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Some Facts About the oyster.

The oyster when spawning does not cast
its eggs like other fish, but dissolves, as. it
were, Il part of its own body, which passes
off in long, slender threads, as fine as a spi-
der's web, upon which are congregated mill
lions of little eggs, not visible to the naked
eye, but which when put under powerful
magnifying glass astonishes the beholdcr by
their number. 1t is estimated that about
seventy per cent. of the spawn is destroyed
by fish, and about ten per cent. from other
causes, leaving twenty per cent. to End their
way into market. These little "sced,n
clinging to whatever they touch, generally to
old oysters, end the many little shells one
often sees clnging to large oysters, are but
the growth of these seed. When oysters
have spawned in clear place, and free from
their fish enemies, their growth is very rapid
until they attain the size Of a quarter of a
dollar; and it is at this period of their exist
cnce that the oystermen take them Cor trans
planting The shells are very thin, and the
inside meat scarcely larger than shirt but
ton, and having the rest of the shell filled
with a milky fluid, which in time forms the
body of the fish. Oysters, after they are
transplantcd, arc, with few exceptions, not
fit to eat under three years. 1t might be
supposed that the oyster, with its hard shell,
was free from all danger, but such is not the
case. He has two deadly enemies-the star
fish and the borer. The former will fasten
on the mouth of an oyster, and in a short
time suck the life out of him. The latter,
with his little saw and gimlet bill, bores
through his shell, and, once through, the
oyster is soon destroyed.
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toline grounds, as no other place could be
found large enough for the exhibition. For
grace, management of the horse, simpleness
of riding, and perfect agility in the saddle, or
bareback riding, they are unequaled. Their
saddles weigh sixty pounds, and their stir
rups are very clumsy, but they do not seem
to mind their membranes whatever. A
comical Irishman offered himself as victim
to be lassoed, and two horsemen galloped
their mustangs at full speed after him, throw
ing their lassoes with the greatness swiftness,
but the Irshman was too much for the Next
cans, as he ran all over the field in such n
zigzag manner that the vanqueros were COM
pletely vanquished, and the Irishman raised
much laughter from the crowd. 1t is a very
dangerous thing, however, to do, as it might
possibly result in broken neck to the VIC
tim who is lassoed by the wild MeXcans.
Altogether this exhibition is the most novel
one that has ever been offered to the New
Y ork public by any strangers in the circus
line of business.-N. Y. Herald, Eth.
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The horrible travesty Of justice which re-
suited IN the acquittal of Mrs. Fair has al
ready begun to bear its legitimate fruits. Tho
rash attack made by young Crittenden upon
his fathers assassin, as we find it described
i'll the San Francisco papers, was an error
which the young mans family and friends
have every reason to deplorc. Whether his
intention was to kill the woman, or only to
frightcn her from the city, the attempt must
be unequvocally condemned by every right
judgment. Public opinion in San Francisco
we arc fain to believe, must speedily drive
Mrs. Fair into an exile which civilized so.
cicty everywhere should be willing to con.
firm and continue. That justice which the
law sometimes denies, the universal contcmpt
and adherence of mankind often replaces
and young Crittenden only wrongs his own
desire for vengeance by an act which gives
the murdercss plausible excuse for assuming
the role of the martyr.
But, having thus expressed our entire dis.
approval OF Mr.. Crittendcn's course, we NAV
be permitted to repeat that it was but the
natural outcome of the events which pre-.
coded it. The maddcning sense of outrage
the frenzy of despair and humiliation. which
must possess man who sees his father br,l
tally shot down i'll cold blood, and the muir.
dcress TRANQUILITY eXoneratcd by jury of hcl
countrymen, hardly any effort of imagination
will help one to realize without actual expe.
rience. Such verdcts as this which has ilst
disgraccd San Francisco, and which has man,
no less disgraceiul precedents, must neccs,
sarily cause men to forget that distinction O.
Sex which such women rs Mrs. Fair remembc,
only when they need il as the shield of mos
unwomanly crimes. If women resort to tho
weapons of men, they must expect to be me-
with mems weapons; if they deliberately
unseX themselves, it is hard to see on what
score they can any longer claim consideration
by reason of their sex. And if .jurics persis
in holding forth to women this virtual immu
nifty of murder, there can be but one issue
from the violence of human passions. |
young Crittenden should kill Mrs. Fair 70
killing his father, the jury that acquitted he
might very possibly hang him. Public sen
| timent might even assent to the punishment
but it would be with a conscious shock. An,
the next man who, under similar crcum
stances, shot the next woman would prOba
bly, not be hanged at all in other words, W,
should revert to a primitive condition of so
cial anarchy.
To escape this inevitable and logical re
suit two things are necessary; first, such
general reform Of our jury system as shall
make intelligence and not ignorance tn
essential qualification of juror; second,
resolute and final declaration of public opin
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music consists of a delicate sort of screech-
owl vocalzation, with laundering tin-pan
piano accompaniment pounded out with no
regard to time, but special attention to tune.
Frequently a minute is spent searching over
the keys for dcmi-scmi quaver that no one
would observe if never sounded.
By the way, / see that your former con-
tributor,
ID. A. STRAKER,
is writing to the Galveston Standard. For
the sake of the liberal education he is re-
puted to have received, he ought to 60 back
and correct some of the anachronisms with
which his "Signs of the Times-Past and
Present." abound. On first reading L Won
dered whether Don Bombastcs FuriOsc had
become manifest in the flesh and afterward
remembered that the elections in Ohio, Penn
sylvania, and Indiana had just taken place,
and it was therefore natural for Washing
ton city man to be pulled up. However, he
must not forget the lamentablc fate of the
frog who would become an OK. AT the tail
end of his article he writes "tO be con-
tinued." Unless the next is an improve
mcnt, would advise him as Punch did those
about to get married." DON'T We are
little critical out here, and always like folks
to be sure they are right, then 60 ahead"
even if they do prefer Texas.
DEPUGu.
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The Poverty" Of the south.

