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- " " ., . ,.,,r - !-.;, - ! : I i T i ' ' 1 . - W-' ' " 1 ' i ? , ) ' ' - : ' . . , v !:- '"V M . "-l I ; ' l-" . h: i !-.' " , "ii - h UTJL W S ! : .": - - , . ::' -.M-tl-rl rill I-. MiK tr . - MJU- -- .-!!-.... s. . ' , . ' L. V. & E. T- BLUM, PUBLISHERS! AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS: CASH IN ADVANCE. ORcopy,on year;.............v six montKs,. ....,.,.......-100 three months, .1. 75 UDEIIAL DISCOUNT TO CL.FBS. A, BUFFALO tf ur.'.Aivilm. beautiful mnrrungm tliemontn of October, that my friend. Hob Morton anil iny- ui'lf ninnteil our Horses aim roue up uro " link of the Soutli Platte on a hunt after buffa loes Yo will understand that-the Tlatte riv er, at St. VrHin's. makes a great bend the riv J..k,... ti.,. fiirt rniininsr almost due north, and tnrninfrTnv4t due cast at the foot We thought - - n I had nothing to kill him with not even a pen knife, i I: ,.-: ! . . . J His Wound was. bleeding profusely, and my hope was thai hq might 1ecouie exhausted first; but he seemed far from that now, while X seem ed very ;near to it. I knew my strength could hold out but little longer ; and to let go was cer tain death. The bull would suddenly ,take a Whvn close.ly confined at Fortress Monroe 1 was solicited to add my name to those 'of many esteemed gentlemen who had signed a petition for my iirdon. and an assurance was. given that on nvv doing so the Fresitlent would onler my liberation. Confident of the justiceof our and the rectitudo of mv own conduct I declined to sign the petition and remained sub- ft-eak, and run and bellow with all liisimight. Meet to tho; inexcusable privations and tortures ..?.! nr the river a lew nines, aim .i .o-u-incr northwest into the broad open prairie, where we should be most likely to find xmr gamer reuirn ..ijr . w. ..... ; - . -"-Wairfe to the fort;; though it made little differ rnceto urwhelher we returnel to-night or to morrow, as we were accustomed to camping OVIWc rode up the river until almost noon see in" many deer and wolves4-for one could hard-lv"-ide through" this tall grass - a" mile without seeing them yet. as i wc were not looking after thlH kind of game, we paid no attention to them until nearly noon, when, .feeling somewhat tir ed and luingry, Bob, who was an excellent shot, killed a fine buck;1 and, dismounting, we made n most delicious meal on the young tender ven isons ! , . Mounting, after dinner, we struck northwest across the broad prairie, where with the excep tion of the tall grass, there was not a tree or shrub on aft that vast expanse, except along the river bank. : V' - It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. .. ..a ,. w.-i-fi besrinliinir to set discouraged. nnd Ave were thinking of turning our hprses' I home, when we discovered the objects of our search.-"They were two buffa- loes quietly Ieeuing on a muc nsc ' re the first rise wo had discovered since leav ing the river: We were now many miles from where we had left the river at noon, but hoped we were not far frtim the fort by a direct route neross the prairie, though we did not know how f ir neither ofus having been out tliere before. " Hurrah,' Fred!" exclaimed Bob. putting purs to his horee und getting excited. " Now for -ome siwrt, and buffaloes1' tongnes for sui- hd away wo went at a rec-Kiess nieak- dragging me with velocity then he would stop nnd with a terrific short attempt to turn ;on m. and it was more than 1 ctouhl do with my tail ing strength to keep out of. his way, and sever al times' his horns rent iny clothing. ! 1 . .! Tliis st-itc- of things cbtild not continue; 1 1 was -jet feed hither and; thither, my arms; nearly nulled from their sockets worried almost to death, and about to lose my hold when; as the mad creature pansettr an instant, -the, sharp crack of ja rifie rang orit upon tho air, and the huge creature gave ono plunge, and fell upon his sidejin the death-strnggl. . . ! 1 I was safe, but it came not a moment too soon. I, too. fell 'td the ground, more dead than alive. Tlie sequel is soon told. It was liob wh4 had saved nie.1, He had been more fortunate than I." and after a. hard , chaso had i killed his game. and. then looked, round for me. Xhe. nrst; tiling ne saw was my norse wiinout a rider,, and then he discovered me in - the dis tance elmging 6i tnet.buirs .fcyu iortleAK ite; nntl pulling spurs to nis iiorse, uu unuiu ui mj assistJince. ; It, was' sometime peiore no couia si oot. for fear of hitting me; but he finally suc ceeded in planting a ball directly, in the; ani mals breast. ; ' - I j After Resting, capturing my liorse, and secur in rat reviver, wliich I easily found where I foil from! the horse, we sat down to smoke and relate our adventures. Jeff, Davis Speaks. A Defence Agains the iciargcs of Mr. Blaine The Motives of a Politician Efforts of the : Con- Post i federates to bring About Excliang? Ex Facto Legislation Criticised. ' Jefferson Davis" has 'written the following let tor to Judge LonsJ of Richmond, A a. : j j Nkw Orleans, La.. Jan. 27, 187C. per neck speed Our game wasaj off when first a rise in seem to i tul are not choice inline- i long distance discovered, and had disappeared over 'tin. ravtirie. :iiid was out nfsisrht. Wp mn-eed to separate' as soon as we reached tlfe ton of the ridge, aiul each take our game mil ohiir'! down upon them and capture both. if iMssiil. As we came ilashing up to the top of the hill they discovered us and immediately t.u.k toiHi.rht. Buffaloes can run very last. n.itwithstaiiding their weight;- tliey ,r.,tli,.r iiioiuentuni as they proceed. asilv run down.