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A DECISION as IS A DECISION
The Bedford, (Va.) Sentinel says: In
a neighboring county, recently, q case
was tried, in which the Judge had been
counsel for one of the parties before he
was elevated to the bench. Under the
statue of Virginia, By consent of parties,
a member of the bar was requested to
act as Judge. During the progress Of
the cause an unstamped note, given for
the purchase Of the mule, was offered to
be read in evidence. 1t was objected to
on the ground that it was unstamped.
The poiut was argued elaborately, and
the acting Judge promptly decided !:
"The court is of the opinion that mas
much as it tappears in evidence that the
mule for which the note was given was a
Government mule and the mule itself
was duly stamped, it is not necessary that
the note should be stamped at all" The
note was read in evidence.
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a KuAIux Trial in Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, July 21-Nine men
were brought before United States Com
missioner Beatty to-day, charged with
being concerned in the recent Kuklux
outrages near Fletbure, Estill county, in
which one man was killed aud several
wounded, all Of the Kuklux party.
Bony Vaughn, one of the negroes
Kukluxed, testified to the attack on his
home, in which Thomas Payne gave
States evidence. He said he belonged
TO the Kuklux gang; had joined them
to escape their prosecutions was with
them In the attack on Yaughn's house,
and pointed out six of the prisoners he
recognized IN tae party, mentioning the
names of a number of others not pres
ent. He had been warned to leave by
them. and was hunted and his house
searched for him, and joined the band in
order to escape injury and learn all about
them, so he could inform on them and
get satisfaction for his wrongs. He told
of several of the band in Estill county,
organized and under orders of their lead
ers, and repeated several instances of
outrages by them when he was forced to
be present under threats. 1t appears
that the moving cause of these organiza-
tons, which are local and known to exist
only in the mining districts of Estill and
Powell counties, was the entrance of an
Ohio company into the district, who en-
ployed large number of negro hands,
thus arousing jealousy and ill-feeling
among the whites of that vicinity.
Payne's evidence, if true, is more i'm
portant, as it is the first instance of So
called Kuklux exposing his organization
and comnanions.
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The Fatal sisters.

As Mrs. Wharton, the Baltimore
prisoner, is safflicted with form Of inter-
mittent insanity which leaves her re-
markably lucid intervals, il is highly
probable that the law will deal with her
as gently as it deals with the beautiful
murderess of-the ,Pasifie. sloPes .op.with
their brilliant rival in tho land Of steady
habits. There is no doubt that some
body has been "slinging" arsenic very
freely in Mrs. Sherman's family, but
there does not seem to be the slightest
evidence that Mrs. Sherman herself is
guilty of the crime. "No one saw her
with the poison; no one saw her prepare
food for two of the victims-the girl and
the baby-neither did she have access to
eitheir medicine or food"
AS for the beautiful Laura, there is
no doubt whatever about her case. The
doctors say that she has passed into the
pretubercular stage phthises, and this
auspicious circumstance, together with
the political influences working in her
favor, will, of course, give her a very
good chance for her life. But since the
death of "poor Crittenden," life has had
few attractions for the impassioned aud
impulsive Laura.
"When lovely woman stoops TO folly
And finds too late that m a betray,-
What charm can soothe her melancholy
What art can wash her guilt away =
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BULBS SARSAPARILLA.
sr. LOUIS, April 80.

ST. LOUIS, April 80
DIR. JoHx BuLL-Dear sir: Knowing the
efficiency of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses, l
send you the following statement of my cnse:
was wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet. I have not sat up
moment since / was wounded. | am shot
through the hips. My general health is
impaired. and l need something to assist
nature. i have more faith in your Sarsa-
parilla than in any thing else. wish that
that is genuine Please express me half a
dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. G. p. JOHNSON,
P. S-Mr. johnson was the son OF a skill
sful surgeon His mother recommended to
her friends, and for many years used my
Sarsaparilla with perfect success. In Scrof-
MIA and Fever-sores Mrs. Johnson states
thatthe cures effected were almost miracu-
lous. Read my Journal for extended in
formation and advice in your case. My
Journal contains certificates of eminent
persons, ministers and medical men--men
who are known here in this community for
integrity and veracity. l have recently
received a most remarkable certificate from
an eminent gentleman of Louisville.
JOHN BULL.
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From the Mayfield Democrat
Pioneers Meeting,

