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A Battle in the Clouds.

The following extraordinary
statement appears in the Nouvelles
du Jour, Belgian paper. II is
contained in the note to that jour.
nal by one of it's correspondents at
the scat of war, which note was
conveyed BY carrier pigeon:
PARIS, October /.
Nadar returned yesterday to
Paris. His return was not, how
ever, effected without much trou.
bic, although his balloon was d.
rectcd by good wind and favor.
able currents since his departure
from Tours. But let me relate the
particulars of his voyage in chro
nological order. He left Tours at
six o'clock O: the morning, and ar
rived in view Of Paris at eleven
o'clock, floating about three thou.
sand metres above the Fort of
Clarendon. At the same thine as
the Intrepide, which was the name
OF NJ. Madras balloon, appeared in
sight, O second balloon was seen in
the same direction. NJ. Nadar
waved q long strcamer with the
Frencl, national colors. Immcdi.
ately afterward national flag
,foated from the car Of the other
balloon. Iond "hurrahs and
cries of "C'est Durouff" from the
garrison Of the fort greeted the APP.
pearance Of the two eronants,
whose balloons gradually approach
ed. Suddenly, and when at a
short distance from each other, q
loud report was heard in the air,
followed by a series Of explosions.
These were at first supposed to be
triumphal signals or demonstra
tions, until NJ. Nadar was observed
to fling himself into tho netting of
his balloon and to cling to it's sides.
During this time the other erouant
continued discharging shots at NJ.
Nadar and his balloon. The In
trepide was descending rapidly,
and it appeared evident to tho
spectators below, that some incom.
prehensible event had takent place
above. But mark what the French
flag Of the neighboring balloon
came to. It was withdrawn, and
q black and yellow standard was
observed TO be floating in it's place.
Ali was explained. "Treason."-
at is Prussian balloon" "He
has fred on the Intrepide," were
the cries that burst simultaneously
from the French people. Nadar
was supposed TO have been lost
His balloon was falling quickly,
and had once more nearly reached
the Garth, when M. Nadar was OF
served busily engaged in casting
out ballast. Thereupon his balloon
reascends, and N. Nadar was seen
again to climb up the network,
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Sstflsth FURRY.
Saturday Night.

The work,day week has east its yoke
or troublous toll and careful quest;
The lingering twiiigbt's saffron cloak
Trails Ger the dusky west,
And carfew clocks with. ..msasur.d stroke
Chime In the hour Of rest,
From fAlIow fields aud woody dells
The ericksts chirp their pleasant lars,
The kline como mp with tinkling bells,
Though al the loomy ways;
And backsts drip BY busy wells,
And ruby ingles blaze.
His Uhirlins Wheel the miller stops,
The smith the silent anvil leaves.
His ringing axe The Joiner drops.
No moro tho weaver wesves,
His loaded vain the psdler props
Beneath the tavern caves.
a happy hush, . tranquil balm
AZ IL the week-d day work and caro-
Were lifted oG, and left us calm
Pervade the quiet air
A sense as Of q silent psairn,
A feeling rs of prayer.
For now the night, with soft delay,
Seems brooding like a tender aore,
While the last hours of Saturday
Shut In the hours Of love,
And tho sweet Sabbath spans tho way
To holier homes above.
God help US all, since here below
Few Saturdays are ours at best,
And out Of rain snd earthly woo,
Few days Of Sabbath rest;
God grant US that We yet may know
The Sabbath Of the blest.
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sleep and Dea.h-A German Fabl.

