t"t_^m|j " — t — mir m - 1 1 n i iiiii iii ■______»»__■■■ n 1 in _■ . h ■ mi i — jnii - — - - .*__. . - ■ ____■_. — ■ - en ■ , - - ■ m 4 j t m mw b rag m i v b w£l_^j s - l i l _^ m'm ***** ll i-_nl lie uarolma w ateliman vol viii third series no 8 roai tie bufanl news hollywood t.v.1 even-tide upon a summer's day -!,. ii.mlvnt ll-jiit tti:l l.-n_;tli'iili_g mi clows lay pnn a etiain of hms wi.i.-ii rose aal f-ll in md acclivity and nestiinp deu alo__g uie p-neelm mopes and valleys fair i.nmirtaiit verdure waved and trees were i!ii.re mai bowen of sweetest s vnt and loveliest hue fuudg their folden chall'f s willi dew cleaving tlie hills in tidal majesty a in ble river rolled towards lue sea i ;'.., tinr here and there _____ sunset dyes in vouiiterfelt presentment of the skic an i onward still where foaming breakers surged oer rocks and reefs enchanting isles emerged ruin siivfy ii.riu.u stilly w'tu b^ut as sdezzotlnt baumd iaiue losy li.rut and purple lutsiof evenings parting u ta.i e'.uerlal as the imagery of dreams on either hand along the sinuous tide an opening landscape picturesque nd wldr la continuity of hills and fields uieh in tbe ur cultivation yields the distant plains and nearer heights around wl.nwr___j-mrvtl_.13es and botes irowned natun and art thus vlelng to display new beauties on the liver's winding way to meet tlie sky this panorama spread out froai a ml at cttyjo the deiul i.'.iuesteroi fiotii the hannu ot u;sy nr \ ts sounds of noisy pleasure toll and sir were far removed and y.-t mid the repose ]-.■■-. adlng there were voice s vrhlcb rose attuned unto karmony in keeping with tte scone the rice pt waters sweeping onward fiirevev deep as ocean's roar rein rtely tliiind'rlug on s..;n rugged shore the vole of leaves an 1 birds tbe u l_lsp*rl__g breeze ul of mu-h-stuhlnk thro the trees v bile liinif ot evening bells trom distant spire uk tar faint echoes tttfed the vesper cbolr iir hollywood witb sacred awe profound 1 mo id up in thy consecrated ground w 1 l-urest idols hum in h.-arts have known i'.y li.uith lhe dread icon 1 last ovi-thrown up low there too the weary and opprest neath sculptured stone or springing green sward rest tbe unlvera a lesson these pro ilalm as ew uiro the ages sun tbe same in monumental pile or iriiii'-li-s gr.ivr bum unto du>.t tbesoni to qod srno gara i ii m these verses were written by the gifted ami attractive widow of ( oloml john e moore of alalmma befom the war he wa a lawyer legislator and judge a man respected i'm his stilling 1 imracter and shilling talent and beloved cor fhe geniality of his nature earnest in bis political views he l'riely yave his life to his country and the rarely beautiful lines ue print to-day are a touching tri lmte worthy of the patriot dead whose mortal remains lie in the honored rest of llie virginia cemetery faithful in little by hesby strettox autll • rip .... ii — in thk si'kim time ah how the long hours of the t\:r drilled by ! i had been an active wo man all my life and now the uja noth ing for me to do i begged that i might help to scour out the old men's ward thinking 1 might get a word with transome ; but tbey said 1 was past the age at whicli wo men were set lo work i asked tbe mat 1011 to tind me some sewiny to do : bnt she tohl me tliat it was till done by the girls 111 tlie workhouse 1 saw then how the poor old women about me had sunk low ' i-r and lower till they were little better than idiots ; and nothing lay before me bul the same late the only times of the day when i felt myself alive was morningamliii^ht when . prayers were read in the big room we j hi folks were not required to attend for i the room was cold and draughty ; but 1 ; uonhl not have missed it for anything li-ss than the chance of getting out of the house again transome never missed go ing we could neither speak to one an other nor sit side by side luff weconld see aeb other's faces and we felt that we were together whilst we were hearing the same ! prayers ami repeating the same words when we said our rather i would have k'?t silent hearkening if i could catch bin voice only i was afraid he might be likening for mine ; and 1 said it and llst<'"<'<l,ti!lat times i fancied i could hear woid or two from him amid all the hum "• tliootber voices ; just as a mother hears tbiiby sob in its sleep though there ay be a hundred louder noises about bw as we v,.,lt out from prayers 1 l'°«ltl always m e transome looking to with his patient smile npon his f;l it used to go to my heart to think fhim tlraggu_g himself across the yard wll the rain was filling or the