At a meeting of Pioneers of Western
Kentucky, held in the Court House at
Nayfeld, Graves county, KY, the fol-
lowing proceedings were had:
Judge r. K. Williams was chosen
Chairman of the meeting, who in an ap-
propriate and well timed speech explain
ed the object of the meeting.
Robert T. johnson, Jr., was elected as
Secretary of the meeting.
The followinwing resolutions were
adopted
WHEREAS We Pioneers of Wes-
tern Kentucky, have determined to meet
at Mayfeld, Graves county, Kentucky,
for the purpose of having a regular old
fashioned Barbecue" Friday, September
22d; therefore be it
Resolced, That the following named
citizens of Graves county, be, and they
are hereby appointed, to meet at as early
date as possible, to solicit contributions
have publication made, and do all other
things necessary to be done, to the end
that the "Barbecue" may be grand
success:
James Austin. G.. j Whittemore, W.
D. Dunbar, James Ridgway, Col. S. r.
Smith, Bernard We'll John w. Myers,
n. A. Coulter, Fl. X. Warren, r. I.
johnson, ir., Jno. f. McElrath, ]. d.
Landrum, j. S. Thomas, r. n. p. Fields,
Wilson Mahan, and J. ?. Smith.
Resolced, That any four Of the above
IN, too ~ orA ~ alGn four OF
the other commit,sk
Rcsolccd, That n. Morse, P. B. Ad-
ans, Rev Willis White, Erwin Ander-
son, w. D. Dunbar, James Austin, Z. > +.
Whittemore, S. r. Smith, j. d. Ian
drum, w. N. Cargill, c. G. Coulter, Il
I. Johnston, jr., and Jacob Corbltt, be
appointed committee of invitation,
with power to appoint others on saia
committee also to appoint a proper
committee of arrangements to have the
grounds suitably prepared.
Resolued. That the invitation to SPEAK
ers be extended to their families, and be
confined to only such as were identihea
with the Purchase" as early as the year
1880.
Resozrsd, That all the Pioneers of the
Purchase'-men and women-and the
Oldest son Of such as are dead, who were sen
here during, and before the year lo2o,
are especially invited to meet us that day
at Mayfeld. H.
Resolued, That the newspapers OF the
"Purchase" be requested to publish
these proceedings, and that their editors
and proprietors consider themselves IN
yited guests.
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ErIgh,fullx sudden Deatll.

The Kentucky Yeon1aR says, that on
Saturday Mr.. Pat Noonan who keeps a
saloon on Main street, having occasion
to be absent, left his little daughter six
years of age and son Of a neighbor
about the same age in the saloon, with
directions that if any one came in to call
some one from another room in, the
building. After Mr.. Noonan left, the
children went behind the counter and
commenced drinking whisky, from the
effects of which mis- daughter died in n
few hours. 1t is supposed that she drank
as much as pint.
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George Alfred Townsend recently
asked a body of regular officers at Angle
Island who they thought the ablest Con-
federate General. The answer was
"Joe Johnston. Joe cleaned his re-
treat up the peninsula before Mcclellan
as smooth as a threshing floor. He
didn't leave a meal of victuals or IN old
pair of shoes. He amused sherman
around Atlanta one hundred days with
feints at an offensive movement when
he hardly commanded an effective poor
house. Joe Johnston was always clear
soldier. of prescience and nice strategy
and dexterity."
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VOUDOIS1I.
TIEe Inconvenience OF ObIiging
ones Friends 10y Playing Idol.

