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Sugar plun'ationsnrc cheap IN Texas.
Lands that haze yielded crops Of sugar
worth at present prices $500 per rcre,arq
selling at $40 per acre. Much ofthe
sugar region is free from ovtrflows, and
.isdry aud fertile beyond conception.
br.T aI14 t...s Ill rt ~ .H .l d..
A New York correspondent says:-
"'rhp arrivals from English and German
ports alone since Saturday eveuing FOOT UP
to nearly 5000 md MS many more nrc
expected in steamers 10 arrive between
now and Wednesday" Af4uo r1
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lJ IRY BRAySOS,
Ill a;----.---,,ArT0usEY At LAw,-


WhSAuS, hslfbhpiNlA.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts Of Lewis.
Tp'iar, lirixtsa, Gilmer, and in the Snptci,, =
Cstrt'0ftts State. Particular atention pal
70 collections YdSt'iJS WAk. no?i-ly
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Business Cards.

. TOlIS BRANNOS,
81 Z i--ATroRSEy At LAw,--I ~ u
lsduly authorised To practice in the
UNITED STATES COURTS.
All persons dcsiriug 10 be declared liankrup,
can hive my, services on reasonable terms. /
have all the necessary forms. jy!2-ly
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Select Poetry

oe'eCI Toelry NN,
sad n u
bar.-room ,'a1nruN "
muse by fuf.
THE DECANTERu
There was an, old de-
cant!cr and it's '
'N mouth was gap.
n +a'- ping wide. The ofrlh'
',| H"..' rosy wine Ind 1 a-.f
A' ebhedaway and lefrils crys. 7'g=t
tai side, and the wind went
t- 'Hi hummiig, hum. ~. ,i l'a
'si''7' mining, us up and
5" down the sides it .. m
flew, and through r
'r4.r its like. hollow .a
neck, the widest nu,cs ST.
1t blew. placed il in the
window, where the bias, was
blowing flee, and tancied,hat
its pale mouth sang the queer. I.i
est strains TO me. They tell me,
pnny conQncrors, the llaguc lns wv
tens. aud Var his hundred thousands
of the very best Of men, but - twas
thus the bottle spoke--''Lu, have con.
qLered more than oil your famons couquer-
ors. so feared amt famed of yorc. Then
come, yc youths und in,iders all, come drin
FROM Out my cup, The beverage that dulls the
brain, and burns the spirits up; that puts to
slmme your conYuerors, hat s,ay their scores
below, for this has Irlnycu millions with the
lava tide Of wo. Though in The path Of bat
tie, d,rkest waves OF blood may roll, yet
while kill the body, have damned the very
soul. The cholera, the plague, the sword,
such ruin never wrought,a ns !, in mir,h or
malice, on,lic innocent have brought. And
still breathe upon them, aud they shrink
before my breath, and year BY year my
thousands tread, tho disniai road ofDEATlI .
And thus the bottle specified. in language
plain and bold, the fate Of those indulsmg in
The lnxnry(:) ofthc bowl. And thcu fell
to musing--,i,c problem tried 10 solve, why
such a number of mankind, in ruin are in
volvcd. The truth they cannot, dare not
fate they Know iull .wcll-ani oft
too ntev..n prayeis viii! rise, from tortured
souls in hell. Too late will be the cry OF
those who by experience test, that earthly
pleasures, like the rose, soon 'wither in the
grasp. Then Of the winc.glass do not dream,
for nuglt but g,ief ld,cnrs, for these follics
you'll serve below, M ETERNITY of years.
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nq. Wy. J.. BLAND. n"sl 9a' +
IL -----ssJRdSsS AND RI, ,slciAy,---'


g,,s, WESTON, W, "a. m .. :.
OHcs on Centre street, Two doors above the
National Exchange Bank, where he may be found
aaless professionally engaged.
Surgical cases viii he attended TO at his office
or the resideace of the patient ns may lie desired
jels-ly IL ! 4 II II a
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AFEARFUL RISK.

