North Carolina Newspapers

TH&AEEKLY-ERA- .... .., I . . , , ...... I m Wm. r ROWN,- - Maxaqxb : Rates of Advertising. rz D A 1 m. 12 m's, 3 m's 6 m's. I2m'av Wkxlt r.ae year, la advance, , $2 00 months, .100 . Three months, 1 50 Josr rjuvTtso: Job. Work neatly nd proaaj .jjj executed, of every aiyle and o th: moot reasonable terms. Urd solirited from all parts of th State.-;; - , -; - CouaT'jfcuAsga a tpecialty at ArVlred: ' More to come. 1873. FALL STOCK. " lV. si WAITT, ' Dealer ia . 1873. READY MADE-CLOTHING , FOB! MET, TOUTH'S AND BOTH. :xr.y. OOOUS. , Hats aa Caps, r.a lAdlM raralshicra; , - XMUa, , Haaaarr, . ! - Perftrusary ' Traaks, vUhs xra. na llaua ajaa Jtifeka-aa, shirt. " Haeetla.'s, Ac. - ' ' 1 'Jt t ... !' f -i - w i 11 ! i I - V v vol. in. wtmm fc ii --"li mi i N'mM T ' " . icq t ill j Tl I .fi'i.-.a ? o 1 1 FN -i i v.".:. - f : or? . . . ; . j i EALEIGH, C, TIIURSDAY, ' NO VEMBEll 0, ;1873 . NO. 21 POETRY. 4- Sonz.froiu ,Isles sons. of the Amr JOAQCII MILLEB- DRY GOODS.' Calico, "is Alpaca, tKcy 8tn '. nivi200 M I Man. ..'.m 1 1 1 1 1 ml r ino I rnwn Hhirt r - i" Ptl JftuiU, 1 2V TU iw-t vtaUlm: Hate awNl Cap. ramUklaia; U4 Sm ny w l " 1 .xvilt IbtHa, TJ rtrtjr. w ol. uml'r, lo-27.vBia Shoe. at i I'Hinni Wll. - iit-r. 200-41 M 'Culiir'tl Hal aaa and arwril. ' IbtluturaUt HlBBHMM. srh... ..- ., - 'LrtrCalf w?w- " iuic Velvet- i:-3u Mii lu-2i i:n m, all wl.l a, 6-1 m Clot h In r. 2 00-4 73 - HutT lUi. 175-2SU ' A caif A Mo- rocvo Slux', I I0-2:S To 1113- FrietidH and tlio Public CJeueraHy: Having been Ltvorol ithyour libe ral patronage fur the bliort time thai I have .been in buineM, I take this op rtunity to return my tbanka, and re--e t fully solicit a continuance of tho Uvor fchown me. Come 1 brinx your iriends "that you and they may aee and know that D. s. Waltt'a is the place to ct the full value ol your money. Respectfully, J. S. IV A ITT. 16-3111 C. C. WILLARD, EBBITT HOUSE WASIIIXGTOX, L. C. 4 - 5ra W. N. II. SHITU. (IEO. V. 8TRONO S3IITI1 & STICONG, a Attorneys and Counsellors at Law B An nIefa;kv'!V. C. There was one who stood by the waters onoeve With the sUrs on her bair, and the , bars of the moon , Broken op at her foot by Uie bounti 1 ful boon Of extending old trees, who did ques tioning grieve: . m. - "Tho birds they go over us two and by two ; . .-.-. The mono is mated; bis bride in tho boughs . Sit nursing bis bake, and his passion ate vows - , Of love you may hear them theu jiole day through. . There is nothing that is tha t can y fold one blias . Like an innocent love ; the loaves have tonsrue. And the tides talk low in the reeds, and the young . And the quick buds open their lips but for this. , "In the ateep and the starry silences, . On- the stormy level of the iiujiUots t aeaa. Or here in the depths of the dark bmw'd trees, . There is nothing ho much as a brave man's kiss. "There is nothing si strong, in tho btream, on the laiul, In the vail y of paJius.uii tlic pinnacled snow. In the clouds of the gods, on tho grasses liclow. As the Mlk-soft touch of the baby's brown band. "It wero better to ston The whole year at the knee. With its brown hands reaching caress in uly. Than to it in a girdle of pold and alone. sit and to f-pin on a through with a babe "O barren dull brown Sweet hand of the hair When a mother conies burden of Tre. And over the life of borlif. days, where never the 1 Labe hides buck in home with a 1 tends down. "It wero better erhaps to be mothers of men. And to murmur not much ; there are clouds in the hum Can a uninaii undo what the gods have done? Nay. the things must be as the things 'have been." The L,at Accident. Condition of Copt. Morrison Fur ther I'articulara of the Distressing Li!amity How the Accident icas Cnuted, dx: . 1 0,000 A rare chance ! Fnll particular! A Rents free, or sani- pies for ft. Ad-' Wasted dress Titts- burgh Supply. Co., niburg. . .'a. 1-Am I MONTH. I A Nev EiV-IiT llir lircat AchlrTriaent mt tl Mntlttnth Ccnturr tiii: 1AII.Y GRAPHIC. All tlic Tltari d full f Picture. Tho Daily Gr.ArHTC Is the title of a newspaper, pablished in New York, which is aehievingthe most remarkable journalistic success ever chronicled. It is an eight-page evening paper (three flit ions daily), elegantly printed, and conducted by the ablest editorial talent attainable. Asa newspaper the Daily Graphic stands in the lirst rank, and contains regnlarly The Very Iatct and Foil cat .etva from all Parts AVarld. Ita great feature eonsista in the fact that it not only newsjiaper, but an tllHAtruttil rpTver as welL Four of i:s pages are blloJ with choice reading 1. utter telegrams, editorials, general and local news, items, gossip, and eor-it-pondenee on the freshest and mst interesting topics. Tho remaining four sge consist of SPLKADID lLI.I.STllATIO.S, executed in tho most laultles and at listic style, and jtortrayinj accurately and fu.Uy all leadtnt events tcitAin twcu tvvmr Aoars after their occurrence. 'those who have made journalism a atudv, and folly appreciate the great enterprise manifested in the collection and publication of news by the aid of the telegraph, steam presses, and tho development of journalistic talent, have leen fond of advancing the theory that the next advance in that field would re sult in a newspaper furnishing m its regular issues picture of all current prominent events. That theory is a theory no longer ; the newspaper of the future Is the newspaper of to-day, and that paper is the Daily Graphic. The processes which render tbis marvellous achievement an ex3tfg Tact are the re sult or the most careful study and an endless variety of experiments, gradu ally perfected during the past twelve veara. Tbey depenU upon improve ments in lithography and the applica tion of the photographic camera. Ry their aid a picture is engraved and inade ready to print in from twenty minutes to two hour. Costly and elaborate plates, work of arts, scenes of interest, are reproduced and pictured forth with equal racilitv and the most scrupulous fidelity. Illualrationauf leadinj,- events are engraved and prepared for the press eveu before the accompanying written narrative or description leaves the bands of the compositor. For the Pr practil working of so (treat an enterprise, lilt. O KArmt COMPANY was formed, witb- A Capital of $300,000 In Gold, months and months before the first is sue of the Daily Graphic, the most extensive pre para Hons were made, ami t-day TllE GRAPHIC COMPANY lias . Th Largest ana jn Caaaplete Newspaper EataaUaanaeaC la the Vailed State. In the great work of illustrating the events of the day an exteunive corps oX the best known and most accomplished artist are constantly engaged. Th Paper far the HaaseheJd. Price, $12 per year, or 3 for 3 month.. Addeeas, TUK DAILY GRAPIIIC, 39 and 41 Park place, tf.40 New York City. . " FOR SALE CHEAP! ONE NEW FIRST-CLASS HER RING'S Patent Fire and Burglar pru Safe cost in New York f375.U0, and has all the latest Improvement. Will be sold cheap for eash the own r baring no use for it. . Can bo seen at the Commission House of W, II. Jones dt ; The many friends of Capt. George Morrison, who was so badly injured j on tlie Carolina Central road on Saturday evening last, wilt regret I to learn, as we do, that his condition ; at last accounts was