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Almost ton Nunh for Relief

LOUISVILLE, August 1s.-A fiend.
ish murder, accompanied by circum.
stances of a most horrible atroclty,
has just come to Light in the south
ern part of this State. Last Saturday
a little girl aged ten years, daughter
of ESD. Thos. Bernett, living near
Fulton Station, on the Paducah and
Gulf railroad, at the dividing line be-
tween Kentucky and Tennessee, was
missing from home, and anxious
search was made for her, but In vain.
Suspicion was at length eentered upon
a negro who had been working for
Mr.. Bernett ever since the war, and
he was at once arrested, bat soon es-
capped and was shot and recaptured.
Upon becoming frightened he con-
fessed that he had committed rape on
the child. He first choked her to
death and then accomplished his
infamous purpose with the aid of a
knife, alter which he threw her body
In a pond, and then returned to the
house to ioln In the search for her. At
last accounts the incarnate fland was
In the custody Of the citizens, but has
probably been lynched by this time.
The French Journals still continue
to report outrages by the Germans In
France. A member Of one OF the
court martials, at Versailles, reported
that he had been wounded by Bava-
rion while walking In Charentou.
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Abbatucci, the Imperialist deputy
to the French Assembly from Corsica
has resigned his seat In the Chamber
to make room for Rouher.
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CARD.

II ths individual who addressed an 81 Even.
4 ing Ledger" 20 q gentleman. care OF q lffs
lnsurance drm. at No 3 Madison street con.
tanning an article on sunsrro kais has TIA
manliDess 70 cover his insinuatton vi a
name, he may hear Of something 70 his sd
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The schooner Stella was LOST in
Lake Michigan a few days ago, and
all the crew, TO the number Of eight
persons, were lost.
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IloEDoN, August 16. = ConsoIsI y.
q. 81 coupOns s.20s OF 1862, e85( do ae5s,
Ss1<; do 67s, az; 10e0s. COX. Beef
PAsIIs. "a IS. August is.-Rsn.ss. ST 7se. ne
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The planning mill Of the Bloomsbury
(Pa.) Lumber Company, with adjoin-
ing buildings and dWelling-house,
were burned Thursday night. Loss,
SO, 600; insurance, $4,000. The fire
was caused BY lIghtnlng..
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LOUISVILLE, August Is --Tobscco-Sales
were ls2 hhds; lugs, SS75&7 rs; common
TO medium leaf, 81 1909; good to hns, SO
@i5. Cotton quiet, but firm, at Isc. Flour
quiet; extra family, IS 80. Grain quiet.
Whest, 81 1021 20 for red and white on
arrival. Corn in moderate demand; choice
shelled sacked, 62@65c delivered. Whisky
firm at Ole.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, AugustI ls.-Cotton
strong; sales, 600 bales; Good Ordinary,
151S@l6ko; Low Middling, 16z<9171<c;
receipts, SIS bales; exports, none; net sx-
ports for the week, SlS9; gross, $500; ex-
ports to foreign ports. 94S9; coastWise,
293O: Rales. $500: stock. g. 49,.
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Notice.
A LII knight Tenn plars, Royal Arch OF q
n Master AasOns, together with their ~
families, desiring to visit Baltimore on/NN
the 10Th OF September, viii give their names
70 Sir Bun. y. Price, Chairman OF Ccmmiutse
at and Jefferson street, by August 18th
nom whom all information can be obtained.
Fare tor round trip, $50; tickets good for
thirty days.
By order gro. MELLERSH Z C
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CHARLEsTON, August l5.-CottOn mar
kst quiet, but firm; middlings, 17c; net
receipts. bales; exports eoastWlse, IS;
sales, 50; stock, 2740. Net receipts for
the week, SS7 bales; exports eoastwises
e07: sales. 45O.
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English and Classical School,
303 Third Street,
w. z. MITCHELL, PRINCIPAL.