At Echo, on the Union Pacific Rail-
road, the other evening, three freight
trains stood upon the main track, when
the word came flashing over the tele-
graph from the Superintendent, "a To-
connective and tender, with steam up, and
with nobody on board, have broken from
freight train and started down the
grade" Ali then and there was hurry
ing to and frol In q few seconds came
a second message. "She has Just passed
Castle Rock Station" Never were three
trains got off upon siding with less de.
lay. Then the workmen piled sleepers
high on the track; lest even that should
not stop cher" and she should do muir
der further down the road, they tore up
the rails below Just as this was accom-
plished she came in sight She shot
through the sleepers ike bullet through
pine board, sending them flying in all
directions, and darkening the sir with
the splinters, but at the broken track she
jumped up and down with VexatiOn, and
finally plunged angrily, head foremost
into hillside. She had run twenty SIX
miles in twenty>nine minutes-the best
time vet made upon the road.-Lstter an
NJ Y Tribune
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DROWNING OF A NAN AND BOY

A sad story comes to us from Colum>
bus, GA. On Saturday afternoon, June
&c, six or seven miles from Columbus,
on the Alabama side, three persons were
in bathing-Mr. VIM. Byrd, a well to do
farmer living near by, his little son aged
eight or ten years and q young man named
Hammers, from Girsrd, Ala. The boy
was wading into the stream when he
suddenly stepped from rock into fifteen
feet of water. The father was immedi-
ately proceeding to the rescue, but Han.
ners, who was an admirable swimmer,
declared he could and would save him
and at once swan to where the boy was
struggling. As he approached, the child
convulsively seized him by the throat
throwing his arms around his shoulders
and rendering it impossible for Mr.. Han
ners to use his arms, besides almost sui
locating him. Hammers told the boy t,
be quiet, turn him loose, and he woulC
easily save him, but he could not hear
or would not heed the words, and in
little while both went down never {
reappear alive.
The father, could not swim, an
being alone, could do nothing. Tn
bodies were recovered, the boy with h
arms locked around the man. at IL o'cloc
= that night. Collins were procured fro
this city, and they were buried Sunda,
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TELEGRAPHIC.
WASHINGTON.
sPE ECH OF ANDREW
JOHNSON. .,,. 81 u
He is Hopeful of Better
Times.
The Earthquake Yesterday.
Fatal Occurrence at Rich
mond. fosrE
1-aT -L--LgssGE
Registration at Memphis.
Registration at Memphis.
sENTER AND STOKES.
The discussion Mt I.oudOn.

al Special to the Union and American.
+ CHATTANOOGA, July about three
hundred persons we're present to-day al
Loudon to bear the discussion between the
candidates for Governor.
Gov. Senter made the opening speech,
continuing his dsmag ing ventilation Of
Stokes political and military record,
Stokes repeatedly interrupted the speaker,
and appeared quite FESTIVE under the cut
ting csstigation he was receiving. Reply
ing TO the remarks of Gov. Senter, Stokes
took occasion to denounce Senator Brown
low, and said the Brownlow faction was
down on him, because he could not be in
duced 10 snbserve their purposes. Col.
James p BroWnlow here stepped upon
the stand and said he was responsible for
the actions of his father, snd no man
should be allowed 10 sbnse him. s..-
Stokes replied that he intended no per-
sonal disrespect 70 either Col. Brownlow or
his father. a..ssa...'- o. ..-t ga.
The further discussion developed no new
fact or change of policy on the franchise
question, aud nothing else Of interest &C.
Cured. ON q. l.r-s rTEHT. IL "A
When the speaking was over the
candidates left for this place. Gov. Senter
has Just arrived. He was received and
escorted to the Burns House by a large
crowd OF enthusiastic friends. He will be
serenaded tonight. a -as. al.f 80 &c
The arrival Of Stokes was s very quiet
affair. Oos man waved his hat and ac-
eompauied Sweet William" 10 the Ma
tional Hotel The friends of Senter are
more sanguine than ever, while those OF
his opponent are every day growing more
despon dent. H. l. 4
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= Z
BREsT, June 2.-There has been nc
communication with the Great Eastern
since the afternoon Of june 30. gGisR Ell
LONDON, June 2.-The Times says
there is no reason for disquistude on &C
count of relations between Great Britain
and foreign countries. The most i'm
portant matters to business men are the
relations with America on the Alabama
question, and the present condition oil
France. The Alabama difficulty is not
more threatening now than q year or so
ago, since Johnson's negotiations demon
strate Englsnd's willingness to make
reasonable concessions. ,e
LONDON, June GA meeting Of the
Peers was held yesterday to arrange the
composition OF new Irish church bill
and to frame amendments to the pending
bill. -
Earl Russell, Baron Westbury, Earl
GRAY. and others agreed to follow the lead
of the Duke of Cleveland.
MADRID, June. a. Contemplated
changes in The Ministry have been post
poned until the budget of expenditures,
now before the Cortes, is passed.
BREsr, July 2-Connection through the
cable with the Great Eastern was resumed
at noon to-day. Dispatches received from
the Great Eastern explain the suspension
of communication as follows A fault was
discovered in the cable on Wednesday,
aud the Great Eastern was obliged TO To-
cate and remove it.
A hesvy gale prevailed and in order to
avoid the probability of serious accident
TO the cable it was decided to cut aud buoy
il, which was successfully done. The
weather to-day having become fine, the
cable was recovered, The, fault removed,
and the work of paying ont recommended.
All we'll on board to-day. The Great East
ern was in latitude AZ deg. SIS min. long.
30 deg.
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ALL FOR LOVE.
A Leap into the water by Rejected
|, IlE Laver-A HeaFGless FIIrt.