considered by I his attending physician as extreme ly critical, admitting hardly a hope - i of his recovery, lie is now at ljong s f hotel in Rockingham, his condition j being such that his friends could ! not carry out their original inten tion of bringing him to this city. I We learn that his physicians in- I formed him tnat his wounds were I of a nature that would require the amputation of both of his legs, but that he reruseu to nave me ojf ra tion performed. a I UIUl?tailU llUill J s.sa.0 a,wa cfllrtmitous accident, that CaDt. Mor rison had expressetl the intention, on the way up the road on Satur day, to return to Itockingham after he'had taken his train through to Wadesboro with the purpose of at tending church in that place on Sunday. His youngest daughter accompanied him as faras Itocking ham, where she got ofT to await her father's return. Arriving at Wades boro he paid some little attention to his toilet and then secured the services of two or three colored men to take him to Itockingham on a hand car. Everything went on all right until their arrival a short dis tance beynd Pee Dee liridge, when the collision took place with the re sult already stated. The car which was on the track was a small one, used in translating rock by the contractor at work on the bridge, and was about the same height of the hand car upon which Capt. M. was ated. The hands employed by Mr. Lennahan, the contractor, it seems, went with this car to the j point where it was left on the track, 1 which was but a short distance from i the bridge, for the purose of get ting rations from the commissary near by. Being certain that no train was due or would be likely to pass for some time, and having no idea that a hand car would come along, they left it standing on the j track, where it remained but a Tew j ' minutes when theaccidentoccurred. i The scene of the disaster was near j a sharp curve in the road and on a t clown grade, hence the hand car was being propeiieu wan almost lightning-like seed. It was dark, too, and the ersons on the car saw nothing of their danger until the fatal moment arrived. Capt. Mor rison was seated on the front of the car with both legs hanging over it. The men were hurled from the car by the violence of the collision, but received no injury. After the acci dent Capt. Morrison, who remained insensible for some time, received every attention from Mr. Lenmvhan, who procured blankets, Ac, and placed him upon them on the car, when he was taken to Itockingham, about six miles distant, whereat last accounts everything was being done that could bo to make his con dition as comfortable as possible un der the circumstances IIV. Star. Fruit Ladder and Picking: Fruit. An Ohio correspondent of the Tribune tells how he made a fruit ladder and how he cares for fruit in the following words : "For large trees you want a long, light ladder. I made one from pop lar boards one inch thick and twelve feet long. It was spliced in the middle with X, making a ladder twenty-three feet long. The sides were four inches wide at the bottom, six inches in the middle, and three inches at the top. The ladder is two and one-half feet wide at the bottom and one foot at the top. The rounds arp one and a half inches Frviare and the holes in the side pieces three-fourths of an inch. One man can raise it from the ground, and it will bear one hundred and eighty pounds and a bushel of ap ples. It has been in use three years and is a stiff good ladder, and for its length, the lightest I ever saw. The bag that apples are picked into should have a hook attached to a hook on the rounds of the lad der, or a limb, in order to rest the shoulder. , By the way, speaking of harvesting apples, who knows when the work should begiu, or in what shape they will keep best? I put some on the brick tloorofthe cellar, and two and a half feet thick. They keep well. We keep the cellar open as long a-i the frost will allow, and then keep as near the freezing point as we safely can. Orchards here on elevations, may have one-third of a crop; on level land scarcely any. Lieutenant Governor Hrojrden ; , . on' the Granges. , "- Col. 8. T. Carrow. ' I . .. Raleigh. N. C. Dear Sir: I acknowledge with pleasure your communication re questing my views in relation to what is commonly called . thN Granges. . Knowing- you to be a true and steadfast friend of farmers an ex tensive farmer yourself Indentifled In all respects with this most vital, necessary, and all-important in terest, and ever : ready and anxious to assist, by all proper and feasible means, in promoting: whatever is best calculated to benefit the far mers. and to elevate and reward honest industry and labor, I have no objection to expressing ray opin ions, frankly and freely, in regard to this movement for popular favor and snppcrt. Owing to the weakness and fal libility of mankind, they are ever liable to be deceived and imposed upon by corrupt and designing men, under the iWausiblo plea of the jiublic good. The human mind is easily excited by the flattering promise or show of some benefit or improvement to be derived from almost any new scheme or untried experiment. Honest people may form and enter tain superficial and illusory notions and opinions, under the advice and instruction of false and unprincipled teachers, which they afterward find out with regret. Some of our well-meaning farmers, under, the teachings of men prompted by mo tives and considerations best known to themselves, have been induced to join what is understood to le a secret sueieti, which they say is to promote and protect ihe farming interest of the country. "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hand is the hand of Esau." It will be a di Hi cult matter to prove how the Granges will lenefit the farmers, mechanics, and working ieople generally, by secret plots and schemes! If there is any public good, and nothing political in them, there can be no good reason for keeping it from the public. Useful agricultural information ought to be disseminated among the people, as farming is public, necessary and honorable. As a political organi zation it may benefit some; but as a financial and business concern it will prove a failure, except to those who receive the money which may be paid into the treasury of the society. The Grangers . .say the farmers need protection. That is true; but not that kind of protection which the voracious wolf gives to the lamb, or the vulture to its prey, or like the vender of lottery tickets, by which a few make money at the expense of many. It seems if ever the blind ted the blind it is in this very matter. Whether they will both fall into the ditch, a few years will determine. They say there is no party in this organization. But it seems their professions and prac tices do not exactly agree. They i elected Judge Craig to the Supreme Court of Illinois, who was in favor of the Granges, over Judge Law rence, who did not belong to them. Acts speak louder than words. kuiLii iron and wood is wood, and all the financiering on earth wRT not impart to one the qualities of the other. As to cheap transportation, I pre sume we all agree that all freight ought to reach the consumer at the least practicable cost, and that an arbitrary and unnecessary tax levied by the