- 1 we made our diatvlv and gave pursuit. Mv"hrse was fleet but the tall rass tangled his feet, and I had a long hard chase before 1 I eanie up with .mvgame. I paid no attention to Bb; hls game had taken a different direc tion from mine, ambwe were soon widely sepa rated. After a' hard chasvl came - near- enough. I -thought, to venture a shot peihapsy if I idjd iw.t kill him. I eould cripple hin,tud thus stop him somewhat in his mad career. 1 .'brought mv-rifle- t my shoulder quickly ; but as,X fired lmrse StUlliPleil SllgllUV, IHS J.eei. ii:h.mjS rk;d in the grass.' iml 1 nussed my aim, inn siructv mn umM m ns on..... . r !. liwirt- ami the ball iKMiia- larse. niade n ' terrible wound, froni which the blooil flew in a , stream. ! , - , This maddened him ; and turning quickly, he charged with a terrible half snort, and half mir dwn upon me. My horse was takcnfby surprise and frightened; :uulin spiinging part- . ly to one side, as if to turn suddenly ami fly 'hway from-the mad cresiture, his feet caught in . the tangled .grassland he fell, throwing me many feet over bis ,he:uh The fal did not hurt me,, and I was on- my feet in an.instant; but before' I. could reach my horse he was up and Ixyinding away over the prairie, leaving me to my late my I come tangl IIox; James Lyons : S My Dear Friend r Your very kind letter of the I4thj inst. -was j forwarded from Memphis and lms been received at this place. I , I have been so long the object of malignant Slanuer ami me. sun oi hii.-iuuuukiiim i;hi- 1i(kkI by (partisans pf the class of Mr. 'Blaine that, though-1 cannot say it nas oeconie a mat ter of indifference, it has ceased to excite, my surprise, leven in this instance, when it reaches the extremity of accusing me of cruelty to pris oners. What mutters it to one w;hose object is personal ami party advantage that the records, both Federal and ;Coii federate; disprove j the charge;! that the i countrv is full of witnesses whoTieari oral testimon against it, and that the effort to revive the'bitter animusities of the';war obstrncts jthe-: progress ', toward the reconcilia tion or the sections It is enough for jhim if his self-keeking purpose'; be promoted. It; whuhl however, seem proliahl that such expecpitions must be' disappointetl, ftr only those .wluij are wilfullv blind can fail to see in the clmim- f the case the fallacy of Mr. Blaine's statements. The 'published fact of an attempt to suborn Wit z. when under sentence of death. by promising liim a; pardon if he would! crimi nate me in regard tp Andersonville prisoners, is conclusive :tto the wish of the government to makosuch a charge: against mc, ami the failure to do SO; shows ttiit inothing'could bo found to sustain it. May vvenot say the evidence of my innocence was such' that Holt and Conover.with their trained bainl of sutH)rned 'witne.-ses, dared not, make against liie this charge the same rwhieh Wirz would not foNus life make,! but whieb . Blaine fori the Presidential nomination has made? , --', t i j -, ' . - - TflE I.EADINX1 FACTS - Xow let us' review the leading faels of the case. .! .1 lie reivMT oi-M? oiiituici.".u vyuimis: which Dr.' Craven has but faintly described.- When, after two years of ploso confinement, I was admitted to bail, as often as required I ap peared I for trial under the Indictment found against nWbtit in which MrBlain's fictions do not appear. Tho. indictment was finally quashed, on no application of mine, nor have I ever evaded or avoided a trial upon any charge the general government might, chooso to bring against me, and I have no view of the fnture which makes it desirable to mo to be included in an amnesty bill. Viewed in tho abstract or ns a coneral oucstion. I would bo ffladlo sce the repeal of all laws inflicting the penalty-of poiilic;ii uisaoiiuics on ;uv:a yi that it might, as prescribed by the constitution, be left to the courts to hear and decide- causes and to affix penalties according to pro-existing legislation. The" discrimination made against our rxjonto is unjust ami impolitic. If the fact be equality and the purpose be fraternity among the citizens of the United States.' conviction nod sentence without a hearing, witjiout JurTsd& tion, and affixing penalties byex post facto leg islation are part of tho proceeding which hail its appropriate end in tho assumption by Con gress of the executive function , of gran ting pardons, j To remove political disabilities, which there was. hot .legal power to impose, was not an act of o much srracd as to form a plausible pretext for tho reckless diatribe of Mr. Blaine. The papers preserved by Dr. Stevenson liappilv furnish full 'proof of the causes of j disease and death at Andersonville. They are now, I believe, in Richmond, and it is to be hoped their publication will net be much longer delayed. I have no taste for recrimina tion, though the sad recitals made by our sol diers returned from Northern prisons can never be forgotten; and you will; remember the ex citement they prdueed and tlie censorious publications which were uttered against me be cause I would not visit on the helpless prison ers in our hands suck barbarities lis, according to reports, had been inflicted upon bur men. Imprisonment is a hard lot at the best, and prisoners are prone to exaggerate their suffer ings, and such w:is probably thej case on both sides; but: we did not seek by reports of com mittees with i j . . IMIOTOGKAPIIIC ILLUSTRATIONS.