From the Washington Star. June "a.
{ There was a select private excur-
sion party to Glymont last evening,
on board the steamer Wawaset, and
among the young people on board
the steamer were a young lady re-
siding about five miles from Wash
ington, in Prince Georges county,
Maryland, and her escort a young
man well known in social circles in
Washington. The couple reached
the steamer in the afternoon from
the country, in carriage, and
everything indicated during the
"trip to Glymont that matters were
understood between them, and the
young gentleman seemed to have
no fear that a third party could
displace him in his lady-lOye's
affections. The result, however,
proved that he was, like many 9th
ors, too confident, for, short time
after reaching the pleasure grounds,
his fair companion manifested
marked interest in a young man
whom she met there, which awoke
feelings of jealousy in the breast OF
her admiring escort, and one of
| those natural little Incidents
lovers quarrel, ensued. -..-- .
| Time passed on, and nothing
more was thought of the occurrence
to those in the secret till about one
o'clock this morning, when the IN
happy young man proceeded to the
Glymont wharf, where he coolly di.
vested himself of his coat ant
| sprang into the river, to seek s
| watery grave. The circumstance
was witnessed by few persons
| and as soon as the sudden surpris'
which it produced could be over
comes, a gentleman residing OF
Seventh street, between d and E
South Washington, who was at tn
time standing on the wharf wit
Mr.. Shaffield, sprang into Dos
and rescued the young man froI
drowning. When the transactio
was reported to the young lady sh
did not appear at all concerned, br
made the remark, 'sif he had SUI
ceeded should like to have acte
: as pail bearer at his funeral" Bot
! parties returned to Washington tn
!, morning, but not in company, Il
a tickle maid being in charge of Il
d gentleman she met at Glymont, wi
procured a conveyance at the wha
and accompanied her home, VIII
- the discarded lover took his deps
70 ture alone for his home in this cit
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THE AMENITIES OF THE CAN
VASS. 3 ~ .
Stokes DESTROYS OF o Duel Thir-
ty Days after Date.
Senter Anxious to AccOmm0.
date the 'Bald Eagle"
on Sight.
Whereat Stokes Backs Down in
a very IgnOminOuS Manner.

During Governor Senter's closing re-
marks, at Clinton, yesterday, he was
"a circumstance" more severe and scath'
ing in his denunciation of Stokes than
IN auy previous speech. The Cen
erals" military record was used pretty
much in the way that boys use blad"
der, which is pulled out and swelled by
the wind it confines within ITSELF Gov.
Senter used it as foot ball, threw 1t
around among the bystanders, and fin
ally took it between his hands and
bringing them sharply together burst it,
When the "bald eagle" rose to reply.
he fairly trembled with anger and shame.
Raising his long finger and pointing it
towards Gov. Senter, he said:
Fellow citizens! / have wife and
children whom l should greatly dislike
to part from. Yet, tell Gov. Septer /
will hold him personally responsible.
after the election, for what he has said
to-day. If he considers himself gen.
demeu, l challenge him to meet me after
the election, as gentleman, and we will
then see who is the coward and who the
man, / denounce Senter IS liar, and
am ready to meet him any time after
the election" '
Gov. Senter, who was sitting immedi-
ately in the rear of Stokes, coolly arose
and informed Stokes that he was ready
to meet him now, or any time agreeable
to him (Stokes) previous to the election,
but would prefer to settle the difficulty
without delay. He therefore invited
Stokes to step out on the field in rear OF
the stand and obtain satisfaction.
Stokes replied that ne would settle the
affair after the election.
Both speakers then intimated that the
discussion was closed for the day. Sen"
ter slapped Stokes on the shoulder and
remarked, quietly, that he preferred to
give him satisfaction without delay.
Stokes then replied that he did not
mean any thing serious, but desired
Senter to understand his desire for q
fight as expressed in q Pickwickian sense.
The affair would doubtless have re-
suited seriously if Stokes had not been
destitute of courage.-Knoxvflle Press
and Herald .JuLU ! 3. sa-s
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Younw Graduate.