The moro sensible and far-sceing Southern
journals are beginning to denounce the Gree
leyite editors and speakers who so flip
PANTY magnify the sullerings and poverty
of that portion of the Union. The Vicks-
burg Times, whose editor has good oppor-
tunities for obtaining information respecting
Mississippi, speaks most cheerfully of the
business prospects of that city and State,
and says " 1t is a noticeable fact that there
is a greater amount of prosperity in locali-
ties where there are plenty of Northern
people, and political and other opinions arc
tolerated. Take Corinth and Canton for in
stance. But there is no Astounding poverty
anywhere in Mississippi. She has produced
the largest corn crops in 1872 ever known in
her history, and her other crops will bring as
much money into her borders as that of any
previous year. We see no cause of com
plant, except at croakers and repincrs."-
New York Times.
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Castelar, on the Geneva Arbitra-
ton.

Behold, while king remains in Europe,
war RACES and labor languishes! An elo-
quent example is offered to you to-day that
should enlighten your conscience. a free
people-Democratic, Federal, Republican,
the people of the United States--had griev-
ances to redress, claims to settle, injuries to
avenge against the English monarchy, whose
statesmen, inpatient to put an end to pow
erful rival, and disturbed by the sight of q
successful Democracy, favored the slave aris-
tocracy of the South in the recent civil war,
and helped them to fit out piratical cruisers
on the seas They! the English, who glo-
ried in their abolition of slavery! And when
the great day Of judgment came for all their
offenses, the people of the Republic chose
not the horrors of just war, but the pacific
councils of an arbitration not the shock of
| armies, but the pleadings of jurists; not the
victory Of the sword, but the judicial sem
tence of q high tribunal that condemned their
powerful adversaries so giving a signal eX-
ample Of justice and opening new epoch in
International law. Meanwhile, on opposite
sides of the Rhine, two proud Caesars con-
| fronted each other with hate, and, for COM
| plants easily adjusted, for frivolous preteXts
rather than for weighty reasons, because
they had crowns to glorify, sceptres to
strengthen, dynasties to invigoratc-en
which could not be attained by the peaceful
means so natural to solid democracy, but
only by war, by fire, by death, the nourish-
ment of kings-they inundated populous
cities, they converted entire provinces into
grave yards, they stirred up hateful fires that
| devoured monuments of science and art, and
over the soil soaked with tears they strewed
countless victims, as if to prove to the stolid
and the blind that kings are not, as in their
mystic phrase they pretend to be, the repre-
| sentatives of God, but the fatal genii of Evil
untimely born of that hell of sorrow and Of
crime that afllicts the earth! [Stormy, pro.
longed, and frantic applause, interrupting the
orator for some moments in his Speech
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Dealt, Among the Horses.