snow xv;1s mule foot and him so weak with rll,|"natisin bnt then it was our oil mnfort his as well as mine ■ and he m v 1 minscd coining morn and ni^ht ji"t when sunday afternoon came and ve bad ur h:ilf hour together we had ry little to say to one another we sat why side sihnt for the most part and bangers that had seen us would have fought we cared nought for one another ur lives w(t0 so dull with no chanire in '"'"'. that there was nothing to tell and oould never get his thoughts k,ial'<'d about in words all i knew from !'"' was that his ward was just like mine with old men with ili the life gone j*"1 of them he was warmed and cloth an,l fed as well as the rest but thai *«• all t whui we had our afternoon out jjmwent oateide the workhouse walls 1,1,1 r tongnek seemed unloosed we fl*perm__u_ion to go out op the same day fransome was waiting for me in his rtthonse clothes when 1 went through d"'k»'''ut black doors it was a chilly tm december but it did not rain when we met and we scarcely thought of the weather transome seemed more him self than he had done for a long lolig while : and lie crept along brisket and with a brighter face than usual we were like two birds that had been caged and let out into freedom again for a little time only with broken wings a shing that would pull us back again the workhouse wife on the same side of the town as our old home ami because i we had nowhere else to go to we tinned ; towards that though we knew it would be gone and had no more a place save in our ; hearts the north wind blew coldly againsl us but we scarcely took notice ol ; it we were together once more out of the dark shadow ofthe workhouse walls is tit when we reached the top of the i street where the dingle used to be and ! turned the corner ofthe last house to see tho spot where our cottage once stood j think what it was to find that it was staml ' ing there still ! not one whit changed ! . there was the poplar tree with a few bio v_j infix's cliuging kli.u to its topmost boughs and the thatched roof all green with moss and house-leek and tbe lattice windows with the dried stems of the creepers hanging about them and my bushes of rosemary and lavender fust as had left them ! no i could not believe , my own eyes 1 had been fretting and i mourning over it iii my secret heart as pulled down and destroyed ; and now 1 saw it unchanged not a beam not a hand ful of thatch gone only there was no smoke from the chimney and the kitchen shutter was not taken down transonic i lifted the hitch of the wicket and we w alk i ed down the old path together as if we i had only been to market aud i bad , the key in my basket we saf down on the little bench beside the door and looked in wonder at one anoth er till i could not see him through my tears ! ally buss !' said transonic it's like one o my dreams tine and me cumin home to til1 oud house ! is it true flunk's ta .' grip my hand hnrd if thee thinks it's 1 true ay it's true!1 i answered and the old i 1 mister might have left us alone in it all j this time instead of driving us to the work house.1 lb di ! hush ! lass he said : it is nt a together him cod sent us there and we : j mun never set oursen again1 him but j ma be lie's keepin1 it for us till we're ready !•> come out o ih house again we'll conic out at once i said if we ' could only have the old house again at the old nn : ! could win bread for thee and me let us leave tli house at once and come hack.1 i i nay ally,1 he answered we're bound ! to waii tit lord's pleasure tie winter's ! frosl and snow ban to come yet : aud we've j gol nayther bed nor chair nor table left ! hut iu the spring hiss !' we sat there all the afternoon chilled to the bone yet happier than we bad been since the evening transome came , home wiili the bad news that we were to quit a hiss from one of the bouses hnrd i by came to lis and toh us how one ofthe ' highest mills about there had tailed m1m*ii \ ly after we left that part of the town : and now as trade had begun to fall oil no one had taken 10 fin mill and set the looms at work again many-ot flic houses in the dingh weroempty shcsinu tmtwas why ' our old landlord had not pulled d,)]»n the cottage and built more in its plaury *\ j liut wc we forced to go away nflyt j by tlie nightfall though we lingeredtill it was quite dark and now again plucking ' up i weed or binding up a flower iu the j old garden where we had so often worked together in tlie com of the day as we ' made our way slowly back to the worl bouse 1 talked over our plans as if i i wen a young wife again and he had only just