- to influence the passions of our people. How was it with our enemy? Let one example suf fice. You may remember a published reiort of a committee of the United States Congress, which wasi sem to Annapolis . to-yisit some ex changed prisoners, and which had appended to it the photographs of some emaci'ited subjects, which were ottered as samples of j prisoners re turned from the South. When ai copy of that report was received 1 sent it to Colonel Ould, Commissioner for the Exchange Jof Prisoners; and learned, as I anticipated, that the photo graphs, as far as they eouldj lJ identified, had been taken from men 'who were j in our hospi tals when they were liberated for exchange, and whonl the hospital snfgcoh regarded ns convalescent, but to weak to be removed with safety to themselves. The anxiety of the pris oners to be sent to their homes liad prevailed over the objections of the surgeont But'this is not all. For I have recently learned from a priest, who was then at Annapolis, that the most wretched looking of these j photographs was taken from a man who had never been a but who bad leen left on tho "sick s j From the Baltimore Sun. i '.. The Storm. j i I The northwestern hurricane that came down from the direction of Lake Superior during. week before Last was one of tho most violent disturbances that has ever, perhaps, been record ed in this country. Exceptional instances have occurred of local storms and tornadoes of great er force. , but cases are comparatively raro of land storms extending over a vaster area of territory, and maintaining throughout so great a maximum or violence. : &ome adequate iuea of tho effects of this great hurricane may be ob tained from tho accounts published of its des structivoness hero and elsewhere. It will be seen that in Baltimore alone npwards of three hundred and fifty houses were tin roofed, besides damage inflicted to other property. Great damage to churches and other buildings in Frederick City and county. Ml., arc reported in our special dispatch from Frederick City. In Washington City, where somo fifty houses were unroofed, the steeple of the Metropolitan M. E. Church was displaced, and remains in a lean- in position: At Cohoes, New York, a steeple containing a full set of chimes was entirely de molished;' also a steeple in Webster, Massachu setts r a Catholic church was destroyed inWoon noeketR.1.: a stasro upset on the road near Plattsbnrg. New Y., and a dwelling house in AtfaoHe CUvvNa demolished." In New York and Brooklvn the fury of tho storm vented it self mainly upon the roofs. All along tho path of the storm tcleerraph wires were protrastcd At one time there was but one wire unbroken Mon Xew York and W ashineton City. Con siderable damage is reported at Philadelphia; inelii'iino- ininrv to the towers of the Agricultu ral IT lll Mill 1 the New York, building on the centennial grounds. In the extreme north and northwest a blinding, driving Snow added to the dread grandeur of the tempest.'-: So far but little damage at sea has been reported, A num ber of vessels are reported ashore on Cape Hen lopcn. Del., -including the schooner Ralph Howes, from Belfast, Me., for Baltimore. On the New Jersey coast yesterday a large foreign hark was seen ashore. Tho full extent of the . . .a nanwe at sea ami on the coasts, However, is n doubt yet to be learneti. lcn at ho otheri On ,my right as I walked in the entry stood an old-fashioned side-board, or namented with a cracked looking-glass and an old brnsb. ' In one end of the cabin was the ta ble, and in the other was the assembled hetero- genious mass. It was atold. winny night, ami on account of several hoards being . knocked from the cracks, the wind had a fair circulation through the house and kept it; ' well .ventilated. .Not being nccustopied to attend such frolics, L was rather late in arriving, 'and ere I got in sight of tho bouse. I heard the; voices of the as sembled crowd, loudly and harmoniously ming ling together in a play song.! Tlie sound re verberated through the still night. air In an ex alted melodious strain and finally died away. causing a perfect calm around.! Then might be heard a loud none, similar to the crtiption of an angry volcano, or tho load detonation of the "Olympian Jovg" himself.' .-What--caused this noise was a mystery to me at that time, but on arriving and entering the house, I could im mediately accounted for the noise. Mr. Smith met me at the entry and gave mc a cordial welcome. '; I stood between the con fronting doors and with astonishment looked on at the jovial crowds The girls and boys all liad on their Sunday fixings, iand were then joined hand in hnnd,' forming a circle and sing tlie same melodious tune, which I heard when at a distance. . Now f thinks I when they get through with tlat Terse i'wTO earn what was the noise I heard arid sure epQugh I did. for at the end of the verse, the youngster standing in .? -. ..m 1 ..t fx Ilia f m Iava ln1 nm'C prisoner list"' at Annapolis when the command to which on. us be was attached had passed jthat southward; march, extenuation of Whatever m.ty bo said in pbiee cw. tii i no -Yin?i ii ri ,ii iuimm r a ;i unsi uti 4V" ' , - - - 1-1 -. - I , - X persistent arid liber! wrn.ouT efforts to secure the relief f eiipti ves. Fsiiling in those attempt RiKA Iee' to ro. under a Hag ;c,anl seeK. an-interview -.wuii vjrenuu wm .ivuw. --- to represent to! huh' the "suffering 'ami storWintold if the subjwt could have been al Vf federal prisbnbrs held by tisrlto . ex- lowedcace fully to sink into pblinon. . . , ,o niv belt; nm. my revolver . r . - T I .1 nau I was thrown from wna ni. rn Kfliinruirn was eiuuiv. it uvi I had no time to think whether I fancied the situation or not, for the mad bull was upon me nlmnst: and Vvitli a look of despair after my A,.in Iw.rco. T ran. I know not whither, but within mutinet of . self-preservation ; all this bannened in an instant I had- hoped the mad dened creature would pursue my horse; but i.t cA-the buffalo knows well who is his worst ...tmv T J fleet of foot: for I had run for iny life manyvtimes; but the till grass impeded roy progress, ami-1 knew I could hold out but a few moments. - 1 vlsaW-nbt liio slightest chanco for my life. Here I was, upon this broad ocean of