TIse Inconvenience Of ObIiging
ones Friends by Playing Idol.
In connection with the recent annual
celebration of the "Voudois," which is
always attended with many ecceutrici-
ties, the New Orleans Picayune tells the
following
"Their strange superstition is capable
of as many vagaries as the mind has
ideas. One of the essential requisites of
their saturnalia is an idol. II represents
some fetish divinity. Not having one
at hand on Saturday at their demonstra-
ton at the Lake, they pursuGled a well
known citizen to personate il. For this
purpose he mounted pedestal prepared
Tor the purpose, and was soon invested
with the robes of Office. 1t VS. some
what iuconvenient to sit out 10 fSs broil-
ing sun and receive the petitions of his
worshippers all day long; but ne did
do it.
But when night closed in lie was socle-
what surprised to learn that il was the
custom Of Voudois to sacrifice their idols.
This was the least bit alarming. On one
side Of him Maria Leone Gas preparing
the saerifcial robe, while on dip other
DR.. Antoine was wSetting the knife that
was designed to kill him. Matters look
ed serious. The citizen looked around
to appeal for help. EverywhGre he met
the upturned faces of the Vohdois. 1t
was more than he could endure, and with
yell of alright and wild jump for
liberty, he cleared the circle e bound
and made for the woods, the whole yell
ling pack at his heels. But terror lent
him feetness, and diverging toward the
city, be soon found himself rapidly trav-
erslng Elysian Fields street, in the di-
rection of Washington square. Here he
encountered policeman who took him
in Arraigned before Jutice Leclerc, he
attempted an explanation of his unhap-
py condition; but his terror was so re-
cent and his ideas so confused, that he
could say nothing intelligibly. Under
these circumstances he was very proper
ly sent to the asylum as insane"
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THE JEFF. DAVIS SCANDAL.
What "a Memphis Paper says of
the Affair.

From the Memphis Appeal, July q.
We are not disposed to speak in undue
haste even in defense of an injured fell
lew citizen or friend. We think that a
life of integrity and honor as pure and as
much above suspicion as the driven snow
or Cesar's wife; as irreproachable as the
chaste name of Calhoun, or the fame of a
Lee or Washington, which has endur-
ed for period bordering on three score
years and ten, should be sufficient
shield against all possible calumny. Up
on this have we thought proper to rely
in the case of certain charge brought
by his enemies against Mr.. Jefferson
Davis. We have hitherto declined in
his behalf lest we might give eounte-
nance to the idea that a denial might be
required, but we are told the silence of
the Appeal is misconstrued, and that an
inference is drawn therefrom that the
charge brought to defame him can not
be denied While we can be responsible
for no mans honor but our own, we find
it necessary, in self defence, to say that
We both deny and disbelieve the accusa-
ton made by the correspondent of the
Louisville C0ntD1erciaL We believe it
originated in malice alone, and that it is
as false as it is Infamous This same in
dividual, we are informed, visited Mr..
Davis for the purpose of interviewing
him, and was expelled by Mr.. Davis from
his Office only the day or two before He
was a correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing for so much line in the
Louisville Commercial; and immediate
ly after his expulsion, we have been told,
in the psesence of two or more gentlemen
in this city, he said that he would get
even with Mr. Davis. He has essayed
to do it by this SANDER He was expel-
led for using publicly the contents of a
letter marked private and confidential,
written by Mr. Davis. He was too de-
graded to know, or too vile to refrain
from an infamy impossible to honorable
men. 1t is not strange that such crea-
ture should be little sore and become
malignant from the touch of Mr. d. s
boot, nor is it strange that one capable
Of violating confidence among gentlemen
should also be capable of any slander
necessary to crafty his revenge against
a man he had injured. To such a rep
tile the motive was irresistible, and no
possible testimony from him is worthy of
a thought, or could receive attention
from any not the enemies Of Mr. Davis.
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ENGLISH NoBILITY.-After all there
is nothing like your fine old English
gentlemen. Mr.. Stephen NOVEL; Us
ticke is country gentleman and magis-
trate of Cornwall. He struck lady,
guest in his house, because she interfered
when he was abusing one Of his children.
The lady, we are happy to say, knocked
him down and ran away to a neighbor's,
and after she was gone Mr.. Usticke burn
ed her clothes. For this he was fined
e5, which he probably did not mind at
all, and the magistrate observed that he
narrowly escaped going to Jail, which
was great pity. Then here is the noble
Earl Of Aylesford, frisky young peer
of forty six, arrested for disorderly con-
duct going home from the races, when he
amused himself with throwing -four over
persons whom he passed on the road.
What pity we have no aristocracy in
America.
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HICKM.ANoCOURIERs.
PUBLIsnEE EvERY WEEK By
@ g rye w arre n,
oFFICE-
On the corner of Jackson and Kentucky sts
(up stairs
CHAs. A. HOLCOMBE'S COLUMN.
DIR. JOHN BULLS
Gre a t r g NJ G di G $.
DIR. JOHN BULBS
Concentrated Extract of
B e g Ell Z
COMBINED WITH
Bromide Of Potassium.
Purchase Bottle and carefully read direc-
tions.