wedded me as for transome he spoke bul few words as usual only mut tering to himself from time to time i th spring my lass-^-i th spring !' it began to rain fast when we were more than half a mile from the workhouse ; yet transome who was weary could not quicken hi.s lame feet he bade me burn on and get under shelter but 1 begged and prayed him so to let me stay beside him ns long as i could that he could not say ( me no for the rain did not take away rr.c new hope from my heart or the new plans from my head ; and 1 scare h fell it for myself only for him wllo.se coat was getting soaked through and through he was : sintering witli the cold : but still there was a bright light in bis eyes and a smile upon his lace as he kept saying i th1 spring-time j1 spite ofthe rain it grieved me to reach the workhouse-gates again transome i and we had been happy together once ! more and now we must go our separate ! ways and never see one another save at j prayers until sunday afternoon came again tin gas was lit inside the doors aud i could see his face clearly ; and i see • it now when i shut my eye i suppose j there must have been wrinkles on it and the eyes were sunken and dim and it was old and withered and his hair was thin and grey ; but to me it waa like the face of an angel with that loving patient ■. light in his eyes which had been shinning ! thlere whenever i had seen them ever since we came into the house my lass v he said holding me by the hand we mun lay none o1 tb blame to th lord when me and thee were young we niver laid a penny by agen a rainy day thee knows it were wrong on ms ally : not there ! aw mver reekoried that tlieeau me ml ever grow oud but what ever fame wfc nufti na throep ageii th eoiil '•■•_. xo iy.insuine no !' i answered ; i'll bide his wiirfsjiiltl may-be he'll let tis go ifomc hwtti in the spring ay ! i tli spring-rime 1j.sk 1 lie said smilling.-a.td lifting up hi4 head as lie could fuel tlie spring coming already we bade gpou-pve yi-t stood together a minute longer as if like young folks ivo could not make ii our minds t lose sight dilute anothwi then lie v cut his way ami me mine but all tliat night i could not sleep ami the iifvf rtmrniilg i found that the heavy rain ofthe evening before if ad broug it on many pains in my old limbs i hail no power lo lift myself from the bed ; though when the bell rang for prayers ami i thought of transonic goirigj and how lie'd feel at not seeing mc then i wept sore for trouble and sorrow i begged every body that came near me to take a message to liim but i got no answer back from him ah ! they were a long three days ihat i lay there not able to stir hand or foot without ii gi'oan wrung from me spite of myself liut on the lomth morning 1 made shift to get out of bed ami crawl across the poor to the lire-place at the far end ofthe ward and take my place union the old avomen eowering about it i ws+j stretching out my still hands towards the blaze to gather all the warmth i could when all ofa sudden the door at theother end of the long room was thrown open and a shrill voice called out to me a sharp shrill voice that rang through me alice transonic yo're to ge quick lo ihe tick ward for vu'ir map is deem ' to bt cou i i nurd tprjiey klklu'er-uusmla liuiiu tlie l'lii.auo.yhia times for more than four hundred years has the crescent glittered where th.e cross should shine above the gilded dome of st sophia aud though siu.ee ihe treaty of belgrade a century or more ftgos the qt lonian powei in r.ur.ipe has c used to be feared is an aggressive force it is us much ti disturb in intlucnee to-day as it was when coiisuiutiuoplc fell and tin hordes of ulain broke over the barrier that had for centuries divided tiie east from tiie wist the eastern ipics.ion of whicli ve have heard so much is no new thing it is jus as old as tlie turkisli occupation of the ! ancient christian capital and there never : lias beeu a time when the european pow : er.s unless distracted by other contests and not always then — v.'ere able to forget ! the presence of these invaders for two | hundred years ihey were the terror of all i europe untii at the close of tlie scven i teentli century they came very near cap turing vienna wiih tliat failure lii'-ir aggressiye forqc began todecliiie lhe mil itary and riligioas enthusiasm that hud made them imin ibh • lying out as ii ceased to be exercised and ihey have sunk more and more to the level of common bandiis bul io tlie people over whom they have still held sway there has been no security and to the neighboring nations no lasting peace while