prairie; "Bob was, I knew not where, nor had Xime to look ;, th grass - tangting my feet and taking away my strength, ami a wounded buffalo witliin a . few yards of me, and gaining upon me at every liound. ' ' -1 thought of ray revolver, " and that I would sell my Tife as dearly as possible. I always " carried it in my belt and perhaps I could, throw it over , my shoulder and shoot the bull in the eve. I had no hope of the ball doing him any Imrt if it hit,Mm amy where else; for you must know that these animals always have a tnicK mass of hair on their foreheads, that i&so mat ted together, with sand and dirt, that no ball from a rifle will penetrate it. I knew if a ball from mv revolver struck his forehead, it would have no more effect than the wind blowing against it. J put my hand was cone,, tl probablyfallen out when iny horse. : . , :; l ltwas-with aJ feelirig somewhat of despair tliat I found it gone. 'It seenied as if there was nothing but death beForo me; for how could I liope to escape from, or cope successfully with, a wounded buffalo wounded, as I knew; in ho vital part, but sufficiently to madden him? I conld hear more' plainly his half grunt and half short close .upon my heels and could feel his breath upon my back in another instant he -would be npon me would pierce mo with his short utiiiYinv horns would irrind me to the , with his monster Hand, and irampie lwneathiis-icet. I indeed felt that my time had come thatStoearthly power could save mc , aud instinctivelfTrcathed a prayer to hesivch. . f " At that instant mv feet lvcnme ent:iiilrled nnd I fell : tlie maddened creature had just touched me as I went down, and was under such terri ble headway-'that 'he passed directly over me without torching me. As his tail brushed over my face I grasped Iti arid was?draggel to my feet, as t buffiilo, stopping suddenly, attempt ed totnrVupori inc. But I I tad a new lease of my lifei I litdd on . to - his tail : with a death grasp, and was dragged round and round. ! You may fSmilo; 'dear reader, bnt the tail hole was my last chance now. and I held on with the grim' determination, while tlie bull whqelei rapidly round and round. rmred..snhffed. snort ed and pawed the ground 1n his terrible rage. oui couui not siiaKe me on. But what should I do now? I knew I could not hold. on to hiih long, as my strength was nearly exhausted, having run so far before 1 fell I instructed- ken of truce, ami. seek Grant death of federal pi plain the causes which ! were beyond our con trol, and to urge in -the!name .of 'lmmanity; the observance of the cartel for the-ex'change .of prisoners. .To this, as to all previous appeals, a deaf car was turned. I, will not attempt from memory to-write jthe report made to me of : the '5ni5noiits rif this mission. Iee no longer lives to defend the cause and country he loved .so well and served so efficiently, but Gen. Grnntjcannot fail to remember so extraordinary a visit, 'and his objections to executing tho cartel are well known to the public. !But whoever else may choose to forget my efforts in this regard,! the prisoners at Andersonville and the delegates I nermitted them to send to President Lincoln to plead for the resumption of exchange of pris oners cannot fail I to remember how willing I was to restore them to i their hemes and to i the comforts of whichj theyjwere in need, provided the. imprisoned Soldiers ot the uonieoeracy should he in like manner released. and returned SUCH IMroSTUKR because of! the exigencies, of; war there can Ikj no such! excuse now for the attempt of Air. Blaine, .by gross misrepresentation and slander ous accusation, to renew the worst passions of the war, ami it is to be hoped that; much as the event is to be reirretted. it will have the good effect of evokinsr truthful statements in regard to this little understood subject from men who vbnld Jiave preferred to leave their sorrowiui . "Wine Without Grapes 1 i. At the session of the International Viticnltu ral Congress, in October, 1874, at Montpelier, France. M. Saint Pierre, professor in tho medi cal school of that city, by invitation, gave some facts in regard to the fabrication of imitated wiues, a branch of business which had of late rapidly developed in Heraull, especially at Gelteniul Meze. The product or this manu factnre i mostly exported, the bulk - being sent to Russia. Denmark. Hollund, England, and North and South America. Cctte alone makes nearly 8.000,000 gallons er annum, worth about 1 5,000,000 francs. Two-thirds of this ag gregate aro consumed in : America. The only wiiies that can be successfully, imitated are those rich in alcohol, such as the wines of Spaiii and Portugal. It is not true that grape juice is the only thing omitted in the composition of these wines, as that is the cheapest ingredient; Nor is coloring matter used to any extent, as the wines to be limitated are while. The Porf tugcese formerly colored their wines with El- derwKxl. but abandoncl it on bnding that it in jured "the wine. The imitation of Spanish wines utilises a large amount of cheap wines in the South of France the production of which has Uien stimulated of late years. ' These wines show scarcely 11 of alcohol, but with the addU tion of syrup of niullierry, and alcohol the strength is raised to 21. The professor, with great frankness, pleads for 'thd encouragement of this industry. The meniliers of the Congress i visited Cctte and Meze. anil inspected several manufactures. Ono of the largest at ette had then stored 280,000 gallons in cellars containing from 80.000 to 100,000 gallons. The total val ue of the whole deposit is stated at 40,OOC. The cost of storage, including casks, &c.i amounted to 26,000, about 8s. for every the ring, walked up to his truej love and "gave her one of