transporter over and above a fair remuneration for in vestment, is a burden upon pro ducers and consumers that it is the part of wise statesmanship to re move. It will be hard to prove that a systematic war against capi tal will benefit the farmers of the country. There ought to be mutual friendship and confidence between capital and labor, because one can not prosper without the assistance of the other. There is no war be tween thefarmerand the mechanic; there ought to be no conflict be tween capital and labor. Each should help the other, that all might prosper together. As there seems to be no proba bility that the Granges will develop the resources of the country, or promote trade ; and commerce, or increase the prices which the far mers, and working people ought to receive, their general utility has not yet been proved. Instead of in creasing the prices of cotton and other agricultural productions, it is to be feared that this war against capital will ultimately injure the productive industries of the coun try, by preventing the investment of capital. They will neither in crease the prices of the farmers pro duce, nor decrease the cost of the merchandize which they buy of the merchant. If it be the object of the Granges to regulate and control commercial matters, the under taking is vain and fallacious, and will prove worse than a failure, as it may cause the farmers to get less for their labor and produce, with out being able to purchase their necessary supplies any cheaper than before the establishment of the Granges. In June, 1S72, Congress took off all the tax on coffee, by which the government has lost an annual revenue of $10,000,000 on this one article alone, and yet coffee costs the masses of consumers as much and more now than it did before the tax was taken off. Thus it is with divers other articles which might be named on the free list. It seems that the (J rangers are opposed to "middle men in trade; they want to dispense with them, and deal directly with the manufacturers of the articles they cousume. The ridiculous absurdi ty of this proposition is forcibly il lustrated by the story of a venera ble preacher of the Christian pur suasion, who was holding service in his church, in the heart of a Grange community. In the course of his sermon he became eloquent, and exhorted his hearers to come to Christ; and insisting upon per sonal and direct communion with the Father, declared that all other means were as men in trade." went to his butcher's to buy hiati some meat, and was astonished to be denied. "What!" he exclaim ed, "don't I "pay you for what I get ?" waxing wroth as he reasoned. "Haven't I always paid you for what I got?" "Yes, coolly replied the butcher, but I can't sell you any more meat. You must go to the steer for yonr steak, and I am going to Christ for my religion. I don't want auy middle men around me." Now all who buy and sell, from the manufacturer to the consumer, are "middle men in trade," and this state of affairs is unavoidable in North Carolina.. Let us refer to only one single ar ticle of absolute necessity, to show how utterly dependedt our people are upon the people of other States thieoloa u a minnla. The next day he also to show that there must neces flarilv be some, middle men in trade. ; : ' " ' - According to the censu-s of 187o showing: the different mechanica and manufacturing Industries in this State, there were only two HnHers in the State, with a total htnital of $700. and the annual ex renses of both $675. t Those two Hatters do not manufacture 500 hats ich during the whole of one I-year, and probably not one half of that number. There is at we low est calculation 1,500,000 hats consu med in this stale every year, ana yet there is not 1,000 of them man ufactured in the State. v so it is with almost every hing manufac tured, which our pcopletfse, amoun ting in ail to more than a.ooo enner rent articles, from a pin to a steam engine. . It seems that the Granges want cheap transportation, and a general regulation and supervision of finan cial and commercial affairs. They would probably like to haveree transportation for themselves and their freight over all the railroads in the country. But railroads could not long afford to work for nothing and support - themselves It cost a great deal of money to build them, and to pay their operating expenses after they are built. They are of more benefit to the public at large than they are to their owners. Some of them in the Southern States pay small dividends upon the capital invested, and some none at all. The Legislature might pass a law requiring all the railroads in tne State to charge uniform passenger rates;that is so many cents per mile for each passenger in a first class car. and so many cents per mile for each passenger in a second class car, and even that would be surrounded with diflicultis ; for many passen gers purchase throngh tickets ex tending hundreds of miles through different States. And a Jaw requir ing uniform charges for all frieght would lead to still greater difficul ties. The experiment of 'legal coercion has been tried in England and sev eral of the continental nations, and utterly failed; and if thesecountries, where the judges are part of the ex ecutive power, could not succeed, no more favorable issue can be an ticipated here. It is easier to say than do, to sug gest than execute. Two or more parties are necessary to make a con tract, and to give it full validity it must have the assent of both par ties. If A. owns any kind of prop erty, and B. desires the use of it, unless they both agree upon a price for the use of the property, it is an unjust and arbitrary exercise of power for B. to take and use it' against the consent of the owner. So it is in relation to railroads. There is no law compelling the people to travel on railroads or ship freight on them.' The country roads areojenand free for all as they were before any railroads were built ; and if the people uo not choose to pat ronize the rauroaits, tney have a right to use the other roads free. Railroads are built for the public convenience and benefit, and for public patronage and support; and it is at all times the interest and desire of those who own them to try to manage so as to make them as acceptable and popular with the 1-fMopie a i9SS!Dlev- making' It to their interest to patronize them.ny moderateand reasonable charges for freight and passengers. This they will try to do without any attempt ed legal coercion and restriction. They ought to be left free to make special contracts for running special trains for special purposes. There is a great deal of cotton and other freight shipped from ports in the United States to foreign ports. If the Granges or the Legislature can regulate the charges for freights on railroads and on sea-going ships, may they not with equal propriety regulate the prices for freights cn river craft, and on wagons and carts? And if the extortion of carriers jus tifies the interposition of the law makers, may they not interfere to prevent extortion by merchants, manufacturers, lawyers, doctors, mechanics, newspaper publishers, and even laborers? It is wrong to attempt to regulate private rights and contracts by special class legis lation. Once inaugurated, it