these bandits maintained a foothold in their conquered territory for it must always be remembered that the turks are not in any sense the owners of tin key in europe but the holders of il merely they did not graft fhemst-lve upon aud become a part of hie nations that thev found ns tiie normans in bl.g land : they did not convert the people tfi their faith and uake one nation as had been done ___ the i.hst : they simply came and quartered themselves upon peo;de who hated tliem but whom they brought into subjection by tin and iftvifrdyrolflftrfg and miit-di-riii g and holding them down until centuries of wrong ainl oppression have made nine million's of christians hopelessly snbjeet to three millions of mussulmans and ihe government they have maintained though tiot without a certain dignity and a certain measure of success has never been anything but an organized brigandage a government of tlie sword in the hands ofa descending series of benighted and degraded despots though in europe it is not of europe it has none ofthe dignity of s mohamme dan empire like that of persia which is a real nation with a national life and histo ry the history of these people is euro pean the despotism that rules over them is asiatic and there is no point of sympa thy between the east and west as terse ly said by freeman the one is progressive legal monogamous and christian the other statioimi'y nriirtfriry poligamous and iohnn1ineda_1 hut here is a piece of the east thru*t ih upon the west an asi atic army quartered in the ancient capital of christendom iind sending out its de tachments to ttarrnss and terrorize all of europe the hand of the turk by his constitution ins training by the funda mental articles of his faith is against ev ery man who does not profess allegiance to the propliet and necessarily every man's hand lias been against him either austria or russia or both have been light ing him almost continuously since his lirst inroads were madi . and russia alone lms had half a dozen wars within the last century and this we ourselves remote as we are have been drawn into the edges of the irrepressible conflict the terror ism so long maintained by the barbary pi rules which it is one of the highest glories ofthe american navy to have ended was but an illustration of how mohammedan ism has oppressed and harrassed millions of lx-opk and kept all of europe under arms it was not rmtil after the warwirh rus sia in 18*j!>'that turkey confined within more rigid bonnderies and for a while n*iii«»!«i«»im^iiitfr>»wh*mi^«^!*fi xd&fla aided to gain some sort of recognition among the nations of europe she h;;d ceased by this time to be considered dan gerous russia and austria had secured the recognition of some rights to the scla vonic principalities ; the independent of greece was established and the cruelties of the struggle had faded from memory and the extent ion ofthe british empire in india made it seem important to one na tion at least that the key to the passage between europe and asia should remain in the hands of a weak neutral power moreover turkey had been keeping quiet and having comparatively few massacres and a little further on she gained some undeserved credit in the west as a.ibfen . der of the oppressed by refusing the sur render ofthe hungarian and polish refu gees all these tilings ide it possible when the next war with russia broke out in hoi for her to obtain assistance from england and erance who helped her to secure the promise from russia that tlie safety of tlie ottoman empire should not • again be threatened except by fie general , consent of europe the treaty of paris * put turkey under the joint guardianship of the european powers individually • they were not to disturb her collectively they were to keep her in order to insist upon tlie protection of her christian sub jects and to preserve and defend her neu trality i'nderciis measure oi securily affairs in turkey have gone on from bail to worse having gained a sort of recog nition is a civilized power the sultan's government began to make proof of iis civilization by borrowing money abroad tb increase the i>stly luxuries of the court and defaulting on the interest rul the borrowed money did not lighten the bur dens of the people the tax gatherer cn ids rounds with increashlg fvequency seining whatever lie could lay bis hands on and those who resented tiie robbery mere shot or stabbed and rlc-ir houses j v eii to tho uames oneotitbreak after an other of greeks or of s'.davs in crete in the herzegovina in almataa,'i_i ruluaria was suppressed with most horrid cruelly until the civilized world could no longer hold its peace then russia insisted that the treaty of paris should either be enforc ed or abrogated ; that the powers should keep turkey iu order or leave russia free to ilea with the question herself it is not neee avy lo suppose that rus sia's concern for the christian subjects of the porte is pure disinterested nor are we obliged to impugn hs _■ niot ives ' ecause she may entertain the hop of future con quest russia i the representative of the orthodox greek faith and t ■- < ar as the temporal head of the great r tssian chinch must lie the patron and protector of his co-religionists ever where ku-.