the allfiredest busses, right slap in tlie mouth, that 1 ever witnessed, jiney tnen start ed around hand in hand again singing, with that girl in tho ring who had received the buss. At the end of the j verse sho takes another kiss from a youngster and out of the riug she goes leaving him in tliereJ j J I was very much amused at the song which went about thus--calling tho fellow in the ring dog: -j j : j A dog in the garden catch him if yon can, repeated several times and ending thus: "He'll bite as eood as any dog can." i i J Then be kisses bis girl and sends her in the ring, with the name "Rose, I Pink, Beauty," or such like tasty names. I Every fellow also, a3 he en ters the ring is called ''snake, goat, sheep," or such animals as they are supposed -most to re semble. They continue this game until the ring is reduced to two and they wind up. by kissing each other as often as they see proper. After watching them through one game, I dashed my bat in a crack, marched, boldly into the room and took an active part in tlie game. At first i enjoyed it splendidly, j but I soon be gan to find out that thero was snch a thing as having too much of ;a good thing." I kissed and was kissed and was kissed !until my wholo nature rose up in disgust, and Ij left the prem ises alxnit m'uluight. wishing I jwas-at home or somewhere else.' for the truth of the whole bus iness is, I was sick, lours . Y. E. Lesom. Consumption of "Wheat in TSngland. In Mr.' James Caird's annual letter about the cereal crops, there are some interesting statis tics a!out the English consumption of wheat. Previous to 1SG0, the annual breadth pf Brtiish wheat land exceeded 4.000,000 acres.' vhen the population was barely 28,000,000. Tho average breadth during the last eight years isV200,000 acres less, while the population has jnercascd o 32.000.000. The produce of 3.000.000 acres of foreign land sufficed for our wants beforo 1870, that of 4,500,000 acres has lieen consumed in each year since that time. The consumption of wheat in the United Kingdom in the year of . 1874.. may le stated in round numbers of 100, 000,000 cwt. in tho following order of supply: Home growth, 50.7; United States and Canada. 31.5; Russian. 5.8; Germany, 4.0; Chili.,2.2; Fisnce, 1.1; other countries, 4.7; total ', 100. , This is subject to considerable fluctuation; Rus sia sometimes rising to 18 per cent., and Amer ica, so recently as 1872, falling to 12. j But on the average of tho. last six lyears, the United States and Canada have takon the leading place, and Russia the second. Tho conntries-of Wes tern Euror5 Germany. France,' Denmark, and Spain show, he says a declining export, either -for a greater home consumption or lessened pro duction. The mainstays are the United States and Canada and the Black Sea ports of Russia, whoso rich and unexhausted lands, with a com- . paratively sparse population, finds a profitable outlet for an abundant surplus in the United - Kingdom. 1 Pastures Meadows and Lvrns. 1 A Southern Indiana correspondent J writes: 'Orchard grass. Kentucky Wife grass arid whito clover, and, if the ground is low or Jnout, add red top, and yon have the finest and most pro ductive pasture kjiown among extensive stck growers, as it requires no reseeding, but im proves in quantity and quality, carrying nirra stock each succeeding year invalnablo f.r woods and pastures, and should be' extensively sown in the burnt forests. Leaving out the Orchard grass (as it is too rank and rapid a growler.) you can have tho best mixtnre that can Ik? formed for lawns, yards, etc. Orchard grass alone makes the most profitable meadow, as it is immensely prinliictive, makes excellent hay, and twice as much of it as timotJn for a term of years. With us timotoy and clover cut only about two good crops, and frequently but quo. To sow corn, millet. Hungarian grass or some other su1stitute every year or two, to mako up for his lost clover or timothy crop, is very dis couraging, it being expensive as well as annoy ing. Orchard crassls the remedy, and is de fined at no distant day to - stand at tlie head of all grasses for pasture or hay. Ex. g l was : h of the truly. is a gallons, i At Meze one establishment astonished the visitors by the vast extent oi its coojer shops, and its steam engines of great power pumping tho wine from great cisterns into the casks. London Gazette. ' j Mntnalv resnect is needed.' for interest inessential to a friendly union, and when slanderis promulgated from high places, ink rmlifirt v elfArn demands that truth shall strip falsehood oKlts power; lor ;cvh. respectfully and truly your friend,! ' M x JEFFERSON JJAYIS. Fandango in VI South Florida. N inh tb us.- ! - - .! .' ! j; this youi.. ACCUSATION though directed specially against me was no doubt intended -and naturally must be the- ar raignment of the South,; by whose authority and i m r i a T . in whose hehall my aeens.were uone, n may bo presumed that the feelings and habits of the Southern soldiers jwere 'understood by me, and in that connection any fair mind would perceive In my congratulatory orders to the army after a victory in which the jtrodps were most com mended for their tenderness and generosity to tho wounded and other: captives, as well the in Fifteen "Whisky Conspirators Sentenced. In the U. S. Court at Indianapolis, on Tues- tho common I dav. the 1st inst, the following persons were sentenced for Whisky Ring operat ions by Judge Grcsham: Philip C. Elerwine, George T. Sim onson, David M. Lewis, Harrison Miller. Wil- I am, liam Munford. Hiram BJ Snyder. Alfred M. McGuff. John E. Phillips, each two years m the Southern Indiana Penitentiarv, and to pay a fine of $1,000; James K. Hill, three years in the Penitentiarv. and to pay .fine of 1,000; Thomas Robb. me year in the