered by Lieu tenant Ri B. Bradford, U.S.N., showed only an average, of 6.60 miles per hour, so j that a ship attacked would only have to lower her boats and let them row between the approaching torpedo and the shore, and cut the cable, which would leave .the torpedo at their mercy. .The defense of ships against torpedo attacks of all kinds is at present very imperfectly deTeloped, principally owning to the fact that the offensive qualities of any weapon must j first be learned before effectual means or defense can be devised; and as actual war- : fare can only give a correct idea of the former, we are, no doubt, on the eve of very startling events which may entirely revo lutionize and change every recognized principle of naval tactics. The great anxiety felt in England for the future .safety and efficiency! of the , British navy, on accouut of torpedoes, is shown by the attempted formation of an International Torpedo Association, which Lieutenant Colonel Martin, of Boxgrove, Guilford, late commanding 4th (the King's own) Royals, is about to set on foot. He says in his programme : "Wheu explosive .bullets and chain shots were invented and actually used in war, uatious unanimous ly agreed to discontinue their use and prohibit their manufacture; yet explosive bullets and chain shots, it must be admit ted, are harmless as compared to toi'ie does. Poisoning is prohibited in war. Why uot prohibit torpedoes, which are actually more subtle aud deadly than poi son, there being no antidote to escape from them ? For instance, wre I allowed to fire (from a mortar) gntta percha bags filled with strychnine and charged with a burster and a time fuse to cause the bag to burst and scatter its diabolical contents over some obstinate city or fort which would not capitulate, this visitation would be far more merciful in its way towards the people of that city r fort than torpe does would be against crews of ships, be cause the strychnine could be seen and avoided by flight; whereas, on the other hand, torpedoes secretly moored, or even fish torpedoes, insure complete, sudden, unexpected, and unavoidable destruction. Several clever artisans have already been killed by merely pumping compressed air into the tails of unloaded fish torpedoes. Had these torpedoes been loaded with gun cotton for service on board ship, and even if one of them exploded from careless handling during action while compressed air was being supplied to start it, or if by chance a shot or shell struck the ship at the time of starting a fish torpedo on it death track, the fearful consequences may be easily imagined. As a proof that gov ernments appreciate the danger they in cur bv the use Of torpedoes. I may here state that it is well known that, after the Austro-Italian war, all the picked-up tor pedoes proved to be dummies. It is our bounden duty to keep peace with other countries, but every one will admit that the sooner the "International Anti-Torpedo Association has accomplished its task, the better for the cause of humanity !" It is much to be feared that other na tions will prefer to take a different view of the case, and continue to consider tor pedoes a cheap and effective counterpoise to the costly and powerful English iron clads. The Fall Circuit. The ridings for the fall circuit of the Superior Court are as follows : 1st DistrictJames L. Henry. 2d " Riley H. Cannon. 3d " Mills L. Eure. 4Ui " William A. Moore. 5th " Augustus S. Seymour. 6th " Allmand A. McKoy. - 7th " Ralph P. Buxton. 8th " William R. Cox. 9th " John Kerr. 10th " John M. Cloud. 11th " David Schenck. 12th " David M. Furches. The receipts of internal revenue for the fiscal year ending the 30th of June will amount to $1 19,000,000 ; . last year they were $117,000,000. The increase of $2,- 000,000 is largely owing to the breaking j o- f up of illicit distilling. (From the Christian Observer. , ,!;?;.f , RUSSU.AND TURKEY. ' BT REV. J. A. SLOAX. The Origin, History and End of Moham- medanim. The prophecies of Daniel and John are among the most remarkable things con? tainedin the Book' of Books, tlie Bflde. In the 2nd, 7th and -8 th chapters of Dani el, under different symbols we have the leading historical 'events of the world; from the origin of the Assyrian or Chal dean empire down to the end of time. The four great monarchies are written rather with the pen of the historian than in the predictions of the inspired seer. In Dan iel 8: 8, we are told that when the he goat or Alexander th Great, waxed great, the greathorn in' hirhead was broken, and from it came np four notable horns toward the four winds of heaven. Alex ander's dominions were divided between his four leading generals, out of one of these parts came a little horn, which also waxed great. The passage, Daniel 8: 9 14, has been often applied by earlier com mentators to Antiochus Epiphanes. This is now admitted to be a mistake. A horn in prophetical