-in more over is the great sl-lavo^iic empire and the sclavonic tribes in turkey look for protection to the czar there are sclavs who are not creek christians aid creek christians who arc not sclavs bur these ■ two strongest ties of religion and race bind russia in an obligation felt by no other power to defend the oppressed sub jects of the sui fan of course under all this lies ci tl renin of empire rtis.4ia ru tin russiasj was bur an aggregation of ha'lf-bnrbiirous principalities at the tittle ofthe fall bf constantinople the future empire w.:s then bnt'crystallizing otil ofa mass of unsettled tribes it was not till t'lf close of the fifteenth century that ivan the creat assumed the title of aiftoctal or ill the r-.issias ami nearly iwo centuries more were required to perfect5 under pe ter the creat the organization cf a pow erful european empire rut the double headed eagle that ivan placed upou his escutcheon by right of consanguinity with the overthrown impel ial house of constantinople proclaimed him the heir of the ryzantine empire add everyone of his successors has looked forward to the time when tliat eagle standaist should be planted again upon tlie liosphon.s and a christian emperor be crowned again before the restored alter of constanfiue'i grand cathedral the russian claim upon ry zaiitium may be far-felcln dand sentiment1 al but that it has been in one form or another persistently held is an easily in telligible fact of late years however race has become a more important factor than religion in the eastern problem and the scheme of a sclavonic empire has grown in favor as the german empire has grown bismarck's plan for preserving the balance of things was to strengthen russia on the sclavonic side but in i.'us sia at least no plan of sclavonic union can be considered that does not j uf rus sia at the head that russia ekpects to accomplish nny large part of these schemes now is doubt ful the disposition to be made of tur key has been for too long a central point iu european diplomacy and ti.e powers have had too many eonsultatidus about it for tts to supp'ts that they will leave one of their number to settle the question un hindered lord palmerstou made it an article in the political creed of england that the neutrality of gons.t.ynrtbopl is essential if not to the peace of rhe world at least to the security of the new empress dominions austria bus a claim rather more valid than russia's and quite as strongly held to represent the empire of the east and it is her eagle if any that she longs to see upon the bosphorus france in her african possessions and italy have some interest in the control cf ■ tho moditerrflttfrfti all these woum hr vf something to s;1y ibout the o.'.-uiiatiou of onstantinople c;ve_n if ikuniiiiiy were disposed to stand by and sec tjhe'l_'k;wi.ei j tend his lines bltt s.ussia fan assuthing mhe success of i fir military move : ments greaiiy strengiin-irhcr own iutlu ence in the east without nny actual con quest of territory beyond tiie danube she can compel a treaty thar will further reduce the power of the i'm ke while sel-ur ing decent government to.it subjects ean j erhaps complete the sevei-aiiee of the j northern principalities bringing them nn | der russian protection and by concern j tratiug the sclavonic i'cclnig help iorwatd j the empire of the futiue of which the j czar as the chafnpbm of eas-fern i;-isie1i j doin and the defender of the opp es'sed ■ shall be the acknowledgcirneiid all this j may be done with the c msent of europe i if the czar prospm in his plans iind there is enough here to tempt the ambifion of any sovereign that the expulsion of the turks from europe wull be ultimately ac complished is beyond doubt but it v iii not ik accomplished ina day u a year while they remain thoy must always be a source of trouble and no man can foretell what conflicts and wliat changes a war may involve but that the war which now seems imminent will extend beyond the limits beta suggested is scarcely probable and yet the fall of the ottoman empire cannot be far distant if we ivad the les sons of history aright and it will perish as the caliphate perished and as the by zantine empire pi-nshiil by its own cor ruption and decay f|w items the xew york sun siys the must con spicuous relic of tiie great salary grab act i.s the president's pa whi-.