Master Horace Csuvin, son of Mr.. S.
Cauvin of this city, fifteen years of age,
has just returned home from the French
Institute" at Fort Washington, New York,
bringing with him diploma as Master Of
Modern Languages. The list embraces
French, Euglish, Spanish and German, all
Of which he speaks auently and writes with
accuracy. During his course he took IF
teen premiums for excellence in his differ
ent studies-nearly all for which he con-
tended. This Is remarkable for one 30
young, and with 80 favorable an outset he
may become an ornament to any profession
or business in which be may embark.
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CURA.
COadILIOn of Affairs af Puerto PrIn-
eipe-The Effect OF American Help
90 the Patriot Cause. -1-rr

Condition of Affairs af Puerto Prin-
cIpe-The Effect of American Help
90 the Patriot Cause. r.-rF
HAVANA, June 80, via Key West, July
Ian American engineer from Puerto
Principe arrived here via Nuevitas, which
place he left on the tWenty-fourth, and
makes the following statement Of affairs
in and around the former city:
He left Puerto Principe on The 18th.
At thst time trivial results had been OBJ
tanned by operations in that vicinity. The
condition OF the troops in garrison was
dreadful. Their numbers were subject to
constant depletion from casualties and
disease. On the twenty-fourth foreign
party left the city, fifteen strong, but was
driven in and the party we're sent to the
hospital. a. ra-1T Ea
On the 18th ult. few patriots entered
the city in Disguise to capture sentinel,
but we're discovered, and retreated with
loss of two. On the 22d the patriots cap
tured a detachment of los regulars. At
the first station from Principe a regiment
of Catalan volunteers lost 200 from sick
ness. Qnesada, COMMANDMENT Chief Of
the patriots, was 10 the vicinity and be-
came more aciive ard holder in his opera
lions. -...r
The Sp4niards attribute the recent sue
cess Of the patriots to the presence OF
Americans among them. They admit chat
10000 more troops are required, and *
pected large reiufJrcements TO arrive with
D-RhOdas
The garrison in Principe is disheart-
ened. while the Cubans are in terror and
fleeing 10 the UniIed States.
Advices from Santiago TO the 23i ult.
state that an American named Speekman,
one of the crew Of the Grapeshot, was cap
tursd on shore and had been shot. de
claimed that be had been deceived when
he shipped, and was forcibly detained
when landing, and surrendered to the
troops sitter diminishing. When taken "a
Santiago the Consul endeavored to save
him. aud asked for delay Of the execu
ii N 10 enable him TO present proofs, which
was refused. The matter has been repre-
ssnted to our government
HAVANA, July at is reported thai
the volunteers guarding Nuevitas railroad
nutiried, aod refused to guard the line an,
longer. They demanded to be placed II
active service. The Colonel presented
their claim to Gen. Letanis at Puert
Principe. The latter Immediately arreste
the Colonel. The volunteers then marche
TO Puerto Principe for the Liberation
their Colonel, imprisoned by Letania.
is expected the local volunteers will tr
to shoot Getanis.
WASHINGTON, July Recent Cuba
adyioes state that the Spanish forces
Cieyo Villas have been augmented
over 1000. Eighty.fve patriots, iuclnC
ing several Americans captured by lsrg
Spanish force have been executed. II
Cnban General is concentrating his fore
aud heavy battle is soon expected.
HAVANA, June Capt. Gen. d
Rhodas in a public speech to>day az
vised journalists to show moro moderi
ton and endeavor to conciliate all classe
and cease publishing irritable article
especiAIly in regard TO ladies.
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INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT

CLEVELAND, o July AT ten o'clock
last night the tug RipOn, steaming up the
river, struck small ferryboat crossing the
river with ten or twelve passengers, shiv-
eriug il TO fragmsnts.y Three or five per-
sons are supposed to have been drowned.
The body OF Martin ODonnell WAS the
only one recovered. The remains Of the
others lost are unknown.
FORTRESS MONROE, July q The
French corvette CurriHx from Martinique,
is 10 quarantine, with eighteen cases vOm-
tia on board. She buried two men at sea
yesterday, three to-day, and three the lay
before, The captain, first officer and sur
geon are dead, and the assistant surgeon
is dying. She will take in provisions and
coal as soon "a possible and proceed nor th.
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shall not be considered prigate bat ae'