Gibson County iail.and to pay a lino of $1,000; Henry Jacques, Among a class of illiterate and vulgar people, Christopher Coconour. John F. Crisp and Den habitiiTf that portion of South Florida between n;s Reilly, each, six months in the Gibson con li the Withlocheseoote River, and tho Everglades, ty jail, and to pay a lino of $o00; buorgo lla- much display and frolics are kept up during tno g:m. six months in the Vanderinugn county Christmas' holidays, even aside from shooting jan, nnd to pay a fine of $500. Several of the bi guns and drinking whiskey. These people prisoners pleaded their honorable wounds and are not very remarkable for their good qualities, faithful service in the army, and various other and industrious habits, yet among themselves reasons in mitigation. Judge Grcsham admit- thcy seem agreeable, and enjoy the fruits of .their ted the unpleasantucsss of his duty, bnt could labor finely. As an aunt gathers in its fxd for not nilow sympathy to mako him forget the winter, so these people may lx$ seen gathering crjme they had committed. Hodrew a decided in their productions, and preparing for a gener- contrast letween the officers of the government al feast to continue winio iiriuu i.io. i ftnfj clisiuicrs. mo lormcr " usii .nw though hard pushed to make a living by gmn- jn tjl0 jXvy pf tho United btatcs. while tne latter bing palmetto roots and tilling Florida's Sandy nre not trusted but aro watchod by government officials.. Thereloro tne lormer ougni. 10 nau increased punishment. Thoso officers who had betrayed their trust should havo two years in the penitentiars and pav a fine of $1,000 eacli. James K. Hill. Dep ity Revenue Collector, pni- tcsted his innocence before bod and tne woria. The Judge in sentencing him to three years in the iicnitentiary and tc i.iya line oi j?i.vaaj re- marked, inar. ins crime was m m-rpri njv- The Capitol i at "Washington. i i i . Tlie Capitol never was so attractive. It-i noble building, and year by year all that is his torical in it takes on more charm of age. . The bistoricid pictures full of stiff figures, and lean tifiotl bv splendid color, which surround the ro tunda under the dome ; the old! Hall of Repre sentatives, with its stately pillars supporting dingy galleries, and its new statues contributed from the different Statos. and the dark, warm corridors leading from thecentrc towards the wing all these arc charming. jThen (always with the consciousness i that countless tons of symmetrical marble and iron are impending in five architectural lorms aoovo your neau; you descend to get your oysters in a restanrant or to study frescoes along tho vaulted ceilings ami the.walls. Crypt lielow the surf:ice of the eaith. where Lincoln lay in death snrrounded by sen tinels and tapers, the swell iug dome above, where in the midst of yourccstacy you are ask ed to buy ten-cent photographs; the Supreme Court room, with its row of stately Judges talk ed at towards five o'clock by lawyers all the worse for the lack of dinner, arc among the many interesting places in a placo which I have re solved to some time describe in detail, con amore. I j S j Outside everything I is changed. The old. hifh iron fence around the grounds on that side ofthe Capitol looking towards Pennsylvania avenue has been removed, un cacn eno oi me Capitol whole blocks of building; have been rais ed, and the spaces dius made aro laid out with walks and flower! gardens. This open space tributary to and dignifiying the1. great building, is in sonic places singularly beautified. The eastern front of the Capitol looks out on a scene entirely I changed. . Where once the trees of a dishevelled park waved, and in tho re mote distance the statue of Washington was seen to srlimmer amidst tho foiliage, tliere is now an orderly arrangement of. grounds, and a vista opening out from the j central Qipitol front up along a magnificent broad avenue stretching far away. Years hence enthusiastic Washing tonians say, this avenue will be lined with mag nificent dwellings, j j j Items of Interest. A singular death took place the other day at Lincoln? in England. . A grocer nanntl Picker, who kees fowls, was last week feeding them, when a bantom cock spurred him in the left thumb. . Mortification set in. and all effort?. l save the unfortunate man's life proved unavail ing. , r Senator Sharon has sold his San Francisco res idence to W. S O lirien.of th b m.mz i firm of Flood & O'Brien. $212,500 This price include-, three $2,000 chandeliers., the $5,000 single pieti! carpets. $3,000 fireplace, gold coal scuttles, and other necessaries of life in the way of furniture. which cost Sharon altogether fcGo.000. .BuKAPSTlKK'ft IS ElTKOPE. The Murk Lane Express, in its j weekly re view of the grain trade, dated Jan. 31. says: "The damp weather during the! past week has brought the price of nativo w heat down nearly a shilling more. The overflowing gran aries make-millers temporarily masters of . tlm situation. The Paris market has maintained iu prices" for both wheat and flour. The markets of Belgium, Holland and Germany are dull. ' very t soil, yet during these jolly times I they regard nnt oroflnsn. but rush head-long without any thought of the future. They would let slip the last dime for a pint ofthe "over-jovful." or a quarter of a pound of powder. The night be fore Christmas may be heard a general firing off of big guns, followed in order; by the loud and shrill whoops issuing from the-tront mouths -f a.. iri,.i.;.liuna ttrhirh ! fe-eehoed tin- stincts of the person who issued the order as . J .g ffI.Hlluniiy mt in the pine-forest. '.he knightly temper ot .tne soldiers in wuom u Thi3 fa a indic".ltion of ft morry Christmas, and was addressed. It is admitted that the ; pronr wleoinA to ti10 worshi