oiecp ana 0eath-A German Fable
The Angel Of Slumber and the
Angel Of Death. fraternally lock.
cd in eacl, others arms, wandered
over tho earth.
1t was evcning-tlicy reclined
upon n hillside, and the inhab,tan.s
OF men were not far off--a sad
stiffness pervaded the mir, and the
evening beh of the village was
liushcd. Still and silent, as is their
manner, The two beneficent genii of
mankind reposcd in a niournful
embrace, and night came rapidly
on.
Then the Angel of Slumbcr rose
from his mossy couch, and softly
scattered from bis hand the invisi.
ble siutnbcr.seeds. Tie wind of
night waited them to tho Quiet
dwellings Of the wearied husband.
men, and forthwith sweet sleep
descended npon the inhabitants of
the cottages, from tho ray-haired
sire to the cradIed infant. The
sick man forgot his pains the nm
happy his sorrows I; the poor his
cares-cvery eye was closed.
Aud Ii"w, his benign labors be,
lng ended, tho kind Angel OF
Slnmber lay down by the side ot
his Thoughtful brother, and said
cheerfnlly:
when the red morning awakes,
then will mankind bless me as
their fricn3 and bcnetactor. Oh.
how sweet it is TO do good unseen
and in secret! How delightful is
our duty!''
Thus spake the friendly Angel
Of Slnmbcr. The Angel of Death
looked upon him with silent sor.
row, and n tear, such as iinmortals
shed, gathered in his large dark
eye.
"Alas ~ said l,c, "tl,at 1 can
not, like thysclf, rejnicc in their
gratitude. The earth calls me her
enemy and the disturber vf her
peace"
:. My brother" replied the An
gel Of Slumbcr, "wili not the good
when they awaken own thee ms
their friend and bcnefac.or, and
will they not bless thce2 Are we
not brothers and messengers of our
father"
Tins he spakc. The eye of the
Angel of Death sparkled, and he
claspcd his brother more fundly in
his embrace.
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THE ELooUENcE OF DrKns. Said
Thoreau, IF you would convince
q man that he does wrong, do
right" A great truth well put
Error is often attempted to be put
down hy argument. Live it down
Prove the superiority of truth by
acting the truth. Let it speak for
itself. This is the Book of Evi.
dences Of Christianity which the
world most needs. We have learn.
ed end powerful treaties, but holy
and loving lives are more convinc.
ing than whole libraries of logic
A faithful, devoted, sympa,hizing,
consistent Christian, is an unan.
swerable argument. Infdelity
cannot confuse it. lhero are man y
in onr churches who excuse them.
selves from active labor in the
cause Of Christ on the ground that
they have no talent for talking
Then cultivate a talent for doing.
Do Christianity. Pastor and breth.
rem will all let you off from "speak-
ing in meeting" il you'll live bet.
ter than those who talk.
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How to Get ON IN the World.

i: III you wish to secure the rep.
utation Of being an honest man,
pay yonr debts.
2. IL you would avoid bringing
disgrace upon the religions party
yon belong to, pay your debts.
B. II you are anxious to oct n
good article. and be charged. the
lowest possible price for your
go1ds' never delay to pay your
4. If you wish to obtain sucl,
credit as your business may re.
quire, be sure to pay your debts
8. IT you would remain OF,
terms Of friendship with those you
trade with, pay your debts.
q. If you would avoid cmbar.
RAISING others who are depending
upon the settlement OF your &C.
connt, pay yonr debts.
z. II yon wish to prevent mis-.
takes and litigation. keep your &C.
counts well adjusted, and pay your
uCOt6.
8. II you wish to aid in circula.
tion OF money, never let cash re.
main by yon, you ought to pay
your debts.
o. If you wish to do to others
rs you wish them to do to You, you
ought to pay your debts.
10. If you wish to stand clear
Of the charge of lying and making
false excuses, pay yonr debts.
| IL. If you desire to pursue yonr
business with peace Of mind, pay
your debts.
IL. II, In the expectation of
death, YOU would like to leave
your affairs In a satisfactory con.
dition. pay your debts.
13. 1t you wish to do what is
right IN the sight Of God and man.
you nnst pay your debie.
IA. Shonld your debts be ever
so old, or should you have "taken
the benefit of the act," if you have
the incans. you are not just man.
unless yon pay your debts.
To enable you to pay, adopt the
following advice: Let your food.
living and equipagc be plain and
not be costly; : avoid expensive
clothing: abstain from wine and
all Intoxicating liquor, aud never
keep it in tho house do not sink
your capital by purcha.ing plate
or splendid furniture; have as
few parties IA possible; be careful
as to spcculations, and never ex.
tend your trade beyond your
means; never aspire to be a share
holder in banks, railways, &c. ::
have as few mon about You as is
convenient, and none of a suspi.
cious character; to he determined
to refuse all offers of partnership :;
be careful rs to lending money, or
being bound with others; avoid
oil lawsuits keep your b oks
posted, and look we'll to the nc
counts of your customers bring
up yonr family to economy and
industry-if you observe these
things, you will be able, with
Gods blessing, to pay your debts.
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THE DRY EARTH TREATMENT OF
WoUNDs.-The Philadelphia Star
says: DR.. Hewson, a well known
physician Of this city, and an al.
vocatc of tho "dry earth treat
merit of wounds" concerning
which there was such a lively dis.
cussion some months ago, Gin tho
case of the lamp-homicide of An
mic Peoples, has continued this
method of treating wounds with
very favorable results. In q late
medical journal he cites q case of
compound fracture Of the leg, the
limb being kept at rest by means
of sand bags. In tho absence of
thesc, dry earth was substituted.
which had the effect of entirely
dispelling tho offensive odor OF tho
wound, and their nse was contin.
ned with most happy results tho
earth was changed every three or
four days. Again, hc states that
a man affected with scnrvy which
had resisted all other treatment,
was entirely cured by being buried
mp to tho neck in soil for about 20
minutes.
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To CLEAN LAMP CuMNEYs.-