The disease which has so generally at
tackled the horses of this city is not in itself
of fatal nature. Death is caused simply by
improper treatment and excessive medicine.
The nature of the disease is simply that of a
catarrh or influenza, and the horse should be
treated in the same manner as human being
similarly affected. To effect cure ii is sim
ply necessary to give warm iaXsecd tea, very
thick, so as to be mucilaginous, and to battle
the feet and legs with warm water, at the
same time covering the body with blankets.
A horse suffering from the complaint is not
likely to eat much food, but such as is offered
him should be thoroughly cooked, and ought
to be pure meal.
In connection with this cure there should
be used substances to purify the atmosphere
and neutralize its malarious clements. The
best articles to accomplish this cnd-are sui
phurous acid and carbolic acid. While act
ing in q somewhat different manner, both
these substances are valuable. They are
cheap, and no possible harm can accrue from
their being sprinklcd on the stable floors,
while much good may result thereirom. AS
a preventive, these chemicals are also of
much value, not only at the present time Of
danger, but at all times, for there are few
stables wherein gases dcleteriOus to health
are not generated by the want of proper
cleansing. Too many of the stables of our
city are below the ground level, and both
damp and unwholesome.
Briefly, then, every man should treat his
horses in this crisis just as he would himself,
if attacked with a bad cold, proportioninG the
dose to the relatively stronger organism.
Aconitc, bcladonna, other strong drugs, and
bleeding, are among the means of sending
the carcasses of the horses to the rendering
establishments. If moderately and properly
treated, the disease will probably have passed
away in ten days, but every horse improperly
dealt with will be left with lingering disease
analogous to the human pneumonia or con-
sumption.
As yet there appears no decided change in
the character Of the weather, and until this
occurs, no abatement of the disease from
natural causes can be expected. When we
shall have bright sunshine, whether it be
warm or seasonably cool, the malarious dis
ease will vanish almost simultaneously with
the damp fogginess of the present atmos-
phere. But as we cannot control the elc-
ments, we may now create the ozone, which
destroys the malaria, by the use of the
chemicals alluded to, just as nature creates
it by the electric nature of her warm sun
shine acting on the moist ar.-N. y. Times.
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M. Theirs has made an announcement
which will be received with some incredulity.
He has asserted that two thousand bombs, of
the Orsini pattern, are now in the hands of
the Partisan Communists. Now, this is
surely intended as joke. After killing
thousands of Communists in the capture OF
Paris, and exiting tens Of thousands to penal
colonies, to say nothing of those who have
been shot from time to time at Satory, it is
prepOsterous for NJ. Theirs to assert that
there are enough Communists left in Paris to
take charge of two thousand bombs. Does
each of the half-doZen Communists who may
yet survive carry four or five hundred bombs
in his personal pocket; or is the entire lot of
two thousand bombs hidden under the mat
tress of the boldest Of the half-dozen? If
the French President really desired that such
tales as this should gain credit, he ought to
have rescued from death or deportation suf-
ficient number of his enemies to render the
assertion that they contemplated new in
surrectiOn not ridiculous on its face.-N. Y.
! Times.
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What is called the "funcrap of Pcro
Hyacinthe has already taken place. 1t is
custom among Roman Catholic religious COM
munities to consider any member that deserts
them as dead, and the ceremony of burying
him is performed. This was recently done
at the convent of Dominicans to which NJ.
Hyacinthe Loyson belonged. A coffin was
customary burial service chanted.- Piila.
Press.
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COMMUNICATIONS.

THR New NATIONAL ERA does not hold itself responsible
for views expressed by correspondents Well written and
interesting communications will be gladly rcceivcdl
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19
The Philadelphia convention.

The Republicans held their Conven-
ion on Saturday last ut Philadelphia,
and nominated s. j. Martin of Monroe.
ts their candidate for Representative
from the counties Of Loddon and Mon
roe. Elem. didn't run worth a cent
On the first ballot he only received 8
votes, aud on the second, none. Martin
was Misunderstanding Al votes
which gave him s majority we Crippirr
and Rose, on second ballot.
The CANVASS ia fairly opened, between
Chambers and Martin. Chambers and
his party must work and work in earn
est. 1t will take all the votes We can
poll to succeed. Lnudon Gu unity votes
about $50 Republican majority, aud
Monroe about $50 or 500 Conssr, atiyp.
Thus it Will BE- seen that we have none
to loose. Let the conservative vO ers OF
the TWO counties wake up to their inter
est, and bring 10 tho polls every yota
they can for Chambers.
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The Regular Nominee.