pper of bachus. A Colony ; of Madmen. The town of Gheel, situated jin tho: province of Antwerp, has! been for sii centuries an abode of madmen! and tradition even takes the story kick eleven) centuries. Tliere are 11, OuQ people in the place, and they have charge of 1.300 lunatic s from abroad, who aro boarded around in the families, and treated with great onnc t fPS t! on . The children from' youth are It is remarkable that tho first mouth ot tin centennial winter closely resembles that of 177t. The journals of that 3'ear sjicak of the unusual mildness of the season. It is even said that tin lack of the usual ice in Boston harbor prevented Washington from crossing his forces and' at tempting ajsiirprise on the city, iint iho Amer icans were enabled toeonVinnallysciid ftrtli ve sels from all parts-oflhu harbor to the West In dies for ammunitions oi war. . A corresjondent. of the Rural New' Yorker savs: 'Set a tomato plant' into each hill of cn ciuulers or melons, ami yon will have no trou ble from tho striped bug that sire so destruc tive to these plants. - The 'plants cm be tied t stakes, and if will pruned when large. Urth subjects can proceed with their fruiting without detriment to one another." Try it. j , Whiskv production in the United States for the last six months of 1875 was less, by uior.t than' 2,000.000 gallons, than during .the corres- , landing six months of 1874. This j decrease i- attributed to tho seizure of distilleries at thtr West. Consumers of this popular fluid will not suffer any serious apprehensions set long ns tiio I present standard of production is maintained,. which is more man zo.uw.wu gauons tor uw List six months of 1875. ! j. Iuisville has been amused by a row in a fashionable-boarding house. A boarder rems cd to cither pay his bill or to go away until tho month for which he had bargained for had ex pired. The landlady was told by the tawycrs that, the monev was not legally due until the end of tho months and that she must fulfil her ers in pur .hands were not as well provided for as we would; but it is jelaimed we did!as well as we could. Can the Other side say as mqchP To the bold allegations of ill treatment of pris oners bv our side! and humane treatment ana adequate supplies ,ny pur opponents, w'j necessary to oner pwo iaeis irst-i-l appears irom uie n-puiuw ted States War Department that, though vre lad 60,000 more irederal prisoners tnan mey lad of Confederates 6.000 more of Confederates died in Northern prisons. ! ! J Second Tho want and sufferings ol men in Northern prisons caused me to ask for ipermis- tosnnd out cotton ana uuy supplies ior oem. The ieouest was granted, but only on condition - f oonntrv. and accordingly 1 availed that the cotton should be sent to Aew.lprk and m lf f everv opportnnity.to solicit an invita- the supplies be bought there. Lieneral lieaie, t; Christmas passed and 1 received none. However I still had hopes, lor TIipsr oIavs. ns thev nre called, arc given ev ery night from one house to another, as long as a chicken can be found, a. dust of meal remains in the tub, or a tomato in the patch. They make no pretentions to "extraordinary fine ti hles, rigged of with "flour doings.'? &c..but are satisfied 7f thero is enough for the young and merry leaving the scraps and bones for the old folks and children.' They go not for feasting on dainties and witnessing the crowd but to join in the plays and making merry the night. TT..uinr .honrd of tbcsfn IM'oulo and tllCir prO- ii;iircr''T hnrl n. orreat anxiety to Attend one of icuiin. - J , their plays and witness tneir peculiar aiyus. In the winter of 1875, 1 luwl occasion to visit this now of St. Louis,! was ! authorized to purchase and distribute the (needful supplies. Our sym pathy rose with the occasion and responded to its demands, not waiting for ten years then to vaunt itself when it could serve no good pur pose to the sufferers, j j J ! ; nuor;tne ineiiowin iuuuuuuu ui um sire Air thVrestoiation S of peace and good will the Southern rKJOpWiiaye forgotten mnch, have forgiven much f thowrongs tliey borei If it be less so among their in vadersiQs but anoUi er example ofthe rule that the wrtrngLdoer is less abler. to forgive than he who luis . suffered ii Tt l not however, generally among thoso who bravel the hazards of battle ,i...t ,l..ntinor vlndicfiveness is to be founds tm. ..I u.... .... nri irnnpi'nus and irentle. It is the Ulillt " f" , " t j r SKULKERS OK THE KIGHT, 1 fi, Ttlr.iiiM. who display their flag on an un tented field. Thej niado no sacrifice to prejent the: separation the States. Why should they be expected to' promotefthe confidence and good wi l essiential to their. Unions emiifi of bis hi position in the govcrment ser .w r- i i i Vice, in passing sentence on muw nu ben laborers alout distilleries, tho Judge again remarked the difference lictween their, crime and that of the government officers, and gave thm i months and $500 fine, with the excep tion of, Thomas J. Robb, distiller, whom lie gave one year in jail. - ; - . i . r " Tlie Practical Fanner recommends tho follow ing wash for the bodies of fruit trees: T'One ounce fcf copperas toeightor ten gallons of wa ter forms a good wash, and is advised for trial as a preventive against blight. One pound of bleachers' soda and one gallon of water forms a wash that cleans off ail insects, and leaves the trees with fresh, young-looking, healthy bark. familiarized with Lh busines.' and all the peo- lirirt f tho contract before fho could sue him .i 1 , I . . i i l . . . 