-h was raised to 50,m0 from 2.vi;.m bv the importu nity of graut aud the persistence of his peculiar frijehds who then had control of both branches of congress and the situ demands that ii be cut down to the prigl i:al amount as soon as cue carpet ba,_.'_.er stepped liown and out in suutii ( aroliu.t tin color liu obliterated itself tiie nine compa nies of enl red militia in ch^i;bistou at once to gi\e lol.iiid ile-i;ilice lo i hampton aud the white rilleciubs v hich 1 convulsed the nation duringthe campaign j and the colored militia now fraternize like i bauds of brothers as it i in south car oliua so ii will be in louisiana it sometimes causes mystification that a christian conn try like enghiud should sympathize so lit'tively with tiie turk j who follows the doci ihu so iauouiid ir i musl be it lucmbert d tliat many millions of england's subjects in the kast are mus ' suline aud then turkey owes fin-af j britian 77 ' 77 \. 217 principal and s.i 117 interest on tiie siinie john hull does not let his christianity sf;1i1,i fn fli way of that colossal debt the old whi<j iind feeinocraric pai-fies arc represented as follows iu tin state goveruiuent : covenor tind i reasiirir old li ie wiii seewtary of skjc auditor and vttoruev eneitil i lemecrats snper inteudenl of public lustructiou cohlhiis-1 soner ol alii i'-ub ue anytadjuiani general under age befori nit war now new issue b;".uiu-i;i!u the congressional ih'le^a tion siimls veaies \\ iiddcil davis and vance whigs scabs steele robbins and hrogden democrats _?«/. nc)rs i.kx rt ••;•!. i-:i says oiiio gave ffftffi a i--l tired rcpubiicjin majority 1;isf i'.dl that she otfgbt te have more offices under i hives old lb ti is .• uin'ti!!g fit tin l'resi lent of the i'nited states the chief lusti.-e aud one atfeochtfe justice of the supreme coun the secretary of the treasury cm ccm-rul or the army the eieuten'itit b-neral one ma.jor < iem-nd seventeen of the field bmcefs yet like tli iiorse-leech's daughter the average oliionn cries give ! crivet lv it is the first time in the histoiy hf tlie union that the presidential mace of pow er the scales of justice thesword ami the iurse of i'licle ram1s govern nvut li/ivc been concentrate in the hinds hf clflzens of one state - -•- the following telcgraai t'.oai \ v.isiiitig ton to tlie ciiicinuali iazettc may e.xpiaiu some events tii.it have puzzled observers of tli • sop.h carolin i]ui.stion : a fund had bs i raised here for lisiv ciiamb-r lain sufficient to maintain t rejriinent of picked men i;i tin south caronna state house for a month arid to pay tire lt'gis lature which it was understood v its * . b called together fhe moi:ey was to be p:iid in installments r.tid those having charge of tile matter were teutly s?i.rpfis ed at cnamh rlaiu's hft^onsiheriitidn jhii-j.tt < 7!i'i,i;i ■•>. - i'iie ivi'.ropeau w_ir news together wit.1 advices from x01 ii._i'_i and western ciiics ces in the kahigh provisiu market yt corn and m._i1 advanced bve cents per bish.-l \\ h:-;it idviiin;.d u'so and cm ii.-e iu l.uat vis very n lik ed the sail • ui_;l had'ii dey.yr jijig ef fect upou uir ei j-iul iu elyseil wiui 4 nbwnward tendency sal neirs x<w york herald : there will be a great cha'npe as if bv magic in case fhe general expectation of a gi-eat war in europe is realized this imiwwrling event the mo meiit it happens will toiuh all the nerves of american trade and industry it will open a vast and profitable market fur everything we can iiroduce ami et all tlie w heels of li'.isiiioc in active motion usir ! auks wil liud einpioyiiu-iu lb dl ihi-ir iilli money our railroad will be imrdeft with iiei-hts a mighty stiinulus will bc givipn to the raiding of gr;iin and iioik t > ijie maiiiifaciure of arms clothing aid military i-ttpidies and we s!i..il icev»vc<r wiuiin the ensuing two yens i;n;iv than yye have lost since the panyi 117 attempt to hold ore it is st;it l that the old board of direc tor ofthe insane asylum are opposed t.i yiildini to their sincessors i will be remeaii red tliat the ground hpou which a new board was appointed wns thai tlie terms jf ftfe niembi rs ol the former board had expiii-d by lin.i..i'ii or by t!ie failure of the senate to confirm the old b;,anl however maintain that thev are entitled to retain potat.