language always denotes a new porwer either civil or ecclesiastical - This little horn possessed both of these marks; the empire of Antiochus was an old power, itmly lasted for three or four years. This little horn was to continue, or come to an end after 2,300 years from the time Daniel describetKt, verse 14. We, give a brief exposition of the two passages, Daniel 8 : 23 25, and 8: 914, to which we refer the reader This little horn describes or symbolizes the Mohammedan delusion, in its origin, history and its final termination. The head of it is said to be a king of fierce countenance. This is descriptive of Mo hammed and his successors, the Caliphs of Bagdad. He "understands dark sen tences this refers to the enigmatical part of many things found in the Koran. - He would increase, or be gjeat, not by his own power, L e., his system would not tri umph by its own inherent goodness, or merely by his personal efforts; he got a few powerful adherents who raised an ar my and carried it to success by conquest. "He magnified himself even to the prince of the host." Mohammed and his follow ers regard Moses and Christ as great and goqd men, but that he, greater than either, came to complete what Christ left unfin ished. "Cast down some of the busts and of the stars to the ground," i. e., he slew many eminent officials of the Eastern Church ; in tact he over-ran and took most of it in Western Asia. He gave con quered countries the choice of the sword or the Koran with paying tribute to his government. The civil owcr of Moham medanism has been extensive, and its spiritual influence has been exerted dele teriously over a large number of the human family. Its civil or political power began in A. I)., 622, this being the first year of the Hegira, or flight jf Mohammed .from Mecca to Medina, from which date their chronology begins. John, m -Revelation 9: 1 11, eives a clear description of this desolating delu sion, together with the time its conquests were to continue. His time is five months, or 150 years, (9 : 10). Now from the first preaching of Mohammed in A. D. 612 to the founding of Bagdad, A. D. 762, when they became a settled people, and ceased their conquests, is 150 years, or five months, (30x5 150;) Bagdad was founded A. D. 762, and it means "The city of peace." They continued in power up to the begin ning of the 14th century and are knowu in profane history as Saracens. During the 11th, 12th aud 13th centuries the Tur komaos came from Independent Tartary into Persia, and countries around the Eu phrates, and there founded four Sultanies, of which Damascus, Aleppo, Iconium and Bagdad were the respective chief cities. ; . . n . ill tueu ov u icrmor, uiruugii iuc iui and 13th centuries, by the wars of the Crusaders in the West. When the wars of the Crusaders came to an end, the Tur komans began their conquests westward ; in other words, "The four angels bound in the great river Euphrates were loosed," Revelations 9: 14, sixth trumpet. They continued their conquests, subverted the Saracen empire, took their place and have been known since as Turks, or Ottomans; since Turkey is sometimes called "The Ot toman Empire." They took Constantino ple, A. D. 1453 ; they are Mohammedans in religiqi). "They were prepared for an hour, a day, a month aud a year," Reve lations 9: 15, that is they would continue their conquest over men for 391 years, (a day, 1, a month, 30, a year, 360, 391 years). They began to move westward in A. D. 1302, and their conquests ended A. D. 1693, that is 391 years ; since that time they have not extended their conquests over any Christian territory, but have confined themselves to the limits of their own terri tory, and have been watching the encroach ments of the old Northern Bear, Russia. In Revelation 15: 12, the angel poured out the sixth vial "on the great river Eu phrates, aud the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared." This language refers by common consent to the return of the Jews to Palestine. Turkey is the only obstruc tion that is in the way, she holding Pal estine, Syria and Turkey in Europe, with Constantinople as its capitot. The pow- er therefore that removes, this obstruction to the retnrn . pf t the J ews , to . their own land, wiU come, from the ;eat,. according to this . prophecy y. hence we. infer that Russia will attack and take Constantino ple with an army marching by, land from the east Th .destruction of the Moham medan power is not far distant. . t; Let us now; review briefly the numbers, or chronology of Mohammedanism. From Daniel 7:25, we learn that this little horn has "A time, and times and the dividinz of time," or 3! years of 3C0 days, making 1260 years. From Revelations 12: 6, we learu that tlie little horn of the west, that is, popery, has the same time to run, yia ' 1260 years. Popery in the, west and Mo hammedanism in the east, began at the same time, ran the