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TilE JOURNAL. BtM. lulMM S.W ST. C., 1TB. It. lSi Eolawwd m . esse t Rm . ? o. Cincico baa raltl twenty-thre thousand dollars, and promises to increase : it to fifty thousand If necessary; to pay the expense of toIJinj the Democratic National Contention." Too" Democrat fol- low-ad tie Eepnbllcana to that city foor years ago and good reanlted from It. They will probably try it The EUltimor Manufacturer a. a. m. a A . l60oru fias eniereu upon w ihlt' teentli rolome. It Is thoroughly alifo to the manuficturin? inter aU of the South, noting every enterprise and keeping con ' atanUy" beibre, be publio the pro- rreaa: derelooment, and Induce- - meats to capitalist to in Test. Like ether twiners published In the , m Interest of manufacturing, it holds to "protection" ideas and pre- - aents that aide of the question in ,..eUV able manner. It is a rainaDie of tbe South. , ' The Iozresslve Farmer says the farmers wOl have a voice in making eindidates for tbe coming cam. palfa and they will not be dictated to as to what place tbey shall have on the ticket. It is not supposed that anybody wants to dictate to them, but the Progressive Farmer ' will learn, that there is as much or more division among farmers as to - who they want for Governor as amonjany other class of citixens in the State. A large number of our Eastern farmers are for Jar vis against the field, while probably equally ai large a number are for 1 JoJze Walter Clark. In tie pied moot section the farmers probably want Capt. Alexander. It is not : the dictation of those who are not farmers that brings about divisions, butTbecanse the farmers themselves are "doing some litely thinking," and It Is Impossible for thorn all to think alike. - t it TtTMPAern nv , mtm " m vw sija wew w 8otcr BUJr announced yesterday : that he would aak the Senate to dJapoae . of aia edoeetiooeJ scheme today. After one d lace ion it wee voaaimoaaly de- ck11 to vote- en the question next Wedeeedar at 8 o'clock. Very good. Let is pees the 8aate and go to the . riooee. where it will he properly "die- poaed of" by the Bepreeeatatiia who ecxae directly froea. the peoplr. Wd- nUitoa8taT. It U to be hoped that the Repre VeentatiTes who eomo directly from - the people wOl dispose oT'. it in a manly, straightforward way and not . smother it in tbe committee . room as was done in the last Congress. It is a- measure cf im portance to the people and no Representative should hesitate to go on record. The House will hye : ample time to give the matter due . , consideration. The people's Repre sentatives will be held responsible - if they fail to do their doty. AX0THX& XEASOX. . Uoveraor Scales has not even been . taken into eosaiderexioo hy the Oober- netoriel alate-Baaaera. Poor UUow. lie belong to a (oeailJxad ace. wetap- poee. am4 wi.l be relegated to ita - saedes to make way for theambitioae ' ma who wlaheatoaee the Oeberna . Vtrtel chair as a eteppief-etpne to the UaJted Statea Senate. Waah in fton Governor Scales is not eligible for reelection. II he were his friends would have been pushing his claims. It is useless to com neat oa what would or odd not hare been the result if it were possible for him to be a candidate, -but it is unjust, to say tbe least, "that he is not considered because hebelonrs to a fossilized age. Hie is referred to Sec. 2 Art. Progress 3 of the State Constitution JL PROPOSITION TO BUY BONDS. , The committee on Ways and Means is preparing a bill, it is said, to report to the Hoose authorizing the Treasurer to boy bonds with the surplus in tbe Treasury. - As dangerons as the surplus may be, and as anxloos as tbe people Dtr be to have it turned loose it is to be hoped that the House will not listen to this proposition. There Is bo necessity for the government pajingtbese bonds in advance at a premfntn. The surplas should be distributed to the States for educa tional purposes and taxation ought to be brought within the actual necessities of tbe government. Tbe present generation bas bad its full share ol war taxes. Wby burden bs with that which future genera lions ought to pay T The people will anxiously wait the action of the House on this bill. THE STATE CONTENTION. ' The Charlotte Chronicle is out in an article urging the folding of tbe State Democratic Convention in . that city. It brings a new argument to-bear npon the East, or ratner an "old' one that has been used time and again to secure favors for the -West from the East. Carry the - State Convention to Charlotte and county government will be saved. A hundred or more debts baVe " t. t.-f tn t )i V.ajit with thia VSW w . same old coin. It has worn slick . and we are tired oi u. ray us : vita something new and bring the : State CoiTention to Morehead City. X tion let her go to work and offer in "daccments. Eaise a fund to pay it.. .iia ann iiT inn mim-r before tbe State executive commit tee, bat doat claim it npon the rronnd that the East will be pnid Ufe that same .old coin. KEaSOSlBLE OPPOSITION. If Mr. Blair will anMod hi Educa tional Bill so a t gle the money di rectly to th Stat, without any tort ol Fedtral ;tQprrwioii or provision, and lear itaoder Suu control -otirely, w. for one, will oarer iy a word against It, constitutional or unconsti tutional. "-Charlotte Democrat There is some reason in opposi tion upon this grotiDd. Bat even this is exaggerated. Tbe bill does not propose bucIi supervision of the schools as some of the newspapers represent, yet such as it docs pro pose is objectionable, and it is hoped that when it come9 up in the nonse these will be eliminated. To oppose the bill upon the gTonnd that the money is not needed I j .v.. i ;n .i.f,- Qii coir, UU mail ill Will UCOVi an i reliance, seli-respect and inde- vUited, with much pleasure, pendence is sheer nonsense. Ina'the establishment of -Mr. James recent conversation with Capt. Y. Redmond, and examined his process S the. wiiprffptir sunerinten of making "Cream Soda," a drink dent of DQbho schools of Lenoir ! county, he declared in favor of the bill, having read it caretully and duly considered the favorable and objectionable features he was lead to the conclusion that tbe former greatly outweighed the latter. Capt. Cyrd is thoroughly acquain ted with tbe wants and the neces- laities of the public schools in the country districts. He knows they lack money to mate them efficient, he knows tbe practical workings ot Lh noblic schools and does not make up his opinion entirely upon theory. This thing has been agita'ed long enough. The Democratic House ought to take it np upon Its merits and dispose of it, and not pigeoD hole it in tbe committee room. MANUFACTURED B0OS. The Winston Daily speaks ot an interview with a gentleman who has just returned from a Southern tonr, in which he took in Anniston, Alabama. From his talk the "boom" of that to-vn has about barsted. Fortunes have doubtless been made by real estate speculations, and fortunes have been and will be lost : in the same business. Bat outside of real estate specula tions and the burst in the " boom" of that business. Anniston has had and still enjoys a steady, heiltby growth from ber manufacturing enterprises. Big speculations in real estate attracts the "attention of aggressive capital and tends to give a place a big boom, but nnless there are substantial improvements In the way of manufacturing enter prises it will be short-lived. Boom9 Are manufactured, and their durability depends npon tbe quality of the stuff out ot which they are made. If tbe warp and filling are too highly colored with speculation the goods are deceptive and the purchaser will be taken iD. but if the fast colors of substantial business are used freely in the grousds the "boom'' will be daraMe and lasting and, specnlatlon will follow and not lead it. There is plenty of material around w Berne for a genuine, heakby boom. Real estate is low, and the time for introducing new manufac turing enterprises is approaching. A real estato corporation could start a boom on a comparatively mall amount of capital that would grow into huge proportions if fol lowed np by manufacturing in dustries. WHAT A STRAXUfcR SAYS OF NEW BERME. Oar esteemed contemporary the Goldsboro Argus, that always takes a lively intcre.st in the welfare of onr city and section, publishes the following communication : A. & C. R. R., Feb. 7. 'S.S. Dkae Aegi s : I have seen "ew Berne, and as you asked my im pressions I send them. Situated at the fork of two rivers, and but a short distance from tbe ocean, it strikes me as a very heal tby place. I have been entertained by its people and can vonch for their bospitalitv. It has industries cnoogh to give its population steady ana permanent uieiius iur auppun. and its numerous churches and well attended services show their moral and religions tendency to be a prominent feature ot character. It has a nnmber of large saw mills which are ruuning day and night a fertilizer factory, vegeta ble and oyster packing bouse, tisb packing, turpentine works and the novel factories of the S. II. Gray Manufacturing Company, who make tbe wooden plates and dishes which are so largely used in the great cities by grocers and others, as a convenient substitute for wrapping paper. The demand for these wooden plates and dishes is almost without limit. Millions of them are shipied from New Berne to the trade centres and there distributed throughout the world. The ma chinery u-sd is ponderous and cost ly, while the timber sweet gum is inexpensive. The wholesale cost of tbe plates is ?2.40 per 1,000 and tbe dishes $ 2.50. I was amazed when Mr. Gray showed me about twenty samples of paper, that had been made by a mill iu Providence. R. 1., from cypress pnlp made in this New Berne factory. These samples show that paper made of pure wood pulp is susceptible of the highest finish, and is peculiarly clear ot blemishes. The samples included fair and good I book grades and writing papers, one being a splendid imitation ot Irish linen. As the pulp is 70 degrees water when prepared for shipment, there would be a great saving by haviug the paper mill at this point, and your readers need not be surprised to see in the ntar future an indastry for paper making that will add a million dollars to the invested capi tal of New Berne. New Berne enjoys a cheap water transportation, via Clyde line to Baltimore, that gives her a direct advantage over inland towns. Her East Carolina Dispatch, via water to Elizabeth City and thence a through rail to Baltimore, Phila delphia and New "York, is quick and much cheaper than most other routes. I am struck with the large pro portion or blacks l see here, as compared with Goldsboro, but here, like your city, tbey are well clad and seem contented and happy. Speaking of blacks recalls a fea- tore in which New Berne proves the truth of tbe old saying that "possession is nine points of the law." Across the river stands the considerable village of JamestowD. Its population variously estimated from 1,000 to 3,000 are nil black. They were planted there by their paternal government daring the war being refugees and there they have increased and multiplied. The owner of the land has tried in i vain to reclaim, but possession I holds out as against the law. ! I could find no one to give me any information about this purely ! negro town, further than they were i a quiet people. Had there been means of reaching them on Snnday I would oertainly have tried to get a peep into tbe negro aovernment when left manner or to them- which is the most delightful tem perance beverage i nave ever tasted. It is made from a stream of crystal rock water and deserves to be extensively known. The water comes from a fissure spring , in a rock G2 feet below the suiface, through the driven well system ol nines, richt to the machine that carbonates it and fills t he bottles, and it is clear and palatable and health giving as it is possible to conceive. On the whole, I am much struck with New Heme's great possibili ties. Ot course I know little, if anvthiag, oi her disadvantages, if ! indeed, she baa any. 1 see no reason wny sne snouia not u one of the most opulent cities in your grand 0ld State Truly yours, K. P. St TEE. H0. F. M. SIMM0.VS I CONGRESS in the House proceedings of last Wednesday as published in the Congressional Record we find the , following Mr. Simmons. Mr. Speaker, I Ask.unanimoas consent to discbarge the Committee of the Whole from ihe further consideration of the bill (II. It. 3902) for the relief of Sophia B. Moore, and to pnt the same upon its passage. The brtl was read, aa follows : ,".- it enacted, etc.. That the Court of Claims be, and it is here by, authorized to grant a reneanng in the case of Sophia ii. Moore vs. the United States, No. 3446 of said court, with full power ana junsaic- tion to bear and determine and render judgment for the proceeds of the rosin and turpentine claimed to have been seized by the United States officer at the capture of New Berne in March, 1862, and be longing to William P. Moore, jr., which rosin and turpentine are claimed to have been to Philadel phia, libeled, and sold by the mar shal of the eastern district of Tenn svlvania, under the dirction of the Federal court, and the proceeds: thereof deposited in the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That this act shall not be con structed to have any effect or operation beyond the case herein specially named. Mr. Reed. Can the gentleman from North Carolina Mr. Simmons tell us whether the question of loy alty is involved in this case T Mr. Simmons. Not at all. Mr. Reed. Why is it that the Court of Claims declined to decree in favor of this party T Mr. Bprioger. Mr. Speaker, I reserve tbe right to object. Mr. Simmons. I will say to the gentleman from Maine Mr. Reed that the refusal of the court was not upon that ground, but npon an entirely different ground. The Court of Claims passed upon the question of loyalty of the claimant and decided it in favor of the claimant. It further passed npon the question whether the claimant had in fact owned and lost the projerty, and it decided that ques tion also in favor of the claimant. But the claimant brought the proceedings before the court nnder the act of March 3, 1803. The property was se'zed in May, 1S02, and the court held that the act of March, 163, bad no retro active operation, and that, there fore, the court was without juris diction to determine this case. The action of the court was purely upon tbe ground of a lack of jurisdiction. Mr. Reed. Was there not a series of proceedings with regard to all this abandoned property? Mr. Simmons. There were two lots of this abandoned property. One lot was shipped by order of Commander Rowan to New York. City. Shortly after it was shipped the claimants appeared in court and instituted proceedings and ob tained possession of the lunds aris ing from the sale of that property. The other lot was shipped to Phila delphia, and there taken charge of by the admiralty court; and a decree was made ordering the property to be sold, and the proceeds to be placed to the credit of the captured and abandoned property fund. Snbseqaently the court held that this property was not lawful prize ol war, oat that it was , bat that it was captured t and abandoned property, and ordered that it be credited to that fund to await the application of claimants. No claimant ever ap peared in the Philadelphia court, and none has ever appeared to claim that property until this memorial ist made her application. The proceeds of the sale of the property sold under the order of the admir alty court in Philadelphia amounted to 44,0O0. That money is now in tbe Treasury. No part of it has ever been paid out; no part of it has ever been claimed by anybody but this memorialist. Mr. Reed. But were there not a series of actions or claims made against the Government in respect to this fund called the captured and abandoned property fundi Mr. Simmons None in respect to this particular Mr. Reed. No the general fund. Mr. Simmons, onlv lot. but in regard to I think not, I I Mr. Reed. Claims which are now barred by the statue of limitations. Mr. Simmons. Well, sir, I don't know whether they are barred by the statue of limitations or not. i That question was not presented revenue to the owners now, and before the Court of Claims. This J the people ought to be very thank action was instituted many years ful tbey have so good a market so ago, and the unfavorable jndgraent ; near at hand. But we hope the was rendered on account of the' farmers won't forget to plant legal technicalities to which 1 have just alluded. Tbe court found that tbe property was lost; that it was taken possession of by Government; that it was sold; that the money is nnw in thA Treasnrv: that it is Pi.irata and onarr, from anv nr.hpr ! money in tbe Treasury, and that' this claimant, who was an infant at. fhf tima of HpiznrA. has never been Daid anv Dart of it. I The Speaker. Is there objection lit toJtbe present consideration of ibis bill. ' Mr. Springer. This bill will be reached on the Private Calendar iu a ! very short tiir.e, and .a it involve ! a very important matter and a large snm of money I think it had i better wait for its turn. Subsequently the following pro- ceedings were had : Mr. Springer. Mr. Speaker, 1 withdraw t lie object ion 1 in ule to the consideration of the bill (11.11 3002) for the reiie! of Sophia H. Moore, which was called up by the gentleman from North Carolina Mr. Sinimous He informs me that he is about leaving the city. While allowing the bill to be called up and voted on, I h;tll vote against ; it. The bill was again read. There was no objection to the consideration of the bill, and it was .ordered to be eogro.-.sed anil read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. .Mr. biniiuons moved to n-eoii'ider the vote br which the bill was pas sed: and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The latter motion was agreed to. Tins' is the first mea.-ure Mr. Sim mous has gotten through the House 1 alu it is one of much imt'ortain'e to the ai t v interested. HERE AND THEHE. The heavy rams are leiaruing preparations tor fanning veiy much. Leechville has received an ad- ditiou to its population. i lie l a in 1 1 of Mr. W. liaynor. A school iu Tyrrell county wit h only I'd pupils is reported to have two teachers. A free school. W. J. Wallace of the steamer Washington is enough better ot his long illness to be on !ho steamer again . Two union meetings were to be held at Head ot Pungo recently on the same days. Disciples and Primitive Baptists. It is a current rumor that Capt. C. J. il lie tn with the convicts under his control, will soon begin opera tions on the Broad creek and Alli gator canal. The congregation at Disciples at Pantego was lately the recipients of a splendid silver communion sett, presented bv a l.nlv member j of that congregation i Mr Geonze E. Rick and Miss Carrie V. Duke, both of I'autego, were married at the residence ot the bride's mother, by Augustus Latham, on the 25th ult. At the residence of the bride's father (Mr. Wm. Rountree,! by Mr. J. L. vVinfield, Mr. Lewis L uliam of Pantego, and Miss Lucy Roun tree were married on the 8th inst. Messrs. D. C. Way A: Co.. are busily eugaged in rebuilding their mill, destroyed by tire during 'bl. or rather they are building a new one entirely except boilers. They are putting in a 16x20 inch engine, steam feed, trimmers, ecc. -c, when they start it will doubtless add much to the business of their immediate section. A sad occurrence near Mackely ville on the night of the tirst inst. Mr. Redding Lupton who was keeping a liquor shop by the stdeot'Forte scues creek, was burned to death iu the shop, or as some supposed, was murdered and the house tired to conceal the crime. II ive not been able to obtain full particulars at this writing. The tournaments at Swan Quar ter the first ot the month passed off pleasantly. J. M. Spencer crowned as queen Alias ISallie Shavender, and (modesty forbids me saying who) crowned -Miss Lida Wahab first maid of honor; Dr. CredleMisa Florence Jarvis second, and Mr. Greely Brinu Miss Mosella Gaskins third maid. A dance fol lowed at which the lime passed pleasant ly. Carteret County Items. One week ot fine weather and the farmers have made u?e of it. Ksq. J. B. Howard, we learn, was the successful competitor for mail carrier from Newport to Swansboro. Rev. Benj. Ward, from Onsiow will preach, I). V.. at New Bethle hem Church on the fourth Sabbath in this month. Our county is talking railroad too. We understand a railroad is to be built from Terry's mill to Ilavelock on the A. N C. R. R.. to commence the first of March. Wo learn Mr. P. A. Koonce has bought a lot at Barker's bridge and will build a store there. Also some other parties will do the same thiugsoon, and the place will be built np into a town and incorpo rated into the name of 'Stella.'" The only store there now being that of Capt. Joe. W. Sabiston. Your Kinston correspondent says mabe the snake story telling ""T , , "t'un) :r"'" VV, i V a - i t' fr" rh Mt fl 9tp anil m .1 rn iirnj nnnrlif to go together, as we saw once a stampede at a wedding to be caused by some one bringing an artificial snake into the room whih' the couple were on the floor half married, at the sight of which, the parson, bride, biidesmaids and others gave a yell, broke for the door, upset the lamps and absquatu lated, and the bride wheu found was up a tree crying and wouldn't come down until told it was only a paper snake ; and what would have happened if it had been a real snake ? '-Dew tell." Lumbering is one of the chief occupations of our people now. Thousands of logs are being cut and rafted on Whiteoak river to Terry's mill at Barker's bridge; also a great many to Harrison's mill at Swansboro. The price is $3.o0 per 1,000 feet delivered to the mill lor pine timber; oak. ashe. hickory, maple, cypress. gum, poplar, sycamore and all other kinds of timber are in demand. Mr. W. F. Bell has a fine lot of pine timber on Pettifoot's creek, and Esq. Bob. Humphrey has a fine lot of ash. This timber will be a great plenty ot corn, peas and potatoes and fatten more hogs, and let their timber take the place of cotton this year. Collector I have a iittle bill here, 8l'r, that I would like to have Man oftue World Yes; please t (lown m),t)haL easy chair, sir. '"Lasy chair. ' "Yes- 1Cs been ranniDg so long tired. Aurora Items. i Fiesh herrings in market and oc casionally a shad. Let em come. Ye hope Col. Ike Sugg will have his town lots laid oil', streets opened, etc. Let the good work go on. ne of our Aurora fanners nas laid, hams, corn, oats and fodder to sell. Hrother farmer go thou and do 1'k.LWise. The way our larmers are Inmng young mules looks as it' there is quite an improvement m the live stock of our section. Our town authorities are having several new streets opened up to make room for new buildings. How things do change in a day. Our people seem to have the tim ber fever. New tram roa 1 to be laid and a large body of timber to be cur bv some gentb. men from Norfolk. Our town-man. Mr. C. S. Dixon. we are nice li town, cess to We id to note is clearing a f t: m on his land near Go oil. ( aikv iic a . lll.l o 11- i w il'Mlg i N e v Majoi S. lor ,i c la.L 1 1 an lie,.r w 1 1 1 k h . e I t ii.it I.. r ,i. Pie I lie. La; ham mote it Capt. a cargo say. is tor I rue and is w e li Davis is at our whari with of lih r-erap. This, they l very profitable tertibaT eoual it not superior t" a great Ti: p. ut ot that impor'eil. obi ad age lien t li ie Ves t ill out lirnes men get their dues." When two big northern news papers fallout in ay be some one will get what belongs to them. A no: her load of oyster shell lime. That is what, we need and plenty of woik, and our fai mers seem to have re. ill- d it by the quantity of sb IK brotigh' here thh wintei . We are glad to seethe .luntNAL taking the stand it does in lavoi ot the Blair hiil. The national government- has got enough Loin Noith Carolina and we think it but jast that i: should help to educate our chiidien and relieve the treasury of some ot its temptations to public otlicers to steal, or as old (iabe s ivs irliilt mi'.n ort r draic. We reeeived a Kit of Eureka" grass seed from that veteran "crank" lion. D. W. Jarvis ol fliwdin, on last boat (or one ol our wide awake farmeis, Mr. John Pate, lbafs light. " More grass, hats, coi n . rye. millet, .:o., S:c, and less cotton and we will soon be able to sell beet' and bacon, corn and hay. and stop our timber men from buving Northern hav. Illegible Writing. Napoleon wrote even a worse :iaud than did Rutus Choate, ot whose hand writing it was said that it could not be deciphered -'without the help of a pair of compasses and and a. quadrant.'" Napoleon's let ters to Josephine from Germany were so illegible that the wits used to say that they were not love let ters, but maps of the seat of war. Professor Mathews says, in his essay on '-The Philosophy of Hand writing," that he and two attorneys once spent an entire forenoon try ing to read some written questions sent by Mr. Choate, to be put into a deposition. After a morning's work they speledout the preposition of. It is maintained by some persons that a man's character may be de tected by his handwriting, ami there are those who profess to read in a man's chirography what he is and is not. Their art, however, ll it is any thing more than a fancy, is of doubtful utility. Certainly only an expert could read charac ter by such means, and experts rare ly agree. Byron wrote, what seems to the casual observer,a school boy's scrawl an i. 1 Emeison a sprawling hand. The style cf hand writing in neither case prepares one for the grace and depth of thought expressed in so unpromising a way. So, too, the almost illegible hand of Pascal con trasts strongly with his profound but clearly expressed throughts. Professor Huxley is one of the most lucid writers in England, but his handwriting is at times hard to decipher. Dean Stanley's prose is as transparent as plate glass, but his correspondents found it difficult to read the signature to his let ters. It is. however, absurd to look upon bad handwriting as an indica tion ot genius- Sometimes it is simply the i es ult of a wish to con ceabl ad spelling. If 1 were to write better, people would find out how I spell," wrote a college student to his guardian. Sydney Smith, whose hand was the woe of printers, might have justly excused his bad writing by a simi lar confession, for he was a poor sreller. Ben Hardin, an eccentric lawyer of Kentucky, wrote with a maimed right hand, which had been injured by the fall of a tree. His pen scratches saved his cases again and again trom being throwu out of court, on account of some blunder iu pleading. When an opposing counsel de murred to Ikn's declaration, ou the ground that it was faulty, he would reply, "My brother merely m istake my b indwi iting. t hat s all. I have it here just as he thinks it ought to be." The objection counsel had to give it up, for no one, save Ben himself, could say with certainty what his crow-tracks did or did not mean. Professor Mathews says tbe i chirography of a century ago is bet ter than its orthography; the fact suggests that at that time bad spelling was looked upon as a seri ous literary sin. Washington wrote a large, round, clerkly hand, as easy to read as print; but his letters abounded ;in misspelled words and in erroneous punctuation, a fact which Jared Sparks, who edi ted his correspondence, carefully obliterated. But in these days of common schools, a man who spells incorrect ly is upon as an uneducated blun derer. Does that accont for the fact that men now spell better than they write? Youth Companion. An Accoiiiiuodatlug Farmer. A correspondent, writing from Sulivan county, New Y"ork, writes the Ledger that there is a farmer there who has a favorite cat and kitten, and as he wished both should have tree access to his barn, he ordered tiro holts to be cut in the door a large one lor the old cat, and a smaller oue for the young one. The sagacity of this l'armer is equalled only by that of the man who kept two thermometers out side of his window : the one to tell how cold, the other how warm it w as. To whom you betray your secret, von give your liberty. Jones County Items. ! 1-armers are all wanting good, ; sunny weather for their farm work. We regret to learn that Mr. AY. : E. Ward of Trenton, is critically !sick with heart disease, j We learn that Trenton is to liave I a steam saw mill. Mr. E. M. Jar . man is preparing to briDg his mill 1 there. Mr. Thomas Hunter succeeded ;in capturing two very fine wild tuikoys one day last week; out of jthein weighed when dressed 17, J the other 10 pounds, i We learn that corn juice caused i a young white gent to brake bis buggy and find a home in the guard ! house at Trenton, oa Friday nig.it last. Next morning got n release , by paying into the town treasury the neat little sum of five dollars. " The citizens of Trenton had in I that town on Sa'uid r-, 1 ist a very , drunken cousequeiiu..I voudoo doc tor who was very daik complected, so (iark that we somewhat supposed tha"- cbaieoal could only niako a whife mark on him. . Tt.is voudoo M. D. perambula'nl the street, making ' range gri m .-.ees an 1 gvra t ion, to t!l 1 amu -ement o; many. waived his hand, rt und lett th" toxn. Bill Pollock's, colored. Fi. Lilly hf i iape.1 iii eJled at near . own. flourished his knife and pistol, cut at some of the family. Pollock go: help and carried him betoie a in igistiate who sent him ;o j al, where he will now have a in ret din a- time to have a quiet, calm remeiit from his j)rofesjioua! v v e . eit ':0; bv. 1 1 a v e ZCllS ; cle ol'ieu beard several of i Trentou remark that 'era gave Trenton the t n that Trentou was a real sanitarian for the cholera hog breathe hug, just let a t he air and all symptoms wamld soon disappear. But I st-e that cholera has invaded Trenton at last and sent many of ' the line porkers ou' to the boneyard. We are truly s-vr;. for this, for the citizens in and near the village had many tine hogs. The cholera is all around me and ray hogs are in the same range, and at this ' writing they are in the best of con dition. I may not escape this time 1 bat I have strong hopes, as I am giving my usual preventive, lime and salt. Professor P. W. Johnson of Wake Forest, N. C, writes the Southern Cultivator that a new grape has j been brought to notice in this State, a seedling of the Scupper Jnong; many of them measuring ;1J and inches in diameter; a ! three year old vine has been known to bear a bushel of grapes. These grapes he says sold readily in Raleigh last October rt 10 cents per pound, and it generally ripens in October when grapes are scarce. Ihe Professor thinks no one living in the cotton belt should fail to plant this delicious grape, named the "James." We desire to ex press our sincere thanks to Mr Allen Warren of Greenville, for two very fine one year old vines from his nursery ot the James Grape, and will, as be requests, send him our fine grape, tbe "Nameless, ' which may not be as large in diameter as tbe James but can equal it as to flavor and wine producing qualities, ana ripens about two weeks earlier than the Scupperuong His Duty. Military discipline implie sacrifice of all the natural emotions A man who follows the profession of arms must not only be prepared to leave home and friends at the call of duty, but he must renounce at the outset all throughts ot his own comfort or wellbeing. He is no longer a free individual; he is the servant of the State. During the siege of Gibraltar, its governor, General Elliott, was one day making a tour of inspection when be came up 'ii a German sol dier, who, though standing at his post, neither presented arms, nor even held his musket. "no yon Know me, sentineiT ' in quired the general. " hv do vou neglect your duty?"' "I know you well, and my duty also," was the reply; ''but within the last few minutes two of the fingers of my right hand have been shot off, and I am unable to hold my musket." 'Why don't you go and have them bound up. "liecause in ijcrmany a man rs forbidden to iuit his post until he is relieved by another." The general instantly dismoun ted. "aow, my menu, said he, "give me your musket, and I will relieve you. Go aud have your wounds dresred." The soldier obeyed, but went first to 'the nearest gaard-honse, where he reported that the general was standing on duty in his place. His injury unfitted him?for actives service, but the s'ory of his courage soon reached 1'iiplm.d, and he wa made an officer. He Sold the Samples A durmmer who had just arrived from Arizona was in town last week taking orders for shirts. He savs there are bad men down there. The cowboys got hold of him and wanted to buy his samples. He replied that he wouldn't sell them lor any price. "Won't, eh!"' said a bystan der. " Well,now, I guess you will," The tough citizen plajfully toyed with the handle of a small sized cannon that he carried in his belt and told "the boys" to help them selves. And the jerseys, many striped hose, and underwear of all kinds, was divided among the crowd. "The boys" paid the scared drummer his own price without a murmur, but declared that shirts were scarce iu Arizona, 'specially some o' those fancy ones, and that life was too short to wait for shirts ordered from 'Frisco. Tbe drummer iras slapped on the face, had his hat knocked off,was playfully push ed around the crowd and finally in vited to drink. He didn't refuse, and was the meekest looking drum mer we've seen in many a day when he arrived in Lngonia. Lngonia Southern Californian. Double Assurance. Master Freddie thinks himself by no means the least the important member of the household. One evening, after he and his sister had Sone to bed in the nursery, a vio lent thunder shower came up. The children's mother, thinking they might be frightened by tbe storm, went upstairs to reassure them. Pausing just outside tbe nursery door, she heard Fred say to his sister, who was cry ing. "Don't oo be 'fraid, baby ; me an' Dod's here." A majnmoth petition against pro hibition in the District of Columbia ' has been presented to CoDgress. SLaNDE . 'Twae but a breath And yet the fair, good name was wilted, And friends once fond grew cold and stilted. And life &b worse than death. One venoiued wo.d, That struck its coward poison blow. In craven whisper hushed and low And yet the wide world heard. 'Twas but one whi-per oa". That muttered low- for vary 6hame, The thing the slander dare not name And yet its work an done A hint so slight, And yet so mighty in its powi r, A human soul in cue bbort hotir, Lav crushed beneath it blight? Darwin A cable dispatch from London announces that Darwin died Thurs day at his residence, Down House, near Orpington. He had been ill for some days ana was thought to be recover ing, but he had a relapse on Tuesday and never rallied. Charles Robert Darwin was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin, the author of the celebrated "Botanic flarderr"' nnd the foreshadower of j the I) iiWMii.m theory, and was bom ii! Slii'i'ivahir-. in Kiiod-mrl W1 irn. ! ary IU, lsu'J. After study ing at the gr immar school of his native towa, a, tbe University of Edingbnrg and a' CiiM-' "s Cobege. Cambridge, he took his degree of Master of Arts in ISol, and set sail as voluntary naturalist iu the ship Beagle on an exp'oiing expeoition around the wor'd. lt 'turning in 1830 lie pub lished three years later an account t?f the .discoveries he had madein geology 3 ud natural history during the ei n:s .