&?oi of their offices until the time shall iirrive for the new board to take their place under trie recent acl of assembly to-wit : iiu 1st day of march 1378 to what cx.ua tin old board will go in tnoir opposition is not known they musl resist by legal means or may con tent ihe ns ives with burreudering andtr jirottsm lai nt us an etrosleoifs impression a report lih's gained cuneniw among sonio ofthe cotton drab-is in i!n city that section ig sched uleljofthe reve-i'i a;-t levies a tax of l<ii up.ei eve v person who storescotton and rceives a compensation for sm-ii stonige we have tin thori;y ot stab treasurer worth for sa 0g that this is a false const ruction ofthe section xothing in ii can be construed iu his opiniohj to m.'.in suiythiug tif the kind the cijiitse of tin section h;id ferenfe mean fifty be minle to apply to hf^houses v.hi.-li are kept fo the exclusive purpose of ex hibiting aud sellinir rt>tton and has no reference to warehouses where cotton is simply stored the alarm <>)' the cotton men oli'tlris point is unnecessary /.<■/. netesi resignation of commissioners ll i lone has 15 cole 1 p hob good and andrew williams republican commissioners of i frahville county yester day tendered their resignations to gov vance the resignations were accept tl but tbe vacancies have not yel been tilled i lie purpose which these commissioners have iii view in resigning i to d.efea th ci-ion ofthe supreme court whhflil at i;s iis session ordered them to complete the canvass of the votes east in the late elec tion in that county from the lace of the id turns they had refused to do this for the reason ilm such a cjinvass would have e'ecte-1 moore sheriff of the county aud put in other officers to whom they wen hostile it i claimed hat notwifh rnmting tiie resignation of these com iitissioner tiny will be made to finish ic i-;mv;iss it the vote heretofore im:i tioned from the face of the n:;i:-,is fir else judge buxton will put them in jail for refusal to eliey the mandate ofa court liol avi.-s proi 6ar_r?oftiic royafxcadi uy lon don has presented to the society of arts a discovery wiiicli it is belli veil will ren der ail lunds oi iionv.oik liowevi r um h exjidsi.u to weather or to corrosive vapoi - or li4.1i.-ls practically uide,stnictiblc ami everlasting professor lbir__*has di$coy i;e-l tli.it if any iron article is exposed a t high tempeiiii un to the action of super heated sleam i will become covered with a film of mack oxide of a thickness which is determined by the degree of tempi ra ture and by tlie ieugtli of exposure ti o-ride is liarder than the nrigipal iron und adheres to it even mon firmly flian the particles of iron adhere to each other so that there is a gain m>t only in chymi i-al but ajso in mechanical resistance fiiis black oxide diters totally from the oxides that are formed by tlie ordinary exposure of iron to atmosphei ic influences it is nninflaeifoed not only by moist air but by other corrosive substance's tf h"i-e should beany flaw jn the coating or if the black oxide is designedly icinov <■ 1 irotn pan of tlie suri'.i .-. t • cnitiinon oxidntion will oeenr l_ere the irriil is liiusleft unprotected hut such oxftta tion is stiicily ii:n ite cl t.i iiu unprotected n irtioii and luis not the smallest tend 11 c fitl.er to spread 1 * r "■ 1 . 1 . t .- under the bi o-.i-lc pr to rfct-icli this from the sutjjii ..:; pijrts sotii upgrdre propose ;•) ;.. t in this city ou th 7*th d:\y of may to consider the subject of colonization they had bcticr siay a home and lux orn — lai mr l_d-.vards tin seot.-h n;ttularisr vmcsc swry has tcr-n fob in so many m-.taziucs aiidjournal hasb;\(l seveyal iuvil.liiolis to lcive bin u<t vcifr bi in u lor pjsiii m in s i.-.itilic iii-iitu li ms ir is said tiiat h hrc umer-r to ia i:ne o of {):': obsei v - of i'i jj i • orologiiul o.i.-iy oi l.