To CLEAN LAMP CnIMNEys.-
Most people In cleaning lamp
'chimneys, either use a brush made
of bristles twisted into a wire, or
a rag on the point of scissors. -
Both of these are bad for, with.
out great care, the wire or scissors
will scratch the glass as a diamond
does, which, under the expansive
power Of heat, soon breaks, as all
scratched glass will. If you wan,
neat little thing that costs moth
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Assuming It to be the true policy
to'raise our own provision crops,
and thus cave tho money that
would be required to buy them,
the inquiry naturally arises, which
are the safest, surcst and most
- profitable of these crops to grow 2
1t is an in6isputable fact, that
the cotton growing part of the
South (by comparison with moro
northern latitndes) is not good
grain growing country. The eli.
mate is against us. The usual
droughts in June and July are de.
structive to corn crope. I may
safely assert that in moro than one
year out of five the drought cuts
of the corn fourth, a half, and
sometimes causes ali almost total
failure. Notwithstanding these
drawbacks, it is cheaper to make
it than to buy it, pay the costly
transportation on railroads and the
hauling from depote, at the heavy
expense OF wear and tear Of mules,
etc, beside the loss of the side
product Of fodder, slIucks, and the
run Of tho fields; therefor G, it is
important that we make our own
corn, but with the drawbacks
arising from our climate, it is not
amiss to ascertain if oats may not,
to q great extent, be ,tituted as
the surest, safest and most profita-
BILE feed crop.
Heretofore, the oat crop has had
bnt little attention. and then only
to make up the deficient corn crop
of the previous season, and sowD
on our poorest fields, without ma
nuring, reserving the best lands
and manures for the corn and cot.
ton crops. The result generally
is {what might be expected a light
yield.
At the ! isk of being considered
tedious, / will relate: my own ex.
perience,
For tile past sixteen years / have
cultivated my present farm. Orig.
inally, 1t was thin, piney woods
land, and had been IN cultivation
about twenty years before / came in
possession, and was we'll exhausted
by the usual careless scratching sys.
tenn. During the sixteen years /
have operated tho farm, with libe-
raj mannring and careful cultiva.
tion, / have had only two good
corn crops, making respectively
twenty four and twenty five busheis
per acre, manuring we'll each year.
] have for the past fourteen years
experimental with oats, begin.
ming with seeding FIVE pecks to the
acre, and no manure, resulting In
crops hardly worth cutting. By
manuring with one hundred pounds
guano to the acre, / succeeded bot.
ter, getting an average Of twenty
bushels to the acre. Since, I have
gradually increased the seeding.
and TOR the past two years have
sown three bushels Of oats to the
acre, with fifty pounds fiour Of
bones and fifty pounds Soluble
Pacific Guano, plowed in together,
and o top dressing Of one hundred
poands Peruvian per acre, about
the middle OF February, resulting
in tbirty.Rve bushels clean famed
oats per acre, bcsides losing full
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G. F. TOWNEs, EDITOR.
j. G. BAILEY, ASSOCIATES

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inserted til ordered oai, and charged for.
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Our own company we cannot
avoid we should make it as good
~ possible.
The fairest action Of human life,
is scorning to revenge an injury.
THEnE is always time enough to
boast--wait a little longer.
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ing, and will save half yeur glass,
tie asoff piece Of sponge tho size
of your chimney to a pine stick.
Astonishing Aztec Ruins = Altar
Fires and SkelstonS.