THE REGULAR SESSION WILL CON-
Il mence september 9th next, and continue
ten months. For terms and fur her psrticu.
room.
The Summer Session viii cOntfnus thrszgh
the month Of August, and pupiis can be ad.
mitted at any time. jy25
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GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, August 1s.-COtton mar
kst duh good ordinary l53<e; net rsesipta,
Is bales; stock, es5s bales. Net receipts
for the week, 10l4 bales; exports 70 Great
Britain, 2552; coastwise. 671.
ln PHILADELPHIA,
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SAVANNAH August IS.--COttOn dun
and nominal; middling, 179l7<c: net re-
oeiEas, 20 bales; exports coastTtss, Al
sales. Is; stock, 3615. Receipts tor the
week, 748 bales; exports ooastwiss, 1915:
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NORFOLK.

NORFOLK, August Is-.Cotton steaiy;
low middling 1910. Net receipts, AZ bales
middling, 19o; net receipts, % bales; ex,
ports coastWise, Il; stock, 571. For the
week-net receipts, 80; exports coastwise-
n
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CANNEL COAL,

which burns In thin pieces like a Ia
per, also abounds. There are certain
~ i've, perhaps six, different horizon
Lal strata OF coal supirimpOsed one
above the other from the base TO the
bummit of the mountain. The thick
ness Of these strata vary from four to
seven feet. The vein now wrought
is four and a half to five feet thick.
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A
NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, August Section duh
and unchanged; low middling, 15%c;
stock, 820 bales. Flour In active local
and shipping demand; superfine, 81 50G
4 70; family, 5O97 so. Wheat, Sla1 26.
Corn 65967o. Barley, 45c. Cornmesl, IS
@70, Bscon-Shouldsrs TIC; clear rib
sides, SIC; elearsides, $50. Hams
plain, IKE; sUgar-cursd, Ice. Prime
steam lard II 10,
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Notice.

ID EING the only exclusive wholesale Hat
- house IN the city, merchants VIII And
IL TO their interest 70 give me call, ans
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WILMINGTON, August, 1s.-CottOn un,
settled; middlings, ,lse; exports coastwise
80 bales; stock, SOC. Net receipts for the
week IS
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CAPE ISLAND, n. J., August 49,
Jonathan Hoffman, farmer living
on the Courthouse road, two miles
from the island, was murdered last
night while walking home from a
neighbours house In company with his
wife. He received full charge Of shot
and died in few minutes. The MUIR
der is supposed to have been commit
ted by a vagrant boot. black whom
he had detected robbing a melon patch
some time since. The authorities offer
a reward of $500 for the arrest of the
murderer.
LATER.-The reward for the capture
of the murderer of Holman has been
increased to $1,000. No arrests have
been made.
Unfortunate Canadians.
NEW ORLEANS, August 18.-The
Alexandria (La.) Democrat, Of the
10th inst, says that during storm on
Bayou Rapides, on the 18th inst, two
strangers sought refuge under 8 tree
and were killed by lightning. A let
ter and a memorandum book were
found on their persons, which leads
to the belief that the parties were
Canadians, named R. B. Buck and
Shook. No effects or money were
found on their persons. In the
memorandum book was written:
s'Frank Meals book" The letter was
from Kilbourne City, Wisconsin, and
signed, ssFred and Hattie" and In it
reference was made to Shook being In
IN health. The citizens In the imme-
diate vicinity Of Bayou Rapides gave
the bodies as decent o burial as they
could under the circumstances. Burial
service was read, and q proper respect
paid the remains Of the unfortunate
strangers.
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MOBILE, August ls.-Cotton strong;
middling, I77<e; net receipts, ss bales;
exports eoastwise, q; sales, 40 bales;
stock. 4777 bales. Net receipts for the
week, 4S4 b@es; exports to Great Britain,
ass; cosstWise, IT'S; sales for the week,
IT6O
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ROATON.


BosroN, August 1s.-Cotton firm; low
middling, 1870; gross receipts, l69 bales;
sales, 800; stock, 1000 Net receipts Tor
the week, 1S6; gross, 1855; sales, 1000.
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BALTIMORE, August, 1s.-Cotton steady
and In fair demand; middlng, 1s5<c;
net receipts, l08 bales; gross, liz; exports
coastWise, "a; sales, 12S; stock, 1O6. Net
receipts TOR the week, SS5; gross, s9s; ex-
ports coastWfse, $40: sales, no,
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NEW YORK, August 1o.-On Mon
day, August 9th, the ocean race for
yachts of all nations, Tor the challenge
cup presented by Commodore Ben
nett, Of New York, will be sailed
from this harbor, to and around the
light-ship off Sandy Hook, outside of
Long Island. and rpfurD
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PHuKDELPE1A. August 1s.--C0fscn i
firm. uniddlinR. Ie3<e.
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LONDON, August I8.-William
Haitian Thompson, Sheriff Substitute
OF Inverness, was yesterday sentenced
to five years imprisonment for forging
/ hfIIa ~ oUokau~1 .
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LaWreneehnrr.