might become on the one hand a great tyranny, and on the other a fearful source of corruption. Let our in land and coastwise commerce be left as free as possible from any special restrictions, and I think a lair competition will ultimately operate as the best regulator of the cost of transportation. The farmer who desires successful prosperity must manage his own business judi ciously and wisely, and he need not expect too much assistance by legis lation, for if he docs he will be dis appointed. The Legislature of Illinois passed an act requiring all the railroads within the State limits to charge uniform freight and passenger rates. This law went into effect on the first of July last, and in consequence all the Illinois roads discontinued their special rates to large shipwrs; and as the special rates were generally about 23 per cent, lower than the regular rates, the result is, the con sumer has to pay the increased price for many of his heavy articles of import that pass over the Illinois railroads. j A National Agricultural Congress, as it was called, was held at Indian apolis in August last. It was said to be com posed of 250 delegates from the subordinate Granges in twenty five States. It resolved that the consolidation of parallel lines of railways should be prohibited by law; that when a company owns a line in two or more States, the Gen eral Government should regulate rates of fare and freights upon such line. Thisshowsthat the Grangers can not do what they have undertaken ; but they may do incalculable injury to the country, by preventing the investment of capital in building railroads. In my humble opinion they aredoing more harm than good in that way. Capitalists will not as readily invest money in railroads in view of unfriendly legislation, and a systematic war against them. It is stated by good authority that 33,934 miles of railroad have been built in the United States since the year 1863, and that 6,427 miles of which were built during the yeara 1872-'3. In the United States there are now about 70,000 miles of rail roads, and the total amount of money, or its equivalent, expended on railroads amounts to the enor mous sum of $3,436,638,749. This shows with what giant strides our c luntry has been marching on in a career of unexampled prosperi ty and wealth, by the mighty assis tance and influence of railroads. They are the veins and arteries of trade and commerce, and the great promoters of agriculture and pro gress industry and enterprise, civil ization and science, prosperity and wealth. I venture to predict thht if the Grangers continue their war against railroads, there will not be one-half nor one-fourth as much roads in. the United , States during the year mJi as mere "was in 1872 This will be the best proof of the immense damage "i they are doing the country. If they may : succeds-t fully attack capital invested ?n rail roads, they may next attack capital invested in any other kind -of bust ness, and which might lead t in jurious consequences ' ; ; Let capital bejiidicioaslv encouraged. as but for this those works throughout the Union, by which we have conquered tuna ana pace, woun never have been made. But for this the great Pacirio railway stretching across the Rocky Mountains, over toe plains, -ana away to tho Pacific Ocean, would never have been built. Rut for this we could not now have electric communication ts far as South Australia, distance- of some 15,000 miles. Cut lor this the real and personal property in the United States. accord inc to the eensus of. 1 870. would not have amounted as it did to 830,000.- 0J0.000. But for this the credit of tne gov ernment of the United States would not now bo the best of any iroverument in tho world. All this is owing to the immense ag ricultural and productive industiioa and capacities of the country; and the userm ana juaicious employment of capital. : , - . ; The nolicv of the Granirers it sppids Is calculated to disturb-the friendly re lations which exist between Capital and labor, and array tho one in hostility against the other. It is calculated to cramp and hinder capital, and drive it from active use and employment in de veloping our various resources. It is ii the nature of a strike asainst orsran- zed capital, which necessarily will nro- duce inconvenience and loss to both parties, if it be continued. It is time for the exercise of wisdom and sazacitv of statesmanship and liberality, in rela tion to questions anccting ouragncul- urai, nnancial and commercial pros perity. The people are complaining every- i where for want of more money. Rut the Granger policy will not increase the prices of the farmers cotton, or put more money in circulation. Railroads in the Southern States, on an average, do not1 pay even half the ordinary legal rate of interest on tho capital invested in them. Cotton manufactories pay much lar ger dividends upon their capital than railroads. There aro cotton mills in Ueoigia and Alabama, which it is stated pay 20 per cent, dividends on the capi tal invested; and one in Petersburg, Vs., that pays 25 per cent. Tho cotton mills in North Carolina pay much lar ger dividends on their capital than the railroads, although they are nothing in comparison with the great convenience, and value and importance of railroads to the peeple. The charges for freightand passengers at present are not oppressive. The fol lowing are the prices from Wilmington, N. C. to Baltimore and New York : T sick: TVannes and misery, sicknef s, despair, and death deface this once beautiful, city.M AH? day ' long the noise of hearses rattling through the streets for they are driven almost as fast as the horses can go and even then cannot dispose. of the corpses rapidly enoughis heard,, and at night fires cast their glare upon the sky as though death were celebra ting his victory, and the sound of wailing and; sobbing in palace and hovel strikes the appalled sense of mm who ventures abroad m this unhallowed ti me. The yellow-fever has been confined to ; no particular locality., and rich and uoor have the disappoint- suffered alike. . Of all the inhabitants perhaps not 10,000 sleep at night within the city limits ; the i rest leave in : the 2 50 2 00 359 mile. 419 miles. 