1 . . . ShO next lOOK mo CTUSCJ into licr 3WH naims, m damp sheets on his bed, fed him on viands, and Fnt a whining puppy in tlie room next to his. le retreated after three days of endurance. pie know how to manage those commilteii to their care. Tho inhabitants are all. so to speaK, en gage 1 in tho surveillance of the lunatics. Oik) of tho greatest social punishments that can be inflicted on a family is to declare that it is unfit o receive boarders. .The lunatics arc disposed of by the inhabitants according to their wealth or stations, weaimy pucnu sent into the better families, the poor ones to the poorer. Of course the vejy immoral or dangerous lunatics aro not thus disposed of. Tlie cures average Irom sixty-to seventy-five to tho hundred. G heel is divided, into four dis tricts, each with its overseer arid physician. Lar"e sums of money are spent n the place ny the patients, and families generally are always iloirnn ol Having 1C Or more lunatics their hands." j M on I heard that one Mr: Smith was to give a party on isew icar s nidit. I met Mr. Smith at a country storo, ami by making several strong hints, received an in vitation. ; Victorious in my design, I mounted horse about dusk, witli tne cxpectaiiou witnessing tlwt night tho rare cajwrs and ma- nuevers peculiar only to haek-wtHXis men. It wasm a beautiful winter eve. the western sky was tinged with a rich crimson color, caus ed from!ho setting sun. But those are words of space. I must desist from them, and liasten to the fandango, where ' j Girls and boys merry and tight, i Had their fun on New Year's night ; 'k;i( T with ea-jrer naze . Paid particAilar attention to the plays. The house was a very common double-log- '.i.; with m ontrv between..: With doors in front '.if each other leading out in the entry. It .;tn..torl in n. ti.dd wiili i few orange trees ... . , : r-.r rr:iv potato natch at the nacsr, a few slenderVtavcr stalks at on eml and a cow During our civil war, tho . several seceded m States nscd at first distinctive State flags. In March, 18G1. the Conn-derate Congress adopted the so called "stars and lurs. composed of three horizontal bars of equal width, the middle ono white, tho others red.' with a blno union con taining nine whito stars arranged in ft circle. Tlie resemblance of this to the 'Star nnrMriics" led to confusion and mistakes in tho field; and in September. 18CI. a battle flag was adopted, a red field charged with a bine saltier,' with a, . rarrow border of white, on which were display til thirteen Iwhite stars. In 18T3, tlto tar9 and lmr"wcre supplanted ly n flag with a white field. Iiaving tho hittle-flag f.r a union. Tim flag of 18G3 W:is found deficient in scn ice. it bcuig liable to Iks mistaken for a flag of truce i and on February 4, 1&G5. the outer haif of tin fieltl lc)-ond the union was covered with a ver tical red bar. This, was the last flag of the Confederacy. ; 1 Nineveh wss 14 miles long 8 miles wide and 46 miles round, with a wall 100 feet high nnt thick enough for three cliariots nbrent. Baby- , Ion was 50 miles within the walls, which were 75 feet thick and 100 feet high, with 10U brawn -.t.c 'Mi Timitdo of Diana :tt Epbesns was 426 feet to the support of the roof it was 10Q years in building. Tlie largest of the pyramids was 481 f-ct in height and 853 feet on the sides. The base covered U acres. Tlie stones, aro about 60 feet In length, and tlio layers are 208. i, ...... .1....,..! l-.fl fWl mon Tn bnihliti?. The lal- s . I II I'llllllllll l - - r K nnLn U fillip b. that i. over sixty, gradually I ;.; ,,1,,;,,. noO cbamliers and i Governir.' said the friend, yon travel w.tn . ;ncreasinn- with descre:ii.eil chances of cure, un- J i xhtltes. in Egypt, prewnts ruins 11 til it reaches one hundred and twenty, wihmi j mj(rtt nninnl(:iml contained jMN") citizens ami death comes leforo many days. .-When the : 4(V) .ivm The Temple of Dclphos vii Ise is ov.T s;venty fir months, and iiwre is a yit., ,ionation that it wa pltindi-red oi .. rit eoiiL'b. the lunirs are affected. I rwvi ono and tho Emperor Nero carried away cd in the drama of life. ; . ,i.rt,rt' Noah was i rohnbly the only man who ever from it 200 statues. Th walU or U . me wen "I min.l mv own Ims.ncss," was Hie S 1 "SH,r Jf bcinj W,l. . 13 miles round. An old farmer says of his lxys : " From six teen to twenty, they knew more than I did ; at twenty-five they knew as much; at thirty they werc willing to hear what I had to say; at thir ty-five, they asked my advice; and 1 think wlien they get to bo forty, they will acknowledge that the old man does Know someuung. Tli ilrrvth nf obi ex-Governor Wellcr. of Cal ifornia, has revived this anecdote of him : Wel- ler was unfortunate enough to be cnugm in a shipwreck. Arriving at San rancisco. no was asked by a sympathizing friend if he had lost much. - V Lost everything," said Wellcr, " every thing but my reputation Gnvprnnr.' said tho the least liaggago of any one I ever saw. Learn About the Pulse. Every intelligent person should know how to ascertain the state ot tlie pulse it? heakh; then by comparing it when ho is ailing, ho may have some uiea oi um; ;. biiu... know the healthy! pulso of eacli child as now ..! thnn a persm is lwrn Willi a remarKanie slnv or fast pulse.! and tho verj case in band may Ihj of that eeuliariiy. An uiiani s puise is one" hundred and forty; a child of Seven years. alKut eighty; and from twenty (to sixty years, it is seventy loat a minute, declining to sixty at four score. A healthy grown' person's pule beats seventy times a minute. Thero may be good health down to sixty; but i.r the polseal ways exceeds seventy, there .is t disease. Tlie machine is .working itself oi)t tliere is a fever r-inflamation so:newhero and the boly : r..Anr n it.lf m in consiimntioti. when ia wt t i M - - - . nl A wit once asked a peasant what part lie act- couh. the lungs are affected. r
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Feb. 17, 1876, edition 1
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