-mdm ii . ob 1 fations are ti ieli»te vhietly to iihtiit uir sects md birds refer all the actions of this short life to that state which will never end and this will approve itself to be wisdom at tliehtsi whatever ihe world judgeof it now — ti'doison here thou art but a stranger trsjvejiiajj to thy country it is therefore a huge folly j to be nl.lictt d because thou hast a less epnvenieiil inii to lodge iu by the way ■ i n my taytpr tiie day is gently sulking to a elo«*e | fainter nnd yet more taint the sunlight lows : <> brightness of thy father's glorv thou eternal eight ofliglr be with us now where thou art present darkness cannot be midnight is glorious noon o lord with thee happy is he alone to whom the lord impnteth not transgressions to have him propitious t me against whom alem i hitve sinned when my soul is troubled with t]\v view of her sinfulness i look at thy mercy and am refreshed - st ler ■ nard in order to remit r men benevolent tbey must firgt be mode tender for benevolent affections are not the offspring of reason ing they result from that culture of the heart from those early impressions of tenderness gratitude and sympathy whicli the endearments of domestic life are sure to supply and for the formation of which it is the best possible school robert ll pin tin following ia from a recent work ou british industries a ealcul i tion mad hi years ago stated that for home ii.-e and export purposes 28,000,080 1 pius were required daily in england the real quantity uow purchased daily is 0,000,000 of whieh birmingham produ ces 37,qoq,0oo leaving 13,000,000 as the production of loudon stroud and dub lin w here phis are also made the weight of wire consumed annually in the pin manufacture of england is about l.°.7 i ms pi j 77 a :■> ',•-... gum-eighth bi which is iron-wire u ed in the manufacture of mourning an hah phis the brass wire consumed amounts to 2,500,000 tes which at lid per tb in nioue value reaches the sum of 11 !..>:.. the iron-wire consum ed is 44,t_o0 lbs its v due c7,fs:j6s cl and to be added to these amounts are the wages paper and ornamental envelopes bo\i s wear and tear of machinery manu facturers1 profits c monrning hair entomological and papered1 pins f p stuck in rows realize a larger profit than pins sold by weight taking il all togeth < r the pin manufacture of the united kingdom :- oot over-estimated at the ag gregate amount of c200.000.11 -<__>. a maib's new shoes j - t yesterday on o~t street the atten tion of a chronicle reporter was called to a large attendance on the fudewalk and approaching hastily he wus astonished to see a well km wn and celebrated beauty of san francisco who was being fitted to anewpairof shoes to hear the nudis ■-'■■: ed admi tion with \ his h every part ,>:' the maiden's limbs that were coyly shown was greeted by the crowd snggest e 1 the truth of the remark that has often been made against the hud of ihdicacv sliov u in our western admiration what a in : xehnmed one and that ankle."1 obs rv.d anofh.-r a d tlto^e clean-cut iimi s ejus tilated tlie other and the ob ject i f tlui t'.-rvid remarks did not ap pear in tl ■ slightest degree disconcerted by this outspoken admiration at last the pretty gaiw-loolriug hoes were ad jjusteti to a nicety and a genthmtau de , i u'-hed hiui eh ivn:.i the crowd examined ' ; <.-.-.. i wi'i a critical « ve and footed the , in and then they took their departure together it was bad doble iml the goldsmith maid the latter clad in plaid with a magnificent black trail without j any r in i . americas inventive progress under the above heading the scientific \ ui rican of may 7th ha a long and inter esting article from which we make the follow ing extract : tn show v ith what rapidity inventors made improvements on inventions em bodying original principles says ij wri i.-r it m.v be noted that in the early days ofthe s in midline lid patents were ' grouted for iinppofrenicats therein in a single vi;.r md out f the '-_.:• 10 pat nts isiiied iu i-hs year l-~>7 i.vj were iir i:n fprov«.d ci.iton-l.iiis and presses i'u f . ! inijiruv i-:its on the steam engine aud '\'.'- for novel devic - rei iting to r ij j ami improvemt nt in the railing stock ; in ihe ld-13 thret years after the puhli a tioii ••:' this pa pei was commenced but '■','■■ ' i ed lm under the ' - imiib i of publishing these inventions as tbey '■ re talented tea years later in i ".-. ih uiunbei had im-m-a-i-d sixfold leaguing 13,71s while up to january 1 1 i . .; r i :.. st.tl d ihe aggis gate of i patents is-u .) emcin,!i :! fo 17 s!7 : since ! thut riai and up t . the pre at the turn i is 161,0115 ami jrurio ir here i.-.nl.s us idds dip ■ a v.u 1 . ..-. pdi g j 1 •!•'.. i .!'-.'• f ;■:•:,: s or m 1 i7 afie ihvd i tniilt wid l 17t'.741 pott its hive i '.. •> n l--':ed we iiini by e.-teal count i thaj i'-,1 - i.ppu mi .:.- have men maiie c i ieutilic america patent a i'l)cy foi fate ts in i',e united states aud abroad this avi*i.i nfm-ibt teh di ■ i'ious je day am cschidtri i •■'■.! . ihs enl in ....•., and . ; i ,.., i . i - ! ti m hi .,,:, • -,', i i oii • i irrbr : • i'i ■ : .. i josnubei of patents issued in ihis country 1 r p to the time of niting salisbury n c april 2 1877