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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SOUTH.

The Seashore Seminary, at Hands
bore, Miss, was burned last week.
Richland county, S. O., has returned
1881 dogs, for taxation at value of 1854,
while 1,74O sheep are returned at value OF
only 1906.
Rev. DR.. James Barclay, missionary
from the Christian church to Jerusalem, died
ON Wednesday last, at the residence Of his son,
near Huntsville, Ala.
Gov. P. Fl. Leslie has issued proc
lamation Offering All aggregate reward OF
about $4,000 for the capture Of the masked
men who recently shot young negro girl in
Shelby county, Ky.
A delegation from Mississippi has
succeeded in inducing the bennington Agri-
cultural Union of England to send over an
agent to prospect that state with reference to
an extensive migration Of farm laborers.
Col, J. V. Jeddes, commanding the
first artillery, writes to the adjutant general
of the army that, owing to tho prevalence of
yellow fever in Charleston, s. G., he has
moved the troops under his command from
Charleston to Summerville.
Mrs. Anna Moseley, wife OF Col. II.
NJ Moseley, a granddaughter of Governor
Bowling, of Virginia, committed suicide al
Anchorage, KY, by throwing herself in front
Of A railroad train. Il was probably caused
by temporary insanity. She had been mar
ried ten days.
A distressing accident occurred il
Panola county, Mississippi, last week. 4
party of four young men were hunting dee
in Tallahatche bottom aud became separated
One of them, Ben Mitchell, while pursuing
path through canebrake observed can
shaking ahead of him, and thinking it q dee
fred the contents of q doube-barreled sho
gun loaded with buck-6hot and hearing tn
screams rushed to the spot and founi Thoma
L. Mosey, one of HIS companions, lying dead
shot through the head, David White anothe,
shot through the head and mortslly wounded
and the third one, s. W. johnson, severel
wounded. All the parties we're respectabl
connected, and the deplorable accident ha
brought mourning and sorrow to many houae
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Wind Power.

Wa have often thought that we might
,,oIe greater use of the wind as a mo-
tive power. There are iZ,ogo =; p,,N;nm M,,,u
mi mills in Holland and Flemish Belgium,
ZACH % doing from six to ten horse.pE"ett Pc et
earv service, % according to the strength e., o,
sef''Vr' seO wi'ud, and working twenty four
| honrs i~v per day, aud every day IN ,,,d .na
mon.h s tho a snoy and ice are melting and
the he's streams are high: The annsal sa oNN cSs
Of SI the wind-mills in Holland is ,1S s1,gVv, w.
NJ Ooo' ,' Twenty times that sum wouia .' "a no NO
ovv. O'arots steam.power sufficient to 40 IN !,
operate s s'eI e1i The coal consumed in Hol
wOs1' ,"oa has ,S' to o be s imported from Enelan
or Belgium.
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ROOTS ( SIl||E
line of Custom and Uand-m'
cll-known factory of Altar, Wi

7 eyes. YES, l know-but I am busy |
now," replied the manufactures, rising,
and advancing toward the bell to sum
mon o servant. ..
"Wait, Mr.. Blonger," said his visi-
tor. in tone of such deep earnestness
that that gentleman hesitated iu spite
of himself" wait moment. ] am
not mad. I know you do not believe
mo and | don't wonder at it; but will
show YOU that what ] say is true.
He laid his hat upon the table, and
drew from the breast-pocket OF his coat
n o istening blue wire. There was an
iron anvil in corner Of the room. he
,vonnd the coil of wire round the anvil
in a moment, lifted it like feather
from it's place to the middle OF tne
onartment, and then stepped proudly
hack The anvil floated like bubble
70 soy that Mr.. Blonger looked as
founded and aghast would convey but
a mild idea OF the expression OF his
conntenauce at this moment. IL was
one Of absolute horror. He stood gaz-
inc first Mt the anvil and then at the
man. and at last, with sigh of relief,
he circulated, "Perhaps this IS only
inoeiery," and dropped into chair;
The yonng American snatched tho col,
of wire from around the anvil, and II
| tall ot once with terrific force, crushing
in a portion Of the floor. 81 beg yoni
3 nardon, sir, but is there any lugglerry
, about that, think you?" he asked will
3 a smile, and also sat down. The con
Q varsation that ensued was long ano
: earnest. and resulted in this conclusion
1 Mr. Rlonper was to notify one or two
k neysonal friends in the cabinet, severa
e scientific men Of high repute, and two
8 nv three foreigners, the whole numpe
d not 10 exceed twelve. that he wlshee!!
d them to meet him in order TO lnVeStl
70 cate in concert wonderful discover
in science, the nature OF which woul'
then be communicated. The yonn!
stranger agreed to repeat his experi
nents on the occasion of the meeting
IL and explain the process by means o
y which they were accomplished Tor th
l. ,rooept he declined to make any fui
=, ther revelations. w.
er On the night of the 23d OF Noven
Oh hor 1860. there assembled st. George
nf hall in London, three members OF tn
~ English cabinet, four gentlemen we
~ known in the scientific world, Two pron
"a ;nsnt Frenchmen, and two Italians
,st % nloyen in all, exclusive of MIR. Blonse
u, A. tbe earnest solicitation OF that gel
!ot tisman. M these persons had come TO me-
he .ieu an Lraw not whom, and see the
ol- they hne" ,rhot On the platform,
nd sho snos en1 Of the hall, lay small canno
v onD %sayv niece OF iron shafting, and Sc
,s ara, n1Al lsrge : iron wheels. What the
@ sas era; a;o,ns ~ were for they could not ina
@ our r.; inc. At half-past eight O'CLOCK arc, =,
'"i VOL, Young man arrived, and Was in'f'o'''
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sion of congress, one twelve and
half cent piece, aud the other a twenty
cent piece. In fact, an attempt was
made at the last session of congress to
get the last mentioned coