Carolina Watchman

              m || m m %>^' *— — *• ft mvm«mm i**mmr ri-^r ine carolina watchman vol vii third series salisbury f c october 5 1876 no 51 carolina watchman mb-id wkiui.v-.t j buiner ed mid propr itu ' t k hktjxkk associate eu suhsckii'tion rates : year payable in advance 2 oo i-u months l 86 " advkktisino kates hsmdcfc on '' publication 1 oo °* « two publlcauons l i nlril t rates for months or a year pal democratic^reform met for president : samuel j tilden of new yokk f,,r vice-president : thomas a hendricks o ixiiiaka stateticket fur governor : zkhllon b vance of uecklkxbuitg for lieutenant governor thomas j jarvis of imtt for state treasurer j m worth of randolph for secretary of state : joseph a enclehard of sew hanovkk for state auelitor samuel l love of haywood for attorney general : thomas s kenan of wilson for supt of p,d>lic instruct iun : j.c scar bro uch of johnston fnf congress — 1st dinlriet : h.ssi j yeatks of ukbtsford f.ir congress 3d district al.l-kki m waddell of ntm hanover for congers 4th district joski'h 1 davis or fltank : l.v far congress bth i hs rid . a m -•' les of uyi1.f rl i'u congress 6th district walter l steele of richmond for c ■ ■■ 7 ■ i istrict william \\ :■■ i.-isins ok iredell i for congress ith district ttobekt li vance of lunl.omrk electors at large l fowle ol waki v m leach ol davidson district electors mid lewis c latham id john f woo ten rict-john d stanford uict-fab h busbee ntirr-f c robbins rttcr-r p waring ttict wm b glenn utter a c avery a fatal habit u v"«i*a fetal habit it is o»t 1 lf hut it leads to vice r-.re-ep juvirtiwa wih n final facility the '■ inch man h tine heart has paid *«"''•■ the idler ihe spendthrift ■*■ an the drunkard are among ns - l-vrlmps iu the latter it effects **■ he most hideous dfiu 11 wtheroblei thai be is ibotil * \"'-;«- yei hi swallows it i [^ the example of thousands | ih s 11 glaring colors that it will dead mmiiim take the strength from * i-i tiie happiness from his heart hi disease and hurry his ' t a duhotmred grave yet he rains dutiful on the contrary is the jfkiluti.id enabling the one who ■**' [*« ihrmiich perils and dan iid temptations avoid then '".'' ■ he habit of irresolution it t the etltf 0 s like to count the chickens j are hatched bat we hope lhe "!". » thoroughly independent r r . '* hght iu the following prog tines the indications are to ""» eleciion were held at once iv m u '^ carr y every northern vermont iowa and rophecie8 are poor and profit soineiiu hut from tbe times *" l g the success of tilden ia d y°nd the possibility of a !• a written after the eorcalled * cto 7 in maine v j rv i"g at dinner and thought firtl l ° lle ® lietic hiking g*l ? * ut - how do you like bee „ e»'d he at a reuture well ■ a she iute ref ted iu the busi j l'i for the carolina watchman literature and art daniel deroada and the critics aesop tells a story of an excursion which a certain ox made over a plowed field in which he shook not only the ground hut the air with his ponderems tread when he was gone the frogs were.moved to ecstatic imitation was heasbigas this they anxiously asked one another swelling and wabbling as this or this and so swelled until tbey unfortunate ly burst we have a gloomy fo.-eboding that something of the same kind is happening now in fact we are sure ofit it has hardly been a fortnight since george elliott's second volume of daniel deronda was issued to the world and during the interim the lesser frog-critics have heen swelling and wabbling in the hope of attaining to that emi nence by their criliclstn as ieorge elliott has by the publication of her last work ! perfectly clear is it thai the ri-rht of private judgment is universal no one • i to be told that he may form liis own opini u lii which attracts lib atienli ti hut ver inighl do , well to rem n |, essbm some ;• strain i -. in a world itnpirfeclioiis tver one sees something to find lauli with and s with the litt-rainre i f 1 day a hosl nf critics step forth lo expose blemishes which they at least think ihey have detected and to display the keenness of iheir own searching vision that has made the detection possible tbe ability of the ordinary critic bears no proportion to his rashness his critical state ments are little less than denunciations yet judging from their decided tone one would be led to think that the critic supposed that his undisturbed right of expressing hi views and his assured manner of delivering ihem to the world somehow added to their intrinsic value so anxious are men to use the power of speech though in every word they reveal their own sad deficiencies the weapon must lie used the gun must be fired simply because it is found within reach it sometimes seems that the higher the object the more eagerness lhe display in assailing it as though some laurel would be won at least for having displayed boldness in the assault forgetting that the office of the critic is noi merely to point out blemishes but as trtilv to call attention to points of merit and excellence ns well your correspondent has had the pleasure of reading some d ii i more criticisms op'daiiiel deronda 1 and from thai i uidcr there is hard ly more than three r four worth reading the best and most impartial criticism appeared in the new york tribune under date of the 6th instant the critic docs the author justice and is by f ar the best eriticinn to be guided by aud at epled in daniel deron i'o • ... ll 11111 ripp i her otl . y oj i-t '■■■■ r.-a-n deficiencies in conception i i masterly hand shown in its xe lltion bul two women before her — madame di iilael and george hand — have so devoted themselves to life long study in all attainable departments of knowledge for the sake of high success in literature the work mainly consists of two histories lhat of gwendolen harleth and daniel deronda who are continually thrown together deronda is a moral force sating upon jwen dolen — he is ever holding up to her the true < the beautiful and the good and his words of precept are the generous outpourings from the -, heart of an honest upright man the portion oflhe work devoted to the rep ' rest-iilation oflhe jewish life is admirable no other author not of the race has so truthfully depicted its nature the subordinate charac ters — the goscoignes the meyrieks sir hugo mallinger and mr lusk are faithfully drawn it is a rare virtue in t ieorge elliott that she slights none of her characters not even the smallest is neglected i daniel deronda cannot be said to be much of in advancement of her other works in a cer tain sense and yet it is by no means a step back ward it is more than probable that george elliott has reached he aclinic of fame and pop ularity that she has made a wonderful stride in moral progress in fiction cannot be denied let one read her itoinohi and be convinced george elliott's fundamental principle in all ■ her works is that one human experience is designed to discipline and to * . * an tlmt the actual conditions ol ....* " adapted t a in lhal nd 110 coin * - . ... ..- '..- on rugged path • • . . the hill on the flos is a dram i-ed dis cussion ofthe conflict between passion and ob ligation pride and the duty of soil-denial the lesson it teaches is not so much that duly is alw ivs to be placed belore pleasure as that he true obligation of duty ever demands self-sieri j l . h us a moral preparation to altain this ideal ihe low bom passion of self-love must be transformed into the love of humanity and the desultory impulses of a generous nature must be confirmed and elevated into thesupreme law of life and action selfishness in her view is the most radical vice of the heart the fruitful parent of sin and sorrow hence the great work in the develop ment of character is the cultivation of the op posite virtue a spirit of generous out-working self-forgetfulness here we have a key to the history of all the personages who appear in her 6tories if lhe dry rot of self-indulgence has corrupt ed the very fibers of our being then moral degeneracy is inevitable generous impulses wilt in the atmosphere the path into sin grows smoot h and steep and life falls into moral ruin for which no temporal prosperity can compen sate these are some of the truths george elliott endeavors lo leach and her works have and will still yield their fruits dickens makes a practical and powerful appeal to the benevolent impulses of a people tripe for philanthropic efforts and to a geuer oui s-arair.g for inobie ideal of life gtor-ja elliott proclaims the grand law of dutiful self i denial abt page's venus at the gibbons art gallery on fifth avenue 1 and 17th street is to be seen the above named i picture called by the painter venus guiding aeneas and the trojans to the latin shore it was painted in rome in 1859 and exhibited in paris london and new york in 1860 it i is now on re-exhibition here and is attracting considerable attention among the lovers of art it is valued at 28,000 and is without doubt a remarkable fine painting venus we know was one ofthe chief greek divinities the goddess of love and beauty in the iliad she is described as the daughter of zeus and dione a later legend relates that she prang from the foam of the sea and hence is called aphrodite she surpassed all other celestials in beauty and forgetfulness her pets were the swan the sparrow and the j dove her flowers the rose and the mirtle the artist represents her as guiding her cherished son to the shore of latium rosy clouds seem to loom up behind her — the sea seems to be obedient to her every wish the innocence ofthe doves seem to lead her on all genial powers of air and water seem to her>tld her presence and progress this picture h.-.s been chosen by mr page to represent lhe high est ideal of beauty — as being the last and most beautiful work of orr creator the type of • beauty is chosen from the highest greek models ■ of forms and proportions and is as pretentious j in style as the subject is in sentiment mrs gibbon has now on exhibition other paintings which deserve especial mention sev eral from the old masters and quite a number of the modern school but as i am afraid my let ter has oversteped the bounds of space and rea son i will close by saying more anon a lex ax der the pursuer pursued a murderer captured by a yankee fed dlcr after a six months chase pritlngfiel mass , sept 26 — afler chiding lor ten nwnihs the professional detectives who have been searching for bim the amherst murder has fallan into the giip of a cute yankee j eddler who turned deleclive for the express purpose catching him the victim of the murder vvas moses li dickinson a morose old farmer and au excessive eater of opium who having quarreled wilh ins family lived by himself list fall he hired as a farm band a stranger who waa not long in discovering ilmt the old man had rnou i ey he knocked out tbe old man's brains i wilh an axe in order to get it and locking evi ry door and window fled as the : old man was often slupified wii li opium for several days at a time the neighbors new not that his life had b.ei taken u ill tlie murderer had had line days lo make good his escape the old man's horribly mutilated body was discovered j en a saturday night tbe 27 h of last j november and the town authorities im ! mediately offered s500 reward the high est reward permitted by tbe laws of the j sslate tor his apprehension a e.ompl.lo ; j description nt the stranger was pub'ished \ and the next monday a wan was arrested at sshelburu falls w bo filled llie bill but w*b not the person iv anted since theu five or six other men have been arrested on suspicion in difiweut pails of new england about six months ago a vv small a trunk peddler found himself almost con st rantly shadowed by a person who he became convinced m ant to improve tbe hvsl opportunity to rob and perhaps mur der him it flashed upon him that the man was lhe murderer of fanner dickin son and going to amherst be secured the murderer's description ayd other informa tion which continued that belief from that moment small instead of being the pursued became the pursuer and his burner shadow suspecting the iruth fled at his approach travelling by night and keeping concealed by day for five mouths small has tracked him through new england into the city ol new york back lo boston into every sorlol byway losing ibe trail here and gaining it there he finally came upon him last night at agawaui and with a sheriff's assistance arrested him the son of the murdered ui in cam to this cily lo-day from am si and unhesitatingly pro no need ihe j j - ei his father's murderer the fil .*.*. answers the description ii every de tail down to a small scar ou his 1 li hand the yankee peddler this afierjioon ac coinpanied his prisoner to amherst to claim the reward «.«■» poor schurz the treatment of schurz by the radi cals of this cily was simply contemptible he waa forced lo speak iu german with out a german audience in this way they have prevented the people from hear ing what he had to say against grant and the ring he came without a reception he remained at his hotel wiihout social recognition and departed nervous and indignant had be wade a speech here in harmony with his real convictions con sissent with his record during tbe first four years 10,000 people would have en deavored to hear him his meeting sat urday night contrasted as a magnificent failure wilh tbe rousing audience that greeted pulitzer two weeks ago in ibis city — indianapolis sentinel ■ « ■•■» demockotic coloeed clous the democratic state executive committee received information yesterday niue colored tilden aud vauce clubs in dif ferent parts of the state these are nine new ones in addition lo those organised before this time south carolina is fall of tbese colored democratic clubs and likewise alabama and mississippi — ' jialigh news arrested by detectives some time ago a jewelry store was robbed in spartanburg two detectives set to work immediately and succeeded in discovering that ibe robbery was com mitted by four negro men two of them were captured and pnt in jail and the ofhers fled detectives alley and new man having discovered in bome way that they were in this city or in the vicinity came up from spartanburg to make the search they arrived here tuesday and began work immediately wednes night about dark they arrested one aud several hours later seemed the other the arrests were made very quietly and the parties were carried to the depot where tbey hoarded the air line train for spartanburg charlotte has been a sort of a city of refuge for south carolina thieves ever since tbe war and the great wonder is that we do not suffer more from iheir depradations there is lit lie doubt but there are many similar characters in the city now and while there is cause for unnecessary alarm still every one should be careful to keep i heir houses securely fastened — charlotte observer at a meeting of the secielaries of the stales granges at lhe centennial the other day one of the most impoitant matters considered was the statistical re turns of the order it will be understood that the secreiaiii-s have full knowledge of all progress or decli ie iu the suboidi naie granges and i hen fore arc eonstantly prepared to answer in figures not only in regard to ihe numerical strength of ibe order but as to the life and activity man ifested ll will be gratifying to the mem bership to receive the statement that the order in every stale represented with a single exception was shown by llie re turns lo be in a healthy and prosperous condition aud in the exception there whs no signs of a decline the retarding cause was plainly seeu iu au imperfect organization oflhe state body a difficulty which will have correction in due season so furas the several states repreaenn-d with ihe exception stated may be objects of solicitude to those wiihout the pale of the order h ho assert that its decay is far advanced il may be well to tay that there are actual additions in every element of strength lor the statement was fully veiifi.-d by the exhibits made at the meet ing certain facilities for comparing the returns wiih similar ones in other ordeis were offered by several members whose immediate connection entitled lliem to such information there was in the com paiisoii additional proof of the sound condi tion to which the order of p.itmus of hus bandry has advanced iu a period which mu.-t pass into history as the most trying ! in b s i ss affairs among all those mark id hard limes eliuira n y.j hits bandmun capt settle and mr wiley will captain settle come to caswell and shake his clenched fist again almost in i-x-sln riff wtley?s face and demand to know if he wiley killed stephens mi wil ley is one of the cleverest and most upright citizens in the comity — be was born and raised a gentleman and as evidence of ihe kindness of his naiur we may stale that one ime when a can - didate for sheriff he received every vote i iu the county except one he made as j good an officer as ever served a write but his heart was too tender and kind to dis tress bis fellow beings by selling tbem out fee , under the mandates of iho law and the busiii'-ss not suiting him he re signed the office for the more agreeable pursuits of private life this gentleman was arrested by that infamous wretch and : deteslable scoundrel bergin charged with ; killing stephens his accuser being a no j torious negro thief and liar he was ar raigned before the supreme court where i here was not a panicle of evidence against him and he proved an alibi by the best meu in the county mr wiley asked and received leave of the court to make a statement which of itself satisfied every body of the man's innocence except one j captain judge setlle — aware ol wiley being a prisoner at the bar and himself one of the judges he disgraced his high position by meanly desc-ndiug from the supreme court bench and approaching mr wiley wiih a grin and gritting teeth ] and brandishing his clenched fist almou in mr willey's face he asked didn't — ! you — kill — stephens ?" i did not was the emphatic reply don't you know who did v mr vvilley : i do not settle : but didn't you decoy bim to that room ?" — wiley emphatic cally and firmly : i did not sir think ofa judge of the supreme court doing ibis ibing now judge pearson was perfectly satisfied of mr wiley's innocence a d really blushed at the iu deceut and rude behavior of judge thos setlle we were astonished to hear of such department on the part of judge settle aud can only account lor it upon the supposition lhat the judge carried a level quart of john barleycorn on his judicial btomach be this as it may let the voters of caswell remember that judge's rude behavior to one of tbe best men in ihe county and one among the last men iu the courty who would stain his hand with human blood — milton chronicle w a smith said in his speech at waynesville haywood couuiy tbat jesus christ waa a carpetbagger and this too iu defense of the infamous tour gee and others of his ilk honest god fearing republicans will you can you vote for tbe impious wretch who is capa ble of thus blaspheming tbe sacred name of the savior of mankind ? surely your own sell-respect and the obligations of our common christianity will restrain you from voting for a ticket with tbe name ef such a man upoc it — western erposilor n c supreme court decisions a married woman is entitled to alimo ny pcndentelite from her husband's estate wheu tbe income of ber seperate estate is not sufficient for her support and to de fray the necessary and proper expenses in prosecuting her suit she need nol resort to the corpus or capital of her separate estate before calling upon that of her husband's a borrowed of b a sum of money for the purpose of paying for a lot the title to which was made to a and his wife in an action against a for the money borrowed : held that the money so bor rowed was no lien orw the lot so pur chased and that a was entitled to his homestead in tbe same brodie vs batchelder in an action by an executor against the widow of his testator an ignorant woman to recover certain articles which had been assigned to her ai her year's support before she had dissented from her husband's will which she did not do within the time prescribed by law on ac count of the advice of the executor : it was held that the charge of the judge below that if the executor through fraud and deception induced the widow not to dissent from the will of her hus band within the time required by law the proceedings assigning her year's support were binding on him was correct and the jury having found that fact in the widow's favor the executor could not re cover in this action an executor is not bound to give the widow of his testator any advice aa to her action at all if however he con sents to become her adviser and assumes such position of trust and confidence he is bound that lhe advice given should not only be honest in the sense that it was urt knowingly and wilfully false but also that it should be correct and true as far as by any reasonable efforts on ins put he could ascertain the truth bolin ex'r vs barker a defendant under our act of assem bly has a right to have more than one of his counsel or all that represent him lieaid by ibe judge and jury in his de fence upon his trial in the superior court the presiding judge has no authority to hear but one or to restrict the counsel in iheir remarks to any particular length of lime in an action on a bond wherein eight per cent is named as the rate of interest but it is not expressed to be given ior the loan of money as the consideration : it was held that the entire interest was not forfeited but that the plaintiff was enti tled to recover interest on such obligation at the rate of six per cent the penalty of forfeiture of the entire interest attaches in only two cases first when no rate is named in the obligation and a greater rate than six per cent is reserved ; and second when a greater rate than eight por cent is named ff^oble vs sboffnc-r adm'r a plaintiff after a judgment in his fa vor has no right to have the defendant's laud sold without first having the defen dant's homestead laid off the excess only after the homestead has been as signed to the defendant is subject to ex ecution sale ask them ! notwithstanding the fact that you are out of work out of money out of food perhaps and out at the elbows besides the republicans still ask you to vote their ticket — to deposit your ballots for hayes and settle just ask them how it comes tbat this is so just ask them how it happens lhat after they have been in power sixteen years — lhat after they have had everything in iheir own hands for such a long and weary time tbe con dition of the poor laboring man is now worse than ever before in the history of this country lust ask them why it is that there is neither money nor work nor in the cities in thousands of cases food nor clothing just ask them why it is that tbe poor are every day becoming poorer and the rich richer why it is that the country is billed all over with sheriff's sales 7 wtiy it is that lhe poor man's horse and wagon and furniture are seized and sold for rent ? why it is that there is poverty distress ruin and misery in the laud greater and more heart ren ding than ever before since this govern ment waa first established ? pjor men when you are asked to vote tbe republican licket to cast your ballots for hayes and settle or for republican candidates for congress or legislature aske them the above questions if they are answered to your sntisfactton why then vote for their ticket but if they are not answered to youi satisfaction and they won't be then vote for tilden and hendricks vance and jarvis and all lhe nominees of lhe democratic party « ■«■ s — an unusual spectacle for new york there was an immense democratic ratification meeting at albany new york on thursday evening speeches were made by united states senator kernan and geu spinola but the great features of the evening was an address from a young colored man named chambers from arkansas in reply to the outcry of the bloody shirt he was received most heartily by the crowd and cheered voci ferously at every telliug point colored orators frequently address democratic au diences at the south but the spectacle of au africau carrying the war against the ' republican party into a northern state ' i jiius j-stl magnificent reception of vance at fayetteville great preparations were made yester day in fayetteville to give gov.'vance a rousing reception and from what we hear it perhaps equalled if it dij not ex iel anything of tbe kind during the pres aent campaign the tilden and vance club sent out n delegation of several hun dred mounted men to meet him on his way from lumberton they look with thema carriage drawn by four horses for the governor to ride in and accompany ing the delegation was a magnificent chariot drawn by six white horses and in this chariot were five of the most beauti ful young ladies from five of the town ships in cumberland county in front of the cavalcade was the band wagon with the fayetteville band the continued ovations that have greeted gov vance wherever he has spoken during this campaign iu our hum ble opinion have never been equalled for any candidate in this state and certainly tell us in unmistakable tones lhat he will be our next governor mr taft's military instructions to tbe contrary notwithstand ing a special train it may be added was run from egypt to fayetteville for the accommodation of those who desired to attend the speaking at the last named place liuligh news an incident in the life of carl schurz schurz in his fatherland was the stu dent of a celebrated philosopher political thinker and writer during the revolu tionary troubles in germany both the professor and his pupil were taken prison ers but schurz soon after effected his own escape and fled to italy the democratic cause failed in germany but kinkel was still a prisoner schurz in his exile de termined to attempt the liberation of his teacher he acquired a perfect knowl edge of lhe italian language and adopt ing the italian costume and manners proeured a hand-organ and proceeded on his tour among the german prisons to find out if happily he could the where abouts of kinkel there was a certain song which in the olden time always charmed the professor and ever drew from him some response this song among others schurz sang in his prison visita tions finally he arrived at the prisou where kinkel was confined and when he sang this song to the greal delight of the jailor and guards the listening kinkel knew the presence of a friend and broke into a joyful song his voice passing be yond the confines of his solitary cell and gladdening the heart of his itinerant pu pil schurz hovered around the prison delighted the employers by his minstrelsy and finally effected the escape of his teacher both reached a seaport where they engaged on an english vessel as coal heavers and finally reached englaud in safety — cricket on the hearth how to become a millionaire lou must be a very able man as nearly all the millionaires are you must devote your life to the getting and keeping of other men's earnings you must eat the bread of carefulness and must rise up early and lie down late you musi care 1 i . tie or nothing about other men's wants or sufferings or dis appointments you must not miud it that your great wealth involves many others iu poverty you must not give away money except for a material equivalent you must not go meandering about na ture nor spend your liinc enjoying air earth sky or water for there is no money in it you must never embark in any enter prise that will build up the place you live iu bul wait until lhe public-spirited men have built railroads etc then buy the stock at a discount you must never give to the widow or orphan a thought or consider that they have any claims upou your humanity or charity you must make money your god inter est your faith and large possessions the heaven you covet and when dying give away a few pence to heaven you must not distract your thoughts from the great purpose of your life with the charms of art and literature you must not let philosophy or religion engross you during the secular time you must not allow your wife and chil dren to occupy much of your valuable lime and thoughts you must never permit lhe facinations of friendship to inveigle you in mikiug loans however small you must abandon all other ambitions or purposes and finally — you must be prepared to sacrifice ease and all fanciful notions you may have about tastes and luxuries aud enjoyments during most if uot all of your natural life if you think the game is worth the can die — y::u can die rich — some of you can — cricket on the hearth when a patriotic scott sowed thistle seed in australia to remind him of home he bestowed a very left banded boon on bis adopted country nor is the rabbit just now regarded wiih favor at llie anti podes they have multiplied bo prodi giously especially in new zealand as to become a perfect pest and one reason for this is lhat nature there has provided no polecat or weasels to destroy them some young people of new berne have organized a reading club which they have called tbe frances fisher reading circle which is named iu honor of the distinguished auihoress of salisbury — obscrtcr a new way of emptying \ jail judge more being unable to get through the state docket at the recent term of the superior court here and finding at ! the end of the second week the jail still i full of colored voters who were up on indictments for larceny and the like or dered the sheriff to di-clmnre them all upon giving any short of a bond for their appearance at the next term of this court he in this way let hose upon the people a set of characters who are a pest to auy community and in a manner gives them license to steal and depiedate to their hearts content tis no wonder that our criminal docket is filled with these lar ceny cases and that the court is so clog ged tbat it can't even clear the jails in two weeks term of the court tarboro southerner so many votes saved to the radical ticket in november hell gate not open mr bennett heads his account of the blastine of tbe reef at hallett's point hell gate open this is wrong hell gate is by no means open as yet some three millions of dollars more than has already been spent will have to be put in the operations there before hell cate is open the reef at hallett's point was only one though probably the most im portant of the rocky obstructions that interfere wiih the navigation of hell gate moreover the explosion of sunday was merely the end of one stage in the prog ress of the work of clearing away the hallett's point reef the first stage was when the excavation was completed and charged the second was tbe explosion ofthe blast and the breaking up of the rock the third will be the removing of the shattered rock this last will be a work of a good deal of time no one knows yel whether some of the rocks may not be too large to be lifted if auy of them chance to weigh fifty or a hun dred tons there is no apparatus in the harbor that can lift them except the powerful derrick of the department of docks the probabilities are that it will be a year before the work of grappling these rocks has gone far enough to make auy appreciable improvements in navigation meantime it will be necessary in order to enable the carrying on of the grappling operations to buy out the bottom cov ered by the explosion consequently for the time being instead of there being a larger channel for vessels to pabs through there will be a smaller one gen newton has so far conducted the vast improvement with great wisdom and skill the explosion of sunday was one of the most successful achievements ia submarine engineei ing on record — n y sun how to find out whom any given person will marry itdou'i require an astrologer a medium or a gypsy with i dirty pack of cards it is very simple — lines in a nutshell and can be expressed in a few words they are these : the last person you would naturally think of if a girl expresses her foudness for majestic men wilh large whiskers make up your mind lhat she will marry a man with none if she declares that mind is all sho looks for expect to see her stand before the altar with a pretty fellow who has just sense enough to tie a cravat bow if on the contrary she declares that she must have a handsome husband look about you for the plainest person in the circle of her acquaintance and declare that is the man for it will be meu are almost as bad the gentlemen who desires a wife with a mind and a mission marries a lisping baby who screams at the sight of a mouse and hides her face when she hears a sudden knock at the door and the gentleman who dreaded any thing like strong-mindedness exults in the f.ict that his wife is exactly everything he had declared le detested if any girl says of one marry him ! i'd rather die look upon lhe affair as settled and expeel cards to the wedding of those two people if a man remarks ofa lady not my style at all await patiently the appear ance of his name in the matrimonial column in connection with that lady's and if any two people declare them selves fiiends and tioihing more you may know what comes next there is no hypocrisy in all this and such matches are invariable the happiest people do not know themselves and make great mistakes about their own intentions love is terribly perplexing when he first begins lo upset one's theories and when his arrow first pierces the ire-art there ia such a fluttering there that it is hard to guess the cause besi.les in.ui proposes and god dis poses and it is the i don't know what with which people fall in love and not those poculiariiies which could be given in a pass,iori a little swedish girl while walking with her father ou a starry night became absorbed in contemplation of the skies bciug asked what she was thinking oi she replied : i as thinking if tbe wrong fide of heaven is so glorious what must the right side be 1 ' exactly so if the glimpses that we catch h^ro of tho sum me land unseen afford in such glory aud joy what muft i ' be here