In the W Il known hard ciler cam
lalgn Of 1910, IN oily politician appear.
Il ielore the BuIks county P~ennsylya-
MIA democrat, & persuade them il pos
albIt, to puss over .he regulrr nonina-
non and vote for Gen. Harrison. The
argument WAS that his pure character
and eminent services placed him on II
line with Gen. Washington, aud the APP
peal was in question whether if Gen.
Washington was alive aud Il candidate,
t.CS would not vote for him. An oh
democrat promptly rose to his feet and
sud-
"ion have presented the pure charac-
ter and eminent services of Gen. Harri-
son, and comparing him to Washington,
ask us il he was alive, and IL candidate.
would We not vote for him? We an
swer:-H Gen. Washington WIS alive,
aud IL candidate, aud the regular nom!
nee OF the Democratic party We would
cheerfully vote for him. Otherwise We
would not touch him with u forty foot
pole"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19

"Slm Bard, the distinguished GeOr.
gia editor" is the way the Philadelphia
Press puts it. In this the Press is sin.
gul rly cruel and unjust, forcing, rs IT
does, the word dlgtingulshrd to per-
form IL task which clearly belongs to the
word uotorious.-COWier Journal.
In this the Press is only s~lngularly
cruel and unjust but slanderonsly fnlse.
The Btrd is not Il Georgia editor. Sing
Sing is responsible for his nativity, and
Chattanooga is where he "hangs out
for the present He was a Ge.r.ia mn.
lSancp for n time, but he went ont with
the resi- Of the Bullock bandrti.--Sa
CaRadh NelrS.
Aud ii the devil hal his dues, old
tooth carpenter Standard would have
been food for his unquenchtble lake
long ago. He il onl" distinguished
for his want Of every manly attribute
and for his being IL miserable libel on
true manhood AMI his very presence n
deadly Upas on any society where he
'hangs out."-Gri6fn Georgian.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19
The MurdcrcrOi Mrs SrrraiL.

Andrew Johnson, tie murderer o
alrS. Surrutt, Il woman of uuspottou
'haInctrr ~ caud.dGiy iot Congress
When tHis womau was doomed 10 vi.
ne death Vi i lei IL by 6 Eody Of Llooi
THIRSTY S'liIms, Il Radical Ju ige gral.
'e" Lrr II writ OF haaraS corpus. o.
tue back o. this mandate Andrew john
con, then President OF the United
States, wrote the follow lng: 81 90
hrfeCJ s22riaiy alspend '!ia ~rii, aud
direct tha. yea Proceed I" execute the
or'isr Leretforr gwen upon the juds,
IneHt 0i Tue mh,lry coMni~si n. Ana
You vii give this order in return 10 this
writ. H0 thus refused to give this in
hocent woman an opportunity to de-
lend herself. This il proof euOu III,
and he stands before the world branded
as II cult blooded murderer. Not sat
iSied with this he demanded that Gen
eral Lee and other Confederate leaders
should be tried aud executed in the
same manner. lie aiid--''rreason
must 6e made odious-lrt the Leaders
OF tine rebellion lie brought to trinl q
General Grant, I've it said 10 his credit
declared that if Johnson 4 bloody poll.
cy was carried out he would sheath,
his sword and resign his commission.
And this man this eI-military tioysr,
uor-with all his bloody crimes hang
lnS Lyer HIM, PROPOSES TO represent
tue Stale uf Tennessee, tina he once de-
pressed and INUNDATED, in the Congress
oil the United States. Sh ,kspeurr' s
Richard the Third murdered II Kin
aud then wOOed aud won the heart OF
mis- weeping widow as she followed her
husbands bloody and manglrd CORPSE
to the era Q. The act VS. net more
dnnatural tnan for Tennessee to I've vi, II
by Andrew Johnson. with his hands
still stained with the blood Of her lnur-
dered men and women.
We cannot support surh n man. We
place at our masthead the name of Gel .
b. +. Cheatham, the peerless chiellalu
Of Tennessee, on whose bright esCutcli-
eon no stain has ever rested. He il
neither II murderer Of innocence, nor
a traitor to his party and country. HI
has ever been ready to respond to the
call Of his loved State, aud no matter
what the danger, or what the odds, he
was always ready for the energenc,
In sending HIM to Congress the people
would show that they preferred honesty
and purity Of character rather than hid
eous crimmality, even when coupled
with extraordinary ability and intellect,
-SOmerriWe Falcon.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19