'Cotton Wilmington to Baltimore per Bale, Cotton Wilmington to New York, per Bale, Cotton Wilmington to Baltimore or New York by water, Distance Wilmington to Baltimore, Distauce Wilmington to New York. The Route from Wilmington to Bal timore and New York, is by rail to Portsmouth, Ya., (hence by water line, calling it 100 miles to Baltimore and 100 miles to New York from Portsmouth. Passage Wilmington to Baltimore, $18 " " New York, 22 I have a large amount of statistic in- formation to which I should like to refer. but the unusual length of this letter compels me to close it. Very respectfully. Your ob't servant, ('. If. BKO( I) ION. Goldsboro, Nov, 1, 1S7U. .toll it jTcciiistii; for many things in daily use, and j money invested in building rail- John Carmel Heenan, whose death is just announced by tele graph, was bom of Irish parentage in West Troy, N. Y., May 22, 1835. His life was spent in that' city till the California fever broke out, and j the young blacksmith of over six feet 'in height went West and ob- j tained employment at heavy smith- ' ing in an engine house at Benicia, ! Cal., his future residence. Here he i picked up the rudiments of sparring, j and gradually became known cm : the West coast for his success over ; any and all competitors in hastily j organized exhibitions in which he ' took part. His lirst formal chal- j lenge was to Yankee Sullivan, then j the champion of America, in 1855, 1 but the match never came off. A i year later Heenan came to New j York and gave the first public ex hibition of his powers in a sparring match withCoburn. Public ex pec- j tation was universally disappointed i at the result, and no further .at-j tempts were made to arrange a j match. An appointment in the New York Custom-house having been obtained for him, Heenan found himself with the leisure ne cessary for a proper study of his art and rapidly matured his powers under the tutelage of Aaron Jones. A. prolonged correspondence was carried on meanwhile with the backers of John Morrissey, who had won the champion beltol America, and after several abortive attempts a match came off between the two men $2,500 a side October 20, 1858, at Long Point Island, off the Canada shore. His opponent was r.-. .... I 1 1 T 1 1" . II 1 WW- beconueu uy jonn jveny, anu nee- nan was supported by his trainer, already mentioned. Eleven rounds of downright terrific fighting ended the contest in Morrissey's victory, A sporting paper of a subsequent date says that for hard, merciless hitting the fight was probably never equalled. The result was said to be owing to the fact that Heenan was placed in the ring when in no con dition to fight; weakened bv an illness from which he had risen but two days before and disabled by a sore in his left leg. . Morrissey's superior condition won a rapid vic tory over the reach and sledge hammer blows of his opponent, but enlarges of foul play were abundant on both sides, and the fight left ill- feeling between the two which was never entirely dissipated. In spite of his defeat Heenan steadily im proved in public estimation, and one year, later preparations began for the event of his life the inter national match between himself and Tom Sayers, the champion of all England, and the victor in more contests than any other pugilist ever fought. Heenan embarked for .Eng land with a host of friends and backers January 4, 1860. The arti cles had been signed. December 15, 1859. Further arrangements were made, and March 17 both were in active training. Sayers was undis turbed, but Heenan was forced to move from place to place, and once arrested, it is said at the instigation of his opponent's backers. The great fightcameoff atFarnsborough Tuesday, April 17, 1860. A special train of thirty-six cars ran out from Loudon, laden with passengers, "to Nowhere and back," a the place was kept a profound secret. Yet around the ring were a hundred peers, a Cabinet Minister, members of Congress and Parliament, and in the sporting world everything that was or had been distinguished. The men stripped in the ring, the Amer ican 6 feet 2i inches in height, his fighting weight 195 pounds, his skin fair and clear, every vein clearly defined, in his 26th year ; the Brit ish champion, 5 feet 8 inches high, weighing 151 pounds, but with a skin browned and toughened by long exposure, and eleven yea:s; Ider than his competitor. With the fight all are familiar. How for ; two hours ' and twenty, minutes, through forty-three rounds, the men stood, till Heenan was blind' and Shyers', .endurance was well-nigh gone; how the last fought for thirty .rounds, while Ileenan's blows fell on a broken arm, and sprang lightly ap .from twenty-one clear ; knock downs; how' Ileenan stood to his work when daylight was, gone and his face a bleeding mass of pulp cheated of his victory at last by cut ropes and an impatient crowd that snrged within the ring and covered Sayers from the blows that had brought bmi to the ground in each of the last dozen rounds: All this was tho' talk and ment of two nations. The excite ment in New, York can scarcely be exaggerated when the news reached there ten davs later, .h-very daily rushed out an extra, and a single sporting sheet sold 300,000 copies in a few. hours. The referee's decision decided the fight a draw, ordered each to keep. 'money, and gave the contestants fac simile belts. After a short tour in England with a circus in company with Tom Say ers, Heenan returned to New York July 15, with ' his seconds, Cusick and MaeDonald, and. .received an enthusiastic woloome from all class es. His benefits were crowded, and for two years he' remained the hero of sporting circles in New Orleans, New York and Washington. Tom King succeeded Sayers as champion of England, and when Ileenan re visited that country in 1861, a fight was arranged between them lor 2,000, which came off December 10, 1863, at Wadhurst, and resulted u the total deleat of the American champion, after twenty-five rounds fought in thirty-five minutes. It was his last contest and, by all odds, his poorest. His science had de parted, the old power of his left handed thrusts had gone, and he was disabled before twenty rounds were fought.. He left the ring ter ribly punished, and it was said a blow on the short ribs produced internal injuries from which he never recovered. Another report current at the time was that lie had been poisoned before the fight. King was in all respects his equal, of the same age, six feet two inches in height, and wnn a ngtuing weight of 182 pounds. For two years after Heenan remained in England, and engaged in a sparring tour in company with Mace. On his return lie resided in this city, and, obtaining a sinecure in the City .Government, he led the life of a retired sporting man. His bank on the corner of Broadway and Eighth street has been a well-known resort. The " Benicia Boy," as he was fondly called in the clays of his suc cess, was far superior to the men who usually make the prize-ring a profession. His early education was not neglected, and a natural refinement gave him a grace and ease which made him a marked man in the circles he frequented. Few men have done more ably what they undertook, or so as to win more fast friends. His backers claimed for him fair dealing and pluck as well as strength, and nei ther they nor the public were ever disappointed. A hemorrhage troubled him ever since his tight. To quote, a friend, " he was never the same man since." Five or six weeks ago he sought the Pa cific coast in the hope of regaining j his health, but he hasfailcd rapidly, : dying. The p and yesterday a telegrain frbiiiSaltTiiaveDeenet i t . i - j I. : . .1 . 