-. the same being the third and '.!-: volume of a narrative of the whole cruise. In lS;Jthe had, during his absence from England, been elected a member of the Royal Society. In 1330 he married his cousin, Fnima Wedgwood, grand daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated English potter. In 1840 -42 he edited the "Zoology of the Voyage ot the Beagle,'' and pub lished a treatise ou "Coral Reel's;" in 1 S44 appeared his work ou "Vol canic Islands," and two years later his ' Geological Observations on South America." In lool and 1853 appeared two volumes from his pen called a "Monograph of the Family Cirripedia," and soon afterwards two volumes on the fossil species of same class. In 1S53 the Royal So ciety awarded to him the royal medal, and in 18.33 he received the Wollaston medal from the Geologi cal Society. During the latter year he published his"Orign of Species." In 18G2 appeared his work on the 'Fertilization of Orchards;" in 1865 his "Habits and Movements of Climbing Plants;" iu 18G7 "Domes ticated Animals and Cultivated Plants;" in 1871 his "Descent of Man," and in the next year "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals." His last work, pub lished in 1881, was a characteristic and interesting monograph on "Earthworms," in which it was shown that they have been almost as efficacious in changing the as pect of the earth within historical times as coral insects in building the islands of the sea. Early last year he published a volume on "The Power of Movement in 'plants," in preparing which he was assisted by his son, Mr. Francis Darwin. He was a member of many learned societies, and in 1878 was made a member of the Berlin Academy. Many papers by.him were published in the journals of these societies and in reviews. His brother, Eras Darwin, died last summer at the age of seventyseven. It was to him that Carlyle dovoted one of the few pleasant pages in the "Reminis cences." Origin of St. Valentine's Day. The origin of the peculiar ob servances of St. Valentine's Day is a subject ot some obscurity. The saint himself, who was a priest of Rome, and was martyred in the Third centnry, seems to have had nothing to do with the matter be yond the accident of his day being used tor the purpose. Mr. Donee. in his illustration of Shakespeare says: "It was the practice in an cieut Rome, during , great part of the month of February, to celebrate the Lnpercalia, which were feasts in honor of Pan and Juno, whence the latter deity was named Febru ata, Februalis and Februella. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women, were put in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who by every possible means endeavored to eradicate the vestiges of pagan superstitions, and chiefly by some commutations of their forms, sub stituted in the present instance the name ot particular saints instead of those of the women, and as the festival of the Lnpercalia had com' menced about the middle of Febru arv, they appear to have chosen St Valentine's day for celebrating the new least because it occurred at nearly the same time, This is, In part, the opinion of the learned compiler of the lives of the saints. It would seem, however, that it was utterably impossible to extirpate altogether any ceremony to which the common people had been much accustomed, a fact which it was easy to prove in tracing the origin of various other popular superstitions, and accordingly the outline of the ancient ceremonies was preserved, but modified by some adaptation to the Christian system. It is reason able to 6nppose that the above reciprocal in the sexes, and that all persons so chosen would be cal led valentines, from the day on which the ceremony took place." T he TunnerarLibbj Prison. The March Century will contain the story of "Colonel Rose's Tunnel at Libby Prison," told by one of the hundred and nine .Union officers who escaped on the night of Febru ary 9, 18G4. The successful con struction of this tunnel, dag from a dark corner of the cellar of the prison, through fifty feet of solid earth, the only tools being two broken chisels and a wooden spit toon in which to carry out the dirt, was one of the most remarkable incidents of the war. Colonel Rose, to whose indomit able will and perseverance the sac- cess of the scheme was due, is now a captain in the 16th United States Infantry, and of the fourteen men who assisted him in digging the tunnel, eleven are still living. 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