The Chattanooga Herald. Rep. says
Andy Johnson will never die. He has
so much constitution" that strychninc
wouldn't poison or rope choke him.
Because Congress would not violate ihr
constitution he left the Republican par.
ty. Because Southern Democrats will
give him no place as n leader, he will
''ot act with them. Thus he is forced
either to lead the quiet life of a goou
Citizen, which does moi suit him, or try
as he is now, to get up n big party of
his own, composed of the mutual adj
mirers Of Andy Johnson, with ''my pol
ICY and the 'iold constitution" for q
platform. The people have no use for
them except as M amusement.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19
THE COURTS.
Supreme Court.
SEVENTH DAY

Samuel p Collins, in srror, vs. ID,
State; ordered b, the Court tn, m,';".,
Tor allowance Of costs he %aiioAei and c.,
Iiird t"r paymn u, of 'he Stlte fra
url, al 4 un motion ui Il. b. D"well, ~
dered tina q Len he retained on the
amuun ) Ir,PertI ely due the parties in
said bill OF co t. for his IT %ornry's fees in
thIs Case.
Richard Bradley, in error, w. ths Stat;
Attorney hcneraI w,ih appreciation of the
Court enters a noile prosegui and it Is
ordered BY the CouIt that the plaintiff i'll
error recover the States cost which shall
be taxed and certified for allowance aud
pay nient out Of ,he county Treasury OF
Jefferson county.
On NJ ton ut J. R. {. cke, The follow.
in were enrolled Az atrnsys Of the
Court: d. n. Nelson, II. A. U,a nbers.
w. NJ. Baxter. On motion If A. 5.
Prosser, f.. & johnson was enrolled as
an attorney of tho Court.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19

The Philadelphia City Item is awiullv
scared about the rebels of the South.
These Northern bomb proofs" during
the war will never get over the fright
given them Ivy the "rebel yell" that
echoed from the battle fields to their
sale retreats. The Item goes into spasms
over the following declaration OF Mr..
Greeley in II speech Mt Vicksburg. and
l'arndca it with n great flourish of tri-
nn?hs before its readers
We hoped the time would come when
the soldier who fought with Lee and
Johnson would occupy ms proud IL posi-.
ton i'll the hearts of the American peo-
ole as the soldier that fought under
Grant and Sheridan"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19

The opposition OF * President John
son to the Democratic Liberal nominees
is hearing fruit all over the State. In
many counties johnson candidates"
and 'Cheatham candidates" aIe amour
red for the Legislature, and a few weeks
hefare the election we may expect to
hear of Radical candidates coming ont
nndin many instances the latter will be
elected. Willingly or unwittingly, Mr..
johnson has brought this ~deplorable
state of things upon US, and he alone
can remove it by withdrawing from the
canvass IA a candidate. II he was the
nominee, tho people would support him
with enthusiasm, but now he is emhar-
RAISING his old friends, and weakening
the party he claims to love- Columbia
Herald.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19

Scotch clergymen are given to eccei
t%ririties in the pulpit, and a recent con.
tribution OF that nature is not the lens
amusing. The reverend gentleman, vi.
was noted for his simplicity of style, was
iiscoursing ON the text, Unless va re.
pent, ye shall perish Anxious to in
press upon his hearers the importsnc
OF the solemn truth conveyed in tie pas
sage, be made Use of ,rik.ng f.
ure, Yes, my friends" he empha,
cally urged, unless yc repent We sht
aa su"e perish" placing one Of his f..
gers ON the wing of lr:e fly viii
alighted on his bible, aud having III
right hand uphfted, "just M sure, m,
friends, MS I'll kill this hlue Ay." b.
fore the blow was strnck the Ay got o.
upon which the minister, mt the top q
his voice, exclaimed: There's q chaNc.
for We vet NV frionds!"