1 . ' . c .1 .1 : xs&ts.: ciiy uiiuouuct'u ins uettm ui oi uay anu- ii hemorrhage on Saturday morning, services were evening and remain jin the country till morrung, Many of, those who thus have left have been sieged on the cars and ' perished miserably ac the various stations, for so intense is the fear of t lie disease that the coun try peopleturn from citizens as from lepersTand will have nothing to do with those who have any ap- ftearance of being infected. I ndeed he heartlessness inhumanity which generally accompany such terrible plagues as this has been cohsplcious. nere a no Droou oi satan thieves, pickpockets, and burglars seem to be the only persons who have thri ven during the past month. They have come from other cites to prey upon the dead and dying as upon the living. Singularly enough the drinking-saloons have not found their accountont in the plague, al though during such visitations. drunkeness and debauchery gener ally hold high carnival, the people becoming reckless and ready to drown their fears in the diversions of alcoholic drinkr. Out of between thirty and forty of such saloons, which commonly are open from one year's end the other, all are clo sed but one, and this by no means does a thriving business. The bold ness of the desperadoes is something simply wonderful. Unhappily, where all are dying, the dead have often to be left for hours without at tention, and in such instances it is often found that, after death, their persons and rooms have been robbed. Several arrests of men and women accused , of such dreadful work have been made, and it is likely to go hard with the sacrilegi ous visitors. Some undertakers, in the press of business, have refused to make returns to the Board of Health, and others are accused of hurrying corpses off to their shops and keeping them there until they should find time for burial. There are not, indeed, hearses enough for the work, and sometimes as many as nine corpses are placed in one wagon and driven at full speed to their last resting place. The horri ble spectacle of the horses of such a wagou running away with their ghastly burden is said to have been witnessed, the dead being "thrown from the tumbril into the road, and some, caught by their drapery, dragging on after the clattering wheels. With one or two shameful excep tions, the clergymen "of Memphis had have fully done their duty, and all Jast j praise is due to the indefatigable Sisters of Charity, who have never for a moment flinched from their m ou rnf u 1 self-i in posin g task of re lieving the sorrowe sick and rir Vchers lOtirs their nurses, man, by a dexterious move, caught the clergyman's bird; and also dropped on his knees opposite. Jutt then Mr. Pinckney looked up, and there saw two of his deacons and several of the members staring down upon the scene with an ex pression that brought the blood to his face, and with a groan of Intense pain, the unhappy man dropped Mrs. Itathburn's fowl and darted into house. As soon as he recovered from his mishap he sent in his re signation ; but as a critical exami nation had been made in the mean time, and it transpired that as far as the worthy man was concerned there was not the least blame, the resignaation was not accepted. Change ot Fortune. 1 Squ'ci 3 00 $ 5 00 2 .'do 3 do 4 do 5 I do i Col'n. i do 1 do 5 00 7 00 9 00 10 00 12 00 20 00 30 00 9 00 12 00 15 00 16 00 18 00 25 00 40 00 $10 00118 00 V 16 oo 2 oar0 24 00 85 0A 28 00 40 Ml 2 00 44 00 1 35 00 150 uftf S 7 00 12 00 15 00 17 00 18 00 20 00 so etnl'na nnl Rn , 50 OOf 80 00il50MH. -Translont advertising nwi niT.r.iW per square for the first and Frrrr, cknt4 for each subsequent insertion, y O In an editorial article the New York Times of yesterday recounts the changes of fortune which have taken place among the 'men of the streets.' Two months ago in the view of the inexperienced, the great Philadelphia bankers were the leading national banking house of the country. They had achieved an unexampled success in negotia ting our national Joans during the war, and had "by their enterprise and skill not only enriched them selves, but done uq invaluable ser vice to the national cause. Had they been content with this honor, and with their ordinary business, they might have retired with each member of the firm possessed of millions. At one time a leading banking house of Europe would have taken willingly part of the load from their shoulders, but Mr. Cooke's ambition led him to de cline the offer. In perfectly fair weather and good times he might have carried the project through. But the financial storm came, and all his large enterprises were wreck ed in a moment. Mr. Horace F. Clark's estate at his death was esti mated to yield an income of a thou sand dollars a day, and to be worth seven millions. Now it is believed to be worth absolutely .nothing. Commodore VanderbiL stood at the head of the stock operators of the Union, and controlled an enor mous capital. His position now, if current rumors haveany foundatior, is most perilous and awkward. Whether he weather the storm or not, he has lost all prestige and in fluence, and his vast apparent wealth ha? melted like snow before the sun. He certainly has not as i yet met his obligations, resting on ! Tf m llattfral Meeiirm and making an opening for the In troduction of sugar in the cooking operation which follows. .After dipping the apples- in wttterrthey are placed in any deep pan or baking dish.and sprinkled with sugarjabout a teaspoonful to each nnrh nn1 a" 11 teacupful of water tumd them. Thev are then hnL-od with a. " 8Lowi fsdy fire till soft, when they ' , should be removed from the baking p.. iw coonng ana the table. ' When served with nronm u;a ia , . dish fit for the queen. Every part of the apple can bo eaten, the sugar having neutralized the acridities in ' the fruit, and cooking matt der the skin. It is a canlbd snhM tute for strawberries. Ther t nn. other way otireatlng sweet apples. olcw, mem m a porcelain kettle, with just enough molasses and wa ter to prevent their burning on, till cooked through, and then transfer them to the oven, with all the liquid residuum, to dry and brown. This -gives a baked apple, half jellied, delicious in flavor and moisture, that any one can love. Sweet pickles, by some considered supe rior to old fashioned apple sauce, are made by partly baking sweet apples and then saturating them in pckU'f yl wgtr,. sugar ami spices. This is easier to make than apple "" auc, which must be smothered in boiled cider. Practical Farvier. Too Big for Sunday School. tv 1 A neo awAs near Rawlins, on the Union Pacific messengers, and spiritual advisers, Railroad. The remains have been taken toOgdenand will be brought to this city at once. N. Y World, Oct. 27. they have done all they could, and four of them have fallen victims to the fever. no conauerai securities, xo me Union Trust Company. And many fear that his own tools and agents on the streets will be left with loads of stocks, to escape as they. -can. The retirement of Jay Gould is al so announced. Helms withdrawn from the presidency of theNew Jer sey Railroad Company, and has al so cancelled his special partnership with brokers' firm in order to carry out his intention of retiring alto gether from Wall street, at least for the present. Mr. Gould's health has become impaired, and it was deemed advisable to order a change of scene and climate. Says the Times : 'After the Vanderbilts and Goulds and others have vanish ed from exchange, with ruined for tune and blackened reputations, other adventurers will appear, with new hope and courage, and with mere desperate schemes. Even the lesson of currency will not be learned. wii-xiom, t least in this matter, must wait to be jus tified, of her children." Young men and boys, who think they are too old or too smart to at tend Sunday school, should consider one or two points worthy of their attention: 1 How do the young men and boys of their acquaintance, who loaf about the street and go off on pleasure excursions on the Sabbath. compare with those who are faith ful in their attendance at Sunday school, for general intelligence good character and trustworthiness. 