FIRES and SkelstonS.
Advices from Santa Fe state
that Governor Army, the Special
Indian Agent for that territory,
has found the Canon de Chelley,
which was explored for twenty
miles. The party found canons
whose walls tower perpendicular
~ to an altitude Of from 1000 to
1900 feet, the rock strata being as
perfect as If laid by tho skilled
hands OF mason, and entirely
symmetrical. Among these ruins
were found deserted ruins of an
cient Aztec cities, many of which
bear the evidences Of having been
populous to the extent of many
thousand inhabitants.
In ono of these cnnons, the rock
walls Of which rose not less than
1000 feet from the base. and whose
SUBMITS on either hand inclined to
each other, forming part OF an
arch, there wo found, high up,
hcwn out Of the rocks, the ruins of
Aztec towns of great extent, now
tenantlcss, desolatc. In each of
these rocky eyries there is in a
state OF good preservation a h use
OF stone, about twenty feet square,
containing one bare and gloomy
room, and a single human skele.
ton. In the centre of tho room
were the evidences that fire had
once been used.
The only solution of this enigma
yet ventured, is that these solitary
rooins were the altar places of the
Aztec fires; that from some cause
the people at remote period were
constrained to abandon their homes
but left some faithful scntinols in
each instance to keep alive the
iiaine that, according to the Indian
tradition of these regions, was 10
light the way of Montazuma again
to his people their hoped. for Mes.
sial and their Eternal King. A
close examination Of many Of the
ruins proved that the builder must
have been skilled in the manufac-
ture and use of edged tools.
Who these people were, whence
they came, or whittier they have
gone, is now one Of tho mysteries
to remain eternally unsolved.-
Some Of the ruins are reported to
be stone buildings seven or eight
stories i'll height, being reached by
ladders planted against the walls.
Round houses, twenty feet in di.
aneter, built in the most substan-
tial manner of cut stone, and plas-
tered inside, were also in excellent
preservation. Astonishing discov-
cries have been made of gold and
silver regions, richer than yet
known Oh this continent. They
arc supposed by well informed
persons to be the east mines, of
which tradition has handed down
the most marvellous tales, and the
mines themselves discover unmis-
taxable evidences of having beer
worked ages ago.
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SoRRow's best antidots is em,
ployment. Beauty devoid Of
grace is like q hook without q
bait.
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: GREENVILLB, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER "a ian

ana by q marvellous effort. to stOp
q bolo in his balloon made bv tho
shots OF bis adversary. Tho In.
trepidc then became the assailnnt,
several shots having been fred by
NJ. Nadar at the Prussinn balloon,
which suddenly whirled about and
fell to the gronnd with giddy veloc
ity. As soon as it reached the
earth detachment Of Ubhns, who
were in the plain, and who had
been following tho terial combat
ants throughout this exciting strng.
gle. rns,,cd forth, aud surrounding
tho balloon. received their cham
pion-God knows In what condi.
ton. They then hastencd of at
full speed to the Prussian advance.
post. In the meantime. NJ. Nadar
safely sleecended at Clarendon,
where he is still at this moment.
- SsasSs 49,
The Author Of "sweet Home"
AS ] ct in my garret here in
Washington, watching the course
Of great men, and the destiny of
party, / meet ofen with strange
contradictions in this eventiul lie.
The most remarkable was that Of
John Howard Payne, anthor OF
"Swect Home" / knew him per.
sonally. lie occupied the rooms
under me for some time, and his
conversation was SO captivating
that / often spent whole days in his
apartments. lie was an applicant
for Office at the time-Cansnl Mt
Tunis--from which bc had been
removed. e..
What a sad thing il was to sec
the poet subjected to all the l,umil.
iations Of Office seeking. OF an
evening We would walk along the
street. Once in awhile we would
sec some family circle go happy,
and forming 80 beautiful group,
that hc would stop, and then pass
silently on.
On such occasions he would
give history of his wanderincs.
his trials, and all the cares incident
to his sensitive nature and poverty.
"How "ttcn," said he, once, shave
| been in the heart Of Paris, Der.
lin, and Lensiou, or some other
city, and heard persons singing, or
the hand organ PLAYING Sweet
Home without shilling to bny
the next meal, or n place to lay
my head. Yet | have been wan.
dercr frcm my boyhood. My
country has turned me ruthle.sly
from office, and in old age / have
to submit to humiliation for bread"
Thus would hc complain of his
hapless lot. His only wisl, was to
die in foreign land, to lie buried
10y strangers, and sleep in obscu.
rity.
met him one day looking un-
usually sad" Have you got yonr
consulatc." said /.
Yes. and leave in a week for
Tunis ; shall never return"
The last expression was not po.
litical faith. Far from it. Poor
Paynel his wish was realized he
died at Tunis. Whether his re.
maine were brought to this country
l know not, they should he, and II
none others would do it, let tho
homeless throughout the world
give a penny for an inscription like
tho following:
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How MucH WHEAT FOR A BAR
REL OF FLoUR.--The question:
" "IIow much wheat docs it take to
make n barrel of fiour?' is often
asked, and the answer is of a gen
eral character, "Fivc bushels arc
allowed" At the annual fair of
the Dubuque County Agricultural
Society, in 1866, a premium of
$50 was offered for the best barrel
of flour made from winter wheat,
and also the same made from
spring wheat. A firm entered
ono barrel of each. accompanied
with the statement that siXte eli
bushels of winter wheat yielded
three barrels and one hundred and
three pounds of flour-at the rate
of four bushels and fifteen pounds
of wheat to the barrel. OF spring,
fifty bushels yielding eleven bar.
rcls of -four, being four bushels
and thirty.two pounds to the bar
rel. The wheat was of fair uuan-
tity and no more.
[Michigan Farmer.
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HERE LIES
j. HOWARD PAYNE,
The AwthOr of "S,ceet Uome.''
A wanderer in life, he whose songs
were sung in every tongue,
and found an echo in every heart,
NEVER nAD, a HOME.
HE DIED .,.- -s.ss !.
In a Foreign Land.
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tween France and Prussia
A Queens messenger arrived at Berlin yester-
day with project of peace from the English
cabinet.
The Emperor of the French expressed his
readiness to treat for peace, and the proposals
were made through Lord Lyons. The King of
Prussia and Count Bismarck were telegraphed
TO at headquarters. The King replied that If
Napoleon wished for peace he must ask for an
armistice In the usual way. The issue must be
decided either by arbitrament or war.
This Aftern oon's Quotations.
LONDON, Aug. 1s-130 p. M.-Consols, 91% for
money and 91Z for account. American securities
quiet. 5-20s OF 1862, s7Z. Railways steady.
LIVERPOOL Aug. $3.50 p. Motion steady.
Cheese, 62s. Bacon, SIS. for Cumberland cut
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Philadelphia Trade Report

THURSDAY, Aug. 1s.-Bark is offered at $50 per ton
for No. / Quercitron, without finding buyers.
The Flour market presents no new feature there
being very little demand either for shipment or home
consumption, and prices though quotably un-
changed, have downward tendency. Sales of
few hundred barrels, including superfine at $500
575; extras at S6@6'25; Iowa, Wisconsin and Min
nesota extra family at sc b0@712H Pennsylvania do
do. at $7@7'50; Ohio do. do within the same range
and fancy brands at S7'759S50, as In quality. Rye
Flour may be quoted at 50. In Corn Meal nothing
doing.
The Wheat market is dull, and the offerings are
largely In excess of the demand Sales OF old Penn
sylvania red at sl'45, and 5000 bushels Indiana
do. at S142@145 Rye is steady at 95@9sc. for new
Western, and 81 03@1O5 for old Western and Penn
sylvania. Corn is withoutimprovement, and prices
are weak. Sales of 2300 bushels Western yellow at
g. and Western mixed at 90@76c., as In quality.
Oats more steady at yesterdays quotations. Sales
OF old Pennsylvania at Soc, and $500 bushels new
Western at 46@52c.
Nothing doing in Barley or Malt.
Whisky is active. Sales OF 1856 barrels Western
ron-bound at CSC. @sl, and 25 barrels do. wood
bound at 97c,
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Vinegar and the Revenue.

VIHeNHF una tn6 hbV6uuts
Despatch TO the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s-The subject Of the manu-
facture OF vinegar from mashes, worts, or washes,
is receiving close attention by the internal revenue
officers The construction OF the law seems to be
such as to prohibit the manufacture of vinegar from
mashes, etc. and to compel the manufacturers to use
tax-paid Spirits instead Of availng themselves OF
the alcohol contained In such mashes as have been
heretofore used The enforcement OF this view OF the
law must tend to increase the revenue from spirits
as the quantity OF vinegar consumed by the country
will require annually about one million gallons of
spirits for its production. This would increase the
internal revenue from tax paid on spirits about half
a million dollars annually.
Custom Receipts
for the week ending August b. 1870, from New York.
1886; Boston, S426, 770 Philadelphia, sl1792s:
Baltimore, s19os91 New Orleans, July 30 to August
9, sl82, 1ss; San Francisco, July 80 to August 6,
5000, ,629. Total, 81, ,21O, ,392