shall not be considered private, bat ac-
cessible to all -a.-ia 5]zaQilsc3A s g
There is such measasss in the attempt
to construe my letter 20 the Comptroller
into an attack upon Gov. Senter, that it
is difficult to speak Of il respectfully.
There IL not word or syllable IN it that
can be SO construed by an honest nan
Both before and since the attempt to
hold q convention I have felt and exs
pressed the. utmost indifference as TO the
result of the contest between Gov.
Senter and Gen. Stokes No human be-
ing has heard me espouse the cause Of
either. My reasons for this course do
not concern the public. Whenever /
shall deem it my duty to take part in
the contest, it will not be difficult to-
understand me. .
As the Secretary of State is not q
financial officer, and in no, way
connected with, or responsible for the fis-
cal operations of the State government,
except in the single instance of advising
for or against loan; the reader may be
curious to knew why it is that the editor
Of the Press and Times levels his heav>
lest denunciations against the secretary
who is only incidentally and nOminally
connected with the subject about which
be is 30 much exercised. The cause may
amuse, If it does not instruct the reader.
! am indebted for this undue proportion
Of the editors attention, TO short speech
| delivered nearly two years ago in front
Of the Capitol, against the office>seeking
carpet~baggers of Nashville. The editor
has never been able to speak of me Justly
or truthfully since that day. He has
been in some way or ether CONNIE cted
with the press ever since, and has as
called me often, and never justly.
Wherever he has been-whether as an
attache to the Cincinnati Gazette, pro
tenn. editor Of the little German paper at
Nashville, or wandering BOhemian-that
little speech has been treasured up
by him. Distance, length OF time, ST.
lence on my part-nothing can ever
efface from his vengeful memory the
audacity Of speaker declaring that car
ought to become citizens be-
fore asking for Office. He has lost no
oppOrtunity--let no pretext pass without
misstating and misrepresenting me.
When not in Nashville himself his tool
was there to attend to it for him. When
asked for the privilege of making reply
the columns Of the Gazette were shut
against me by this same editor. Accuss
toned to the annoyance, his attacks have
provoked no notice since. Unlike the
old man in Sinbadsthe-Sailor, his weight
can be carried without fainting. gtl
For these reasons, Messrs. Editors, j
ask the use of your columns, not wish
ing again to be refused a hearing
BY the Cincinnati editor Of the Press and
Times. EBR " ~ A. ]. FLETcHER.
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RECENTLY as a man and his wife were
at work in a field in Iowa, their child,
which was in basket near them, was
heard TO CRY, and the husband asked his
wife to 20 and see what the trouble was
She intent upon her work, delayed few
minutes, and then, to her horror, found
her child dead, with large snake cooled
around it. The husband, in the frenzy
of his anger and grief, struck bis wife
with hoe which be held in his hand
and killed her instantly. Inf Ed.
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HORRIBLE DEATH OF CHILD.-Near
Kalamazoo, Michigan. on the 10th inst,
a daughter of D. n. Keep, three years
old, was killed BY a freight train. The
child was playing by the track, and the
mother, seeing the danger, rushed toward
and seized her, but too late, as the engine
wheel passed over the little girl, cutting
her in two, leaving one-half the body IL
the mothers hands. The poor woman
overcome with horror, tainted, and in Al
insensible condition was taken up anf
carried into her house. 4.s., o.
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An Incarceration.

There is no accounting for the fertility
of some peoples brains. The announce
ment was made lew days since that fUe
thousand Chinese immigrants had arrived
al St, Louis on their way to louisiana A
day or two afterwards we hear Of the same
party passing Memphis on their way down
the Mississippi, but their number was only
| Eve hundred. We do not suppose that th.
Pacific railroad has cars enough to trans
port five thousand Cinnamon from Califor
mia 10 one Convoy" .r. ....r.....-....
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POWELL EXPEDITION.
oouarmatIOn Of its Reported Loss.


CHICAGO, July 2 "A special from
Springfield, Illinois, says that ohm A.
Risdon, sole survivor Of the Powell tx
ploring expedition arrived in that city TINS
morning, and he tells the following story
of which there can be DO doubt:
On the S,h OF last May the Major with
twenty men attempted TO cross the Colorado
river in a small boat, about twenty miles
above rapids and about fifty miles from
the Canon for the purpose of exploring
the Big Black river, which empties lnt'
he CoIersdo at that point. When a6ou
thirty yards from the shore gliding aIont
on the apparently smooth water, the beA
VAS seen 10 enter vortex which at ono
srgnlnhed il and not one of the part.
winch left the shore few moments oetor
gsily cheering, was ever seen afterwards