2. Who turn out to be tho best students, clerks and apprentices those who refuse the privileges and advantages of the Sunday school, or those who are as true to their several classes as the dial is to tho sun? 3. Who can, command the best recommendations when they need work those who prefer wandering about the streets or In the woods ou the Sabbath, or those who prefer to do their walking vwhen it will not interfere with their Sundav school duties? 4. Who are the most trustworthy men in the community those who honor the- Sabbath, or those who dishonor it by hunting, .fishing, sailing and lounging about on tho day of rest and worship? Vast numbers of silly young men ' and boys imagine that the restraint of the Sunday school does not com port with freedom and manliness. They think it Is well enough for ' small boys and for girls, even for young ladies, to attend school regu larly every Sabbath, but young men. must have a broader margin to move' in. So they forfeit the splendid chances offered to them for Intel- lectual, moral .and spiritual cul ture. What a pity! Christian Ob The Snakes in the Quarry. Memphis Correspondence of the New York World. The Scourge of Memphis. From the Daubury News. Cock-Fight in Dan bury. .1 Year of Misfortunes Sad Scenes on the Streets Heart-Jiending De tails Graphic Description of what shapely is going on in the Stricken dig. During the year Memphis has been peculiarly unfortunate. For two months the river was so choked with ice as to prevent commerce. When the river became navigable the epizooty broke out, and raged so violently that trade and indus try were paralized. Then came the small-pox; then " indigenous chol era," the ravages of which among the already discouraged people were as severe as those of the small-pox ; ,and before the cholera had run its full course came this most terrible of all scourges to decimate the in habitants of the doomed citv, and spread sorrow, death, and despair on every hand. These unparal leled calamities have drawn to us the sympathy and aid of the land. Had we been left to eurselves we would have been swept utterly out of existence, for the plague is dead ly, owift and sure, and to be fought successfully only by the most un tiring vigilance, ceaseless energy, and all the resources of medical and sanitary science which wealth can place at our disjosal. The city has entirely changed in life and appearance within the brief lapse of thirty days. The shops are closed, notone being open north of Exchange street. The streets are-n early- deserted save by those who aro engaged in sanitary work and in burying the dead. There is no promenading, and the women who once made the sidewalks brilliant with life and color are either in their graves or have fled from the town for their lives. The few who remain, when they are seen at all, flit rapidly and silently through theemptied streets. their white and haggard faces tell ing the rueful story of breakingand broken hearts. Whole families have been hurried into the vaults and tombs of the cemetery within a few hours. The city swarms with help less little childreu whose parents are dead, and toj provide anything nice comionaDie; temporary homes for these is one of the most difficult tasks of the benevolent societies, which have done and are doing such noble work. The money which is sent to then from all parts of the Union disappears . rapidly even more promptly than it comes in and there is ever an urgent necessi ty for more. . TflE PRICE OF PROVISIOXS has enormously increased, and for bread which once brought five cents a loaf fifteen cents are now demand ed ; -the milkmen have ceased their daily round; meat can hardly be ob tained at ail; ana it really seems as though to the horrors of the pesti lence the gnawing pangs of hunger are to be added. The most pressing demands for aid are made by able- bodied men upon the resources of the disbursing authorities. These poor creatures would be willingenoughto work, but unfortunately there is no work tor them to do, lor business is stagnated and they have been thrown out of employment. On Saturday last ninety applications for their relief were made at thecom- missary depot, and not less than 2,-1 500 rations were distributed to the j Rev. Mr. Pinckney, of Slawson, bought a game rooster from a Dan bury dealer Saturday. Mr. Pinck ney informs us that he was not aware tho fowl was of the game species ; he bought it because of its appearance, we believe ! this statement, and are confident j that the good people of Slawson will ' acquit him of all blame in the un j fortunate affair of last Sunday morn I ing, the particulars of which are as ! follows:-At the time the trouble i commenced Mr. Pinckney was en I "gaged in arranging his neck-tie preparatory to putting on his vest I and coat. Happening to look out of the window he saw his new rooster and a rooster belonging to the widow Rathburn squaring off in the street lor a tight. Surprised and pained by this d'splay, he im mediately started out to quell the disturbance, but was too late. When he got there half a dozen young ruffians with cigars in their mouths and evil in their eyes, had surrounded the birds w-hich were already in the affray. They would thrust their heads out at each other and ruffle their necks and then dance around and strike out with their spurs and jump back and thrust out their heads again. And when the boys saw him they shout ed out, "Hurry up, bald, (Mr. Pinckney is a little bald,) or you'll miss the fun." 1 Mr. Pinckney was inexpressibly shocked. It was Sun day morning; the homes of two of his deacons and several of his most prominent members were iu sight, and there were those roosters carry ing on like mad and a parcel of wicked and profane boys standing around shouting their approval ana noisily betting on the result. He made an. effort to -secure the fowl, but iteluded him. The perspiration streamed down his face, which burned like fire, his knees trembled, and he felt as he saw the neighbors gathering, that if the earth Would open and swallow him he coma never be sufficiently grateful. Just as he attempted to catch his rooster a rough-looking individual, with his pants in his boots, and and a cap with adrawn-down lorepiece, came, and taking in the scene at a glance, sided in with the other rooster. "Fair play," shouted the new comer for the benefit .