DUCHU Is a STIMULANT, and of itself
X NAV fail to effect cure, but Buehu,
when scientifically combined with Bromide
~ Potassium and other ingredients, pro-
duces n sedative effect, and causes a neaithy
action, thus increasing the powers OF 9iges-
tion. allaying irritation, reducing al uh-
natural swellings, stopping pain ana imam
,,o+;o,, opd causing the repairs and nutri-
Ynents in the human body to be greater teah
.be wastes thus preventing decompositI,oin
and decay. and gives nourlshmeA''
and vipor to the system -. ,.;e;,,,,
Nv BvIchu is good for all diseases arlsi.g
f-oT1 excesses; such as Weakness, ana ram
in the Back and Legs, Trembling IN Ine u.l
-, 80 tba Heart, Weak Nerves, faiild
SSo,,ntanance. Dryness of the Skin, Serotuia'
SvTbiIis in its many forms, Ulcers, ana
Tumors. 90 tba
Ifvour system is affected by any OF 'ne
above symptoms and diseases, re, relie n
to5 CT hottie ofuy Buchu and Bro
nide of Potassium at once ana you In"S ~
know lust what say. Ny record as a
Co,anounder of Medicine is second TO no man
in the Southwest.
Twenty-Five or thirty years ago, es my
felIoyx-citfzens know full WELL found me oe
hind the prescription counter in the city IN
-.h;cf I now dwell: have cured more peo-
T,Ie OF various diseases than nh 'Hg Pyt
clans in Louisville put together. Ghuouo.- w
edly. for every single patient thaI IN an{
Louisville physician has ! nave AZ : rui, M.1,;-
IAN no upstart of Yesterday. MY Meui-
Ciues are a success great success LOUIS LOUIS
Vile is not large enough for me TO 70 na1e NV, q
eompetitor. l monopolize the holssaIe
Patent Medicine Trade here. One anu an an
other has tried, by copying after me nele
in Louisville, 10 compete with me- put nI on1
after another, their guns have been slIenceu'
and their efforts have been aboruVe'
Nv Medicines are good and answer vac
rurDose-that is the secret OF my success
hIv irenutation as a compounder OF good, re-
Iisbls articles is fully established:
believe nv Buchu and Bromide OF
tassium is the best article now IN the M NJ
ket for the cure Of all diseases OF the 1rinaiS
or genito-unrinary organs, such IS noe,I1- ,N,,1l
nal Tncontinence, Irritability Of the blaGlee
an Urethra, Inflammation OF the IeIois
Of the kidney, and all that class of diseases.
INV q dollar bottle and be cured. Use as
per directions III all cases.
R'- 49, JOIN BULL NJ D.
Manufacturer and vender Of the
NET ERR ATFD
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1 RrMARKAnLE SpRINa.- Silv.

A REMARKABLE SPRING. = Silver
Spring, Florida, is one of the greatest Gu
riosities in the South 1t bursts forth
in the midst of the most fertile portion
of the State. 1t bubbles up in basin
near one hundred feet deep, and about
an acre in extent. sending from it deep
stream from sixty to one hundred feet
wide. and extending six or eight miles to
the Ocklawaha river. In the spring it
self fifty boats may lie at anchor-quite
a feet. The spring thus forms natural
inland port, to which three steamers now
run regularly from st. Johns, making
close connections with the ocean steam
ers at Palatka. The clearness of the
water is truly wonderful. 1t seems even
more transparent than air. You see the
bottom of the spring eighty feet below
vour boat. the exact form of the smallest
nebble. the outline and color Of the leaf
that has sunk and all the prismatic colors
Of the rainbow are reflected. Large fish
swim in it, every scale visible and every
movement distinctly seen. If you go to
the spring in boat you see the fssures
in the rocks; from which the river pours
inward like an inverted cataract.
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

E5ctract Of a Letter from Georgia.
VILLAxow, WALKER COUNTY, Ca,
June 90, 1866. !
DR.. Join BuIt-DeGr Sir; l have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find il wonderfully efficaeious. 1t has
not failed in single instance to have the
wished for effect. l am doing pretty
large country practice. and have daily use
for some article of the kin1.
l an, sir, respectfully
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ D.
P $50 unqualified and numerous are
the testimonials in favor of my Worm De-
stroyer that newspaper space is entirely too
small TO tell its merits.
1t is an infallible remedy for Worms Try
it and be convinced See my journal for
more full description. JOHN BULL
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stoning a CoIored speaker.

At the negro meeting at Morgan's fac
tory on Wednesday, Harry Howard (col.)
made Democratic speech, and was
pitching into the Radicals in gay style,
with Col. w. G. Goodloe, the Radical
candidate, right under his nose, when
some of the RAIDS commenced throwing
rocks, and the meeting broke up in dis
order. This is how the Radicals teach
freedom of speech. "If any one says
vote Democratic, knock him down." that
is Radical doctrine, if Col. Milward be
an Lexington Press.
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A Gard from the Confederate
EX-PreSIdent.
MEMPHIS, July ZI.-Ihe fOIOWlDg
will appear in to-morrow's Avalanche


MEMPHIS, July 81, 1871.
Before and since my arrival in Mem
phis this day, my attention has been call
ed to slanderous articles in certain Radi-
cal papers, which attack my private
character in connection with that of a
lady who, it is falsely stated, was travel
ing under my charge. 1t is deemed due
to myself as well as to my personal
friends to state, unequivocally and with
out delay, that the story in whole and in
all its essential parts, is Enthusiastically
the instigation of malice, and is hereby
pronounced utterly false.
GSigned1 JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Announcing Candidates.
For State Officers SlO %
For County {" W
For Municipsl officers 20
BHarrIng=s Etnd DSaIIas.
Notices of the abeve character will be in
serted free Of charge. Obituaries and trib
utes of respect inserted at 81 90 per square
H. Advertisements IN Local Column II
for four lines or less and 20 cents for each
additional line.
ESy- Voluntary communications, contain
ing interesting news, solicited from any
quarter. News letters from Western Ken
lucky and Tennessee especially desired.
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Mrs. TURNER, Of San Francisco, late
ly interviewed panther. Sac called it
"a moment Of emotion"
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Manufacturer and vender Of the
CELEBRATED
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06
The Depression In Cotton.

The reduction in the price of cotton is
q considerable drawback to the advantages
of an increased supply. There has been,
however, q remarkable falling off recently
in the receipts, owing to unfavorable
weather for picking at the South. Cotton
is now worth only about $50 per bale; last
year it brought $40 to 500 per bale at
this season of the year. So that, while
our receipts for the current year are a
quarter of q million bales in excess of last
year, at reduction Of from . to 10 cents
per pound. the South will not realize by
$50, 600, 900 as much money. This must
make great difference in the financial
strength of the cotton planting Interests,
as they agree in the opinion that the
present price does not cover the COST OF
production. This state of affairs must
necessarily restrict the far Southern trade
considerably, as planters will be forced to
restrict their purchases to bare necessities.
There can be little doubt that the produc-
ton of cotton this year will be largely in
excess of the worlds demand, as we can
see no evidence that Great Britain will
take as much as she did last year, and we
are almost certain to lose one half of the
export to the continent. Mr.. Wells, who
has given the most careful attention to this
subject, and who has the best and most
reliable sources of information, says:
that the effect of the war upon cotton and
cotton manufacture has been to almost en-
tirely stop the British export to two of the
chief European markets of yarns and
goods, the total annual export OF which
for the last few years has been over thirty
million pounds of yarn and 1Oo, OOO, OOO
yards of cloth. The expectation of raw
cotton also to the continent of Europe
from Liverpool and the American ports
has greatly diminished, and in place of it
O reverse movement has TO some extent
taken place, 10000 bales of cotton in
store at Havre, France, for the use OF
French manufacturers having been main
ly reshipped to Liverpool. The diminished
consumption of raw cotton on the CONT
nent for the year, in consequence of the
war, is variously estimated at from 3O0,-
OO0 to 100000 bales. Under such oircum--
stances, with an increase of product in the
United States and an average crop IL
India, the price of raw cotton has since
midsummer steadily tended downward, oc-
casioning to the producers in the United
States loss which is likely to far more
than Offset any realized or prospective
gains to the country from any increased
demand for breadstufs and provisions.'