same period to ruin, 1260 years, and they will i end -together. It,we know the time to begin, it is easy to find the end. Now the first year of the Hegira is A. D. 622, add to this time, to continue 1260, the end of Mohammedan ism 1882. From Daniel 8: 3, we. learn that the Medo, Persian ram was standing by the river, i. e., that empire was in its height, or middle of its existence, at B. C 418. From that time till all is fulfilled, is 2,300 years, Daniel 3: 14. Take 418, B. C from 2,300 and it gives 1882; or thus 2,300 less 418 makes 1882 ; so then this great event is nigh even at the door. It will probably be between A. D. 1882 and 1886. WYCKLIFFE AND PIUS IX. Sunday, June 3d, was a high day at Rome. Pio Nono celebrated the jubilee of his Episcopal consecration, while on the same day the Italian people celebrated with great rejoicing the thirtieth anniver sary of their political constitution, which aiso is a Kinu ot jubilee, as thirty years about represents the life of a generation, and the Roman Church has itself ordained that each generation should have its jubi lee. The coincidence of thetwo celebrations at Home is not a little striking, and it brings out into very bold relief the won derful changes in the condition and the prospects of European society which have been accomplished within the Pontificate of the present Pope. At the same time we are called to celebrate a still more sig nificant and important jubilee the jubi lee of John Wyckliffe, the 500th anniver sary of the formal condemnation of his doctrine by the Papal Court. So we are living in the atmosphere of jubilees. It is curious that the 50th year of the Episco pate of Plo Nouo, which summons a great concourse of pilgrims to Rome, with gifts and offerings and every demonstration j)f joy, tails in tne very nioutn ot the ouutn anniversary of the formal condemnation of the first principles of the English Re formation by his predecessor. If he will trouble himself to compare Roman Italy as it was when a few years ago he ceased to have power to blight it, with the Eng land which Gregory XI. was so sure would be cursed and blasted if the pestilent ideas of Wyckliffe were allowed to spread, it may be suggestive of some fruitful though humbling reflections. The English which by all Papal rules should 1h grovelling iu misery, and cowering in shame, has pass ed on to the van of the world. The most free, active, intelligent, industrious, and prosperous of peoples has grown strong and fflad under the teaching which the Pope cursed with such bitter vehemence; while the successor of Gregory calls him self sadly the prisoner of the Vatican, and the enemies who have, as he maintaius, despoiled him, celebrate their jubilee, and make merrv. under his very eves. The contrast is certainly a striking one be tween Protestant England and Vatican Rome ; nay, we may go further, and say between Teutonic Protestantism in Eng land, Germany, America, and Australia, and the kingdoms whicli still wither un der thCsway of the Latin Church. Eng lish Independent. A Louisiana paper puts the case thus : From all the city papers comes the cry of thousands of starving people who have nothing to do. Want of employment seems to be the great want of the day with the city people. It is said that in New York upwards of fifty thousand fam ilies are out of bread. In New Orleans many thousands are starving for the want of work. Thousands are waiting for the Pacific railroad and tlie jetties to bring them something to do. The city journals are continually firing off long leaders on the subject of want of capital, enterprise and business, and giving learned disqui sitions on the subject of trade and finance, and the mode to get things in shape oifce more. The Pacific Railroad is what is wanted, according to some, and tlie grain trade, according to others, to give employ ment to all. Now it is a singular pheno mena that while the cities are filled with idle people, in the country the great want is labor somebody to work. In the At takapas the whole productive powers of the country are almost paralyzed for want of laborers, and 50,000 people could find profitable employment in the various branches of agriculture. Vermilion par ish needs 10,000, Iberia from 10,W to 15,000, Lafayette 10,000, St. Martin and St. Mary 20,000 laborers. A doctor's wife tried the persuasive ef fect of her tears. "Wife," said he, "tears are useless. I have analysed them. They contain a little phosphate of lime, some chloride of sodium, and water." BATTLE OF RAMS0URS MILL This battle was fought on the 20th of June, 1780, on land now owned by Capt. Wallace Reinhardt, Clerk of the Superior Court of Lincoln county. The battle ground is half a mile Nor th of the village of Lincolnton. The Tories had assembled there to the number of 1,400 under a Lieut. Colonel Moore, when 4hey were attacked and defeated by Col. Locke with 400 men. All the