-.of the crowd, and " Don't step on the birds, old cod ger," for the particular benefit of Mr. Pinckney, who, crazed beyond reason, was jumping about, swing ing his arms, and muttering inco herent thinos, to the great danger of stepping on the combatants. "Good for old Pinckney's rooster," screamed the boys in delight, as that fowl knocked a handful of feathers from his opponents neck. " The parson knows how to. do it," said a one-eyed man, gratefully. Mr. Pinckney could have swooned. " I'll go you five dollars on . the Widder," said the rough man, earnestly winkingat the clergyman. " Take him, Pinckney ; take him, Pinckney," chorused the crowd of ragamuffins. . "My friends," pro tested the unfortunate minister in a voice of agony. " I cannot, I cannot ." " I'll back you, sir," said an enthusiastic man with a fish pole; "I'll. put it, up. for you, and you can let me have it lrom your donation." The clergyman groaned. " Catch the Widder," shouted the rough man to Mr. Pinckney, indi cating that lady's bird by a motion of his finger. Mr. Pinckney clutched it, dropped on his k"hees as he did so. At the same time tne rougn j There is a . gypsum quarry in : Iowa where the snakes crawl out of j the fissures in such numbers after the sun gets up that men have to devide their forces, and onesethght while the other quarries. This lasts until two o'clock, when they retire to their dens, and all are at peace. A visitor describes the scene as exciting to say the least. A huge moccasin crawled along at his feet,, while to the right and left spotted adders and chasers squirmed and hissed as they twined among the stones or ecaped up the bluff with head erect, making the very blood run cold at the thought of their deadly venom. . A mass of dead snakes lay "piled up in the rocks, and hundreds managed to elude the clubs and stones hurled at them by the workmen, and writhed, off into the wide prairies. Over six thou sand were killed in two weeks, and many times that number escaped. It is well known that these crea tures have regular hibernating places, where they assemble winter after winter for hundreds of years perhaps. While they were blasting rocks at Bloomfield, New Jersey, in the river bed, preparatory to building a railroad they came upon such a den of black-snakes. It was win tertime, and they were torpid, so the work-mea could shovel them up, and a whole cartload were car ried off and dumped, like so much earth. They began to crawl about a little as the sun's warmth began to he felt. They had gathered in such numbers and for so many years, that they had worn the fis sures in the rocks quite Smooth. What thought is there more re pulsive to the mind than that of be ing surrounded by these loathsome creatures ? How terrible to be shut up with them in a pit, as some of the poor martys for Jesus used to be ? And yet the man who follows strong drink for a term of years of ten brings upon himself a fate quite as fearful, in delirium of mania a potia, the victim feels himself in the coils of just such dreadful serpents. It it no matter for jesting, but an awful realitv. Thev aro to him just as real as were thesnakesof the bluff. Worse still, he cannot es cape them. They are all around him, and as fast as he shakes one off another springs forward to take his place. The suffering, as those relate who have recovered from these ravings, is most agonizing, most terrible. It seems the most liko a foretaste of that state of dark despair which must be the drunk ard's portion in the world of woe of anything we see in this world. , Oh I shun every by-way to this dark road if you would be safe from such a fate. Temperance Banner. A Thrilling Adventure with a Snake. Yesterday a family residing on aiarKet -street were alarmed by th cries oi n servuiiv in ine yara. am upon going out she stated that a large snake was protruding its head from an open space between tho ceiling and weather-boardingof the house. They looked in the direc tion indicated just in time to see his snakeship, who had become fright ened, inverting its position and ascending the ceiling. The servant, stated that when she first discovered the reptile a little child belonging in the family was striking it on tho head with a bone which he held in his hand, while the venomous crea ture was twisting its head to and fro and protruding its fangs as if in the greatest anger. She immedi ately sprang to the child, snatched it away and shrieked for help. The child, upon being questioned, said he thought the snake was a pieee of his mother's carpet. A portion of the weather-boarding was subse quently removed from the houso for the purpose of discovering the serpent, but at last accounts he had not been found. The family were naturally very much alarmed, and will continue to be to some . extent until his snakeship can be fouad and despatched. The family saw the snake distinctly as it was going up the ceiling. Wilmington Star. Cooking Apples. The great English physician. Sydenham, allowed no other ali ment to his patients in the the feb rile stages of quinsy, eresynelas. and smoll pox than could be found in boiled apples. There are a great many ways of using apples for food. and doubtless some novel ways yet to be discovered. The French, who excel in culinary matters, are said to have three hundred and sixty-five ways of cooking an egg. Why should not a similar enterprise be shown in regard to the apple? An estimable Jady of "our acquaintance makes some very palatable dishes and desserts in this way. Apples of uniform size are selected, and simply wiped and cored. This last operation is quickly performed by punching them through the middle with an apple corer, thus removing j the stem, seeds, and tougher parts, A Maidens " Psalm of Life." Tell us not in idlejingle, " marri age is an empty dream," for the girl is dead that's single, and things are not what they seem. Life is real, life is earnest, single blessed ness a fib ; " Man thou art, to man , returnst," has 'been spoken of the rib. Not enjoyment, and nqt sor row is our destined end or way, but to act that each to-morrow finds us nearer marriage day. Lifo is long and youth is fleeting, and our hearts' though light and gay, still like pleasant drums are beating wedding marches all the way. In the world's broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, be not like dumb driven cat- ' tie be a heroines a wife. Trust no future, however pleasant; let the dead past bury its dead ! act, act in the living present ! heart within and hope ahead. Lives of married ' folks remind us wo can live our lives as well, and departing leave behind us such examples as shall " tell." Such examples that an other, wasting time In idle sport, a forlorn unmarried brother seeing, shall take heart and court. Let lis then, be up and doing, with a heart on triumph set, still contriving, still pursuing, and each one a husband get. Exchange. ' ' Christian Held." The Petersburg Appeal says : A new novel, entitled A Daugh ter of Bohemia, and depicting life in a Southern city, will begin in An pleton's Journal of October 25th. It is written by Christian Reid, author of Valerie Aylmer and other popu lar and powerful stories. Miss Reid, is, we believe, a North Carolina lady, and has already produced literary creations of which the good North State may well be proud. The name of the lady is Miss Fish er, daughter of the late gallant Col. Fisher, of the 6lh North Carolina, who was killed at the first battle of Manaasa. She was born, we believe, in Salisbury.- Barron Penedo, an important Brazilian functionary, has arrived in Rome on a mission of reconcilia tion to the Holy See. On Friday he proceeded to the Vatican and pre sented his credentials to the Pope. It will be remembered that about a year ago tho Brazilian Parliament took very much the same action to- wards the uatnonc cnurcn as mat which has been taken by Italy and Germany, and more recently tjy Mexico. f