MIR. EDIToR: II see in the last
issue of your excellent paper, no
tice to one of your correspondents
from Lawrence, (Nebuehednezer
Flips). have no idea this is his
real name, but doubtless he thought
the assumption of such a peculiar
name would give him more notori-
ETY. than the sense or elegance Of
his communication. We are taught
in the Bible that, five hundred and
thirty-eight years before the birth
of Christ, Nebuchadnezzer was
King of Babylon, and was in many
respects, the greatest man of his
day, but, owing to his great wicked
ness and abomination, his reason
was dethroned and he was dri-
ven from the sons of men, and his
heart was made like the beasts and
his dwelling was with the wild
asses, and he ate grass like an OK,
and his body was wet with the dews
of Heaven, and his nails grew out
as bird claws, in which condition
he remained for the period ofseveh
years. I wonder if "Nebuchenezer
Flips" is a descendant of his or in
any way related to him. Ieannot
think for a moment he is, for Ne
buchadnezzer, while laboring under
insanity, thought himself to be an
OK, and, as Nebuchenezer Flips is
certainly laboring under the same
malady, he must conceive himself
to be an ass, as persons laboring
under unsoundness Of mind gene
rally think correctly of themselves.
JENKINS.
LAyRENcEBURG. March I4th.
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resistible," however much the hues
of the Tempter had to do with in
fuencing EYES disobedienee! Why
didn't Adam, with his superior
powers" refuse to partake of the
apple? No! Hear him. "The wo-
man whom thou gavest to be with
me, she gave me of the tree and I
did eatr' And since that woful
day, the whine has been kept
mp, and woman made the scape-
goat of the sins of the Nation.
If we are going head-long to com
mercial ruin, it's woman's extrava-
g9nee-if it is this, that or the
other, it is all woman's doings! 1t
was unmanerly in Adam to lay the
blame of his misdeeds upon Eve,
and it is just as unmanerly now for
the Lords of Creation to seek to
do the same.
We-are glad to see, at last, there
is to be a change in the programme,
and that woman's ignorance and
her miscellaneous light readings,
are to attract the profound atten-
tion of the Lords Of Creation" with
a view to their improvements Her
extravaganza, her curiosity-the
thread bare hobby-wil nosO be left
TO rest. EEs. JiJe. Eudei
ESTELLE VERSE.
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Quick Quarter.

A boy worked hard all day for a
quarter; be bought apples and took
them to town and sold them on the
street for a dollar. With the dollar
he bought a sheep. The sheep
brought him lamb, and the fleece
brought him another dollar. He
bought another sheep. The next
Spring he had two sheep, two lambs
and a yearli1g sheep. The three
feeces he sold for three dollars and
bought three more sheep. lie now
had six, with a fair prospect He
worked where he found an opportu-
nifty, for hay. corn and oats, and
pasturing for his sheep. He took
the choicest care Of them and soon
had u flock. Their wool enabled
him to buy a pasture for them, and
by the time he was twenty-one he
had a fair start in life, and all from
the quarter earned in one day.
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The Christian Gentleman.

A Christian is God Almighty's
gentleman; gentleman in the vul-
gar, superficial way of understand
ing the word, is the Devils Christ
ian. But to throw aside these pol
ished and too current counterfeits
for something valuable and sterling,
the real gentleman should be gen
tie in everything, at least in every
thing that depends on himself-in
carriage, temper, construction, aims
and desires. He ought, therefore,
to be mild, calm, quiet, even, tenn
perate-not hasty in judgment, not
exorbitant in ambition, not over
bearing, not oppressive, for these
things are contrary to gentleness.
Many such gentlemen are to be
found, I trust; and many more
would, were the true meaning Of
the name borne in the mind and
duly inculcated. But alas! we are
misled by etymology; and because
a ge- t'eman originally was homo
gentillis, people seem to fancy they
shall loose caste unless they act as
Gentiles. =
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Correspondence.
Woman.

We seldom take up newspaper
that we do not see a thrust by some
scribbler at woman.
Woman's curiosity, woman's ex-
travagance, woman's display.
It is a peculiarly mean trait of
pantalooned humanity to censure
woman and glorify himself.
IT'S true, we admit, woman has
her faults, her weaknesses, and may
have a ridiculous fancy for ribbons,
Iaces, silks, and jewels, and more
or less enslaved by tyrranical fash
ions, but is she one step ahead of
the Lords of Creation" in these
"folliesY'
How much do they expend for
costly APPAREL? Look at their dain-
ty cravats, their elegantly fitting
gloves and boots, and the cut of
their garments. Although "endow-
ed with superior power for grasping
knowledge" are they less slaves to
fashion? And if it is wicked, are
they not the more culpable?
What are your expenses for ci-
gars, fine tobacco, fine wines, bill
liards, fast-trotters, theater tiskets2
You, with your superior talent and
higher order of literature" should
pick the moat from your own eye
and you will see clearer to cast the
beam from woman's.
Charity should begin at home,
and your own "follies" should be
conquered before you, with your
superior powers" undertake wo-
mans reformation.
Woman fills her place well, and
if she does not excel the ''lords of
creation" in superior talent" van
ity and deceit, she does in the nicer
perceptions of the proprieties Of
life, and in her tender sense of duty
to both God and man.
She feels when he thinks, acts
when he deliberates, hopes when he
despairs, and triumphs where be
falls.
She has a quicker perception Of
right and wrong, and without know
ing aohy, reads characters and acts,
designs and probabilities. where
the .slords of creation, with their
superiority, see no letter or sign, and
with all their seIf-praise, do not
amount to much without woman.
Look at Washington carrying
important questions of State to his
wife for her quicker perception and
clearer judgment. Look at Napole-
on when he ceased to feel the bal
ance wheel Of Josephine's infuen-
&c upon his impetuous spirit, and
Cesar. had he listened TO the en-
treaties of his wife, her instiaetiUs
facility Of fore sesing eua, he might
have escaped the dagger of Brutus
We do not believe ''that colors
and fnery to the female sex are ir
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Asnen HILL

Mr.. EDIToR:-The meeting for
the purpose of organizing a Sun
day School here, took place at the
NJ. E. Church on last Saturday
night. Notwithstanding the threat
ening appearance of the weather,
the interest of the people in the
matter brought many of them out
from their homes. The Rev. Rob't.
Pagan deliSered an address, which
vas sttrely she erowning effort of
his life. Tie Showed, in a beautiful
and appropriate manner. the bene-
fits of Sunday School, and prov
ed decisiyely that a community,
blessed with one, enjoyed many adj
vantages over a society without
one. He said that some Of the
greatest men of our State owed
much of their reputation to the in
stitution, and that many evils of
society were corrected by its noble
influence.
Before and after the address we
were RECALLED with vocal music by
the class here under the manage
ment of the celebrated teacher,
Stephen Biles. After this nothing
more was done until the next morn
ing, when ]. A. Browning was ap-
pointed Superintendent, after which
about thirty students Joined the
different classes. It is well under
stood that many more who were
not present, will become members
of the school. AS the people are
determined to nse their united ef-
forts in the welfare of the school,
We fell safe in saying that it will be
a success. Yours truly, j. B.
March 14th, 1871.
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the home where my life had been
happy. In less than a week my IA
ther and / were on our way to Eu-
rope.
At the expiration of two wretch
ed years we returned, and learned
from our lawyer that my husband
had sailed for China, first making
over to me in fee simple all his real
estate. He never, so the lawyer
said, expected to return. I went
back to SWANS Nest. Everything
was unchanged. The rooms were
just as I had left them. Ny hus-
band would not LEI them be touch
ed, the housekeeper said. 'Had she
ever heard from him?" 1 asked
"Only once" she replied, "and then
the letter contained another; it was
on my dressing table," 1 went for
it myself and read it, sitting there
in our old room.
sViolet," it began, "you must
pardon this intrusion. It viii be
the last, for in all human probabil-
ity the disease that now consumes
me will soon give me a grave in a
foreign land. But there are a few
things I wish to say before I die.
was wrong not to explain all to you
from the first. But I desired to
spare you what you might consider
a disgrace. 1 thought you could
and would trust. It was my sister
you saw. She was vain and friv1-
lous, and eloped with a profigate.
The marriage was illegal, and Ethel
was disgraced She came to me for
help. I could not refuse her. I
was taking her to safe asylum
when I was absent that night You
understand it all now. Don't be
troubled, dear, but forget me ard
be happy. Ny sister is dead ncS,
and I have not, I fear, long tolive.
God bless you, deart IN heaven
all these wrongs will be righted."
For two years I lived at Swans
Nest; two years Of inexpressible ag-
ony; then the news came! A steam
er homeward bound, from Calcutta:
was lost, and Horace Reade was one
of the passengers. That was the
death of hope!
Another year dragged by. One |
sweet May evening 1 strolled down |
by the sea-shore. The sun was set
ting in waves of gold and purple,
and a full moon came up, flooding
the great sea and the long stretch
of glittering sand with misty splen-
dor. The tide rolled in with low,
musical murmur. I sat down upon
a rock.
Far out upon the bar a stately
vessel swung at anchor, and little
boat from it was coming in. I
watched the tiny craft with a kind
of fascination. Presently it grated |
on the sand and a man sprang
ashore.
A wild, nameless hope took shape
in my heart. I arose and tottered
forward, half unconscious. The in
stant after a strong arm clasped me.
Hooked up into the face above
me. 1t was wan and worn, changed
by suffering, but I knew it in an
instant.
"Oh, Horace, my husbandr' I
cried, forgive mer'
Then 1 felt his tears upon my
check, his kisses on my lips. The
happy world drowned in the splen-
dor of the spring sunset faded out,
and I sank into his arms insensible.
It is all over, the remOrse, the
loneliness, the aching pain? We
live at Swans Nest, my dear, for
giving husband and I.
81 had engaged my passage" he
said, in the steamer that was lost.
But fell i'll and could not come
then; and that sickness has restored
me to you, thank God!
thank him also, daily and hour
", for this undeserved, this perfect
bliss.
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WisesEsasauS.
Bar EIOquenee.

The following specimen Of bar 81
oquence in a not distant Western
State was actually delivered, as We
know from a correspondent. IS
here reported in his notes. The
case was the trial Of a person on .
writ OF inquirendo lunatico. Which
side the 'learned" and eioquent ad-
vocate was on It Is somewhat dim
cult to ascertain from bis speech:
sThe counsel on the other side.
sir, misapprehends the prineiple sa-
volved in this Important case. las.
sir, IS very simple, if zeundesstand
its elementary principles.
s'The principle of this CASE, SIS, g.
to be found in the horn-books or
the profession. I hold in my hand.
sir, a volume Of blackstone, sir, the
great author OF the English law;
yes, sir, hold in my hand, sir, that
glorious magnus chartus, the fona,
dation and buiwarI Of English llb-
crty. which was wrung By the Illus
trious King John, sword Ia hand
from the bloody barons on the
banks Of the pleasant Bonnynede,
on that momentous occasioni But
sir, I did not intend to mske z
speech, sir, end as ] have not exam-
ined the question, sir, 7 submit it
to the Court with these few and In
eongruyial TemRrks."
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SEVERAL years ago the great Tom
Marshal was delivering an address
before a large audience in Buffalo,
when some one in the hall every
few minutes shouted. "Londer!--
louderr' Tom stood this a while,
but at last turning gravely to the
presiding officer, he said: "Mr.
Chairman, the last day, when the
angel shall, with his golden trumpet
proclaim that time shall be no more,
I doubt not, sir, there wiz be in that
vast crowd, as now, some drunken
fool from Buffalo shouting Louder!
louder?" The house roared; Tom
then went on with his speech. but
there we're no more cries Of cloud
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The spectroscope IS q marvellous
instrument. It is constantly re
vealing new facts of the greatest i'm
portance. In this respect it is su-
perior to the telescope or micro
scope. It has already proven to us
that the same elements are in the
sun and in the stars as in the bod
les round about rs on the earth,
and it shows that if the planets are
not inhabited they could be, con-
tanning everything necessary to
sustain life like ours.