advantages of prestige and posi tion were on the side, of the Tories. Charleston had fallen on the 12th of May of that year, on the 29th of that same month, Tarleton had butchered the almost unresisting command of Bnford in the Waxhaw settlement. There were no mails in those days and hardly Any 'means of communication. .British emissaries with gold in their pockets told the people that the rebel cause was lost, and they proffer ed money to all who would join tJieir standard. The Tories under Moore occu pied a wooded knoll with an open field of 200 yards in front over whicli the Whigs would have to attack them. Notwith standing these advantages, Gen. Ruther ford, who was encamped below Charlotte with 500 men, resolved to march to the attack and he sent an express to Colonel Locke to join him. The messenger never reached Locke, aud each officer began his march on his own responsibility. Locke reached the field some hours in advance of Rutherford, and with a soldier's impet uosity began the attack unaided. The attack in front failed and the Tories press ed back their assailants, but the Whigs were not discouraged and by a movement under cover of the woods succeeded in gaining the flank and rear of the enemy, who fell back in confusion. It is difficult to over-estimate the im portance of this victory. It prevented a rising of the Tory element in Western North Carolina, and it inspired the Whigs with hope and courage. It was the -precursor of the decisive victory at King's Mountain on the 7th of October of the same year, which was, in many respects, the most important victory of the great rebellion, though hardly alluded to in Northern annals. It is hardly too much to say that the inspiration of Ramsour's Mill achieved the crowning triumph at Jung's Mountain. Southern Home. Afkicax Explorations. Those who attained maturity mav recollect seeinir upon maps of Africa a large blank space in the centre, indicating a land unexplor ed and unkllOrn. Of lutx; cm n cnirloiTM-r have pierced its mysteries, and ascertain ed that this region of great equatorial lakes is one of the most populous and fertile of the earth,. and that an immense plateau, among mountains crowned with eternal snows, is watered by great streams pro ceeding from them, and offers climates of various degrees of temperature. This in viting land is, however, the abode of sav ages, who are at perpetual war witheaeh other, ami who mutually cause a destruc tion of human life computed at hundreds of thousands a year. At least 40,000 slaves are also annually captured there, for use upon the continent, or for shipment else where. The International African Asso ciation, headed by the King Of Belgium, desires to commence the civilization of the country by establishing stations for scientific observations and for the use and protectiou of travellers; and branches of the-association have been formed in sev eral European countries. X. Y. Sun. Mrs. Ruth Beaton, the largest woman in the world, is dead. She was 54 years of age, 7 feet 4 inches high, and weighed 585 pounds. The local paper states that it required eight men with block and tac kle to lower the remains into the grave. She was a kind, good neighbor, a loving mother, and was beloved bv all who knew her. The wife of Col. West Harris, of Mont gomery county, (whose maiden name was Ledbetter, of the family of that name in Stanly and Anson) weighed 400 lbs at death, in 1826. Watchman. TUden's Answer to the Government Suit. New Youk, June 23. The council for ex-Governor Tilden yesterday filed in the United States District Court the answer to the suit of the government against Mr. Tilden to recover $156,000 income tax al leged to be due the government. The an swer states that the returns made by; Mr. Tilden were all correct, and that iu the years when he neglected to make returns the government collector made an assess ment, which, with the penalty attached, ue paid, ine answer concludes witli a general denial of all the allegations in the complaint, and claims that Mr. Tilden is indebted nothing to the government for income tax or any other accouut. The Inrentor of the Coach Brake. A correspondent from Spartanburg writes as follows: "In your published statement of North Carolina inventions. I think one of the most important was omitted, viz : the coach brake from which I have under stood the car brake now in use was made. It was invented by Ben. Seim, (Anthony Bencini), of Salisbury, N. C, an old stage conductor. I am not sure I spell his name correctly, nut rknew him well. He never took out any patent for it, strange to say These meat showers now people know exactly what they are. Thev had one of them in Franklin, Tenn., the other day, and a scientific man put a bit of the "meat" under a microscope and found it to be "an organism a loricated infusoria." GOVERNOR TILDEN SPEAKS AT LAST ire Denounce Republican Fradbut u , Jfopeful of the Republic ' Bj KlcfiTiph to tke Newi and Courier. New York, June 12. Governor Tilden made a brief speech at the reception of the Manhattan Club to-night After'al- luding to the departure of GovernorTIen dricks to-morrow, witli his best wishes for a prosperous voyage and safe return, he said: "Everybody knows that after the recent election the men who -were elected by the people President and Vice- . President of the United States f were counted out,' and men who were not elected 'counted in' and seated. I dis claim any thought of the personal wrong involved in this transaction.? Notly any act or word of mine'shall that be tTwarfed or degraded into a personal grievance, which is, in truth, the greatest wrong that has stained our national arinala; To every man of tlie four and a quarter mil lions who were defrauded of the' fruits of their elective franchise, it is as great a wrong as it is to me. And no less to every man of the minority will the ulti mate consequences extend. Evils in gov ernment grow by success and impunity. They do not arrest thcirown progress. They ean never be limited except by ex ternal forces. If the men in possession of the government-can in one instance maintain themselves in power against an adverse decision at the elections, such aa example willbe imitated. Temptation exists always. Devices, to give tlie color of law, and false pretences on which to found fraudulent decisions, will not bo wanting. The wrong will grow into a practice if once condoned. In the world's I history, changes in the succession of gov ernments have usually been the result of fraud or force. It has been our faith and our pride that we had established a mode of peaceful change to be worked out by the agency of the baflot-box. The ques tion now is, whether ur election system in its substance as welLos form, is to be maintained? This is the, question of questions. Until it is finally settled thero can be no politics founded on inferior questions of administrative policy. It in volves the fundamental right otthe peo ple. It involves the elective principle. It iuvolves the whole system of popular government. The people must signally condemn the great wrong which has been doue to them. They must strip tins ex ample of everjthing. that can attract im- itators. l ney must reiuse a prosperous immunity to crime. This is not all. The people will not be able to trust the au thors or beneficiaries of the-wreng to de vise remedies, but when those who con demn the wrong shall have the power. they must devise the measure which shall render a repetition of the wrong forever impossible. If my voice could reach throughout our country and be heard iu its remotest hamlet, I wouldsay : "Be of good cheer, the Republic will live, tho institutions of our fathers are not to ex pire in shame; the sovereignty of the peo ple shall be rescued from this peril and re-established." Successful wrong never appears so triumphant as on the very eve of its fall. Seven years ago a corrupt dynasty culminated in its power over the million of people who live in the City of New. York. It had conquored, or bribed, or flattered, and woa-almost everybody into acquiescence. It appeared to be in vincible. A year or two biter its mem bers were in the penitentiary or in exile. History abounds iu similar examples. We must believe in tho right and in the future. A great and noble nation will not sever its political from its moral life. Withdraum from the Episcopal Church.- Rev. W. T. Helms, of Nashville, JTenu., has written a letter to Right Rev. Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina, signifiying his withdrawal from the Protestant Epis copal Church, in order to join the Reformed Episcopal Church. He cannot conscien tiously make the sign of the cross in bap tism, and Bishop Quintard of Tennessee -to whom he had a letter dismissory from Bishop Atkinson will not sanction its omission. - NONE LIKE HIM. At the Detroit and Milwaukee depot as a lady was about to get aboard the down train, she said to the man who was loaded down with her parcels : "Now, while I'm gone you must take up and lieat all the carpets and lay them again." ' "Of course," he replied. "And polish all the windows, rub off the furniture and repaint the front steps.1 "I will, dear." "And you must rake off the yard, make some flower-beds, fix the alley fence and black all the stoves before you pack them away." "And you must send mc $20 per week, write to me daily, and the neighbors will watch to see if you are out after eight o'clock inthe evening. Now, then, good bye . - "Oh ! darling how can T spare you !" ho sighed. Theenginegroaned and away she went, and he turned to go out: his mental distress was so great that he fell over a trunk, barked his shins and rubbed half -e skin off his pose, Bctruir Free Press. -i ":i Kit i A' .; - f 1 : U I I. ! M fee r; V s i - I 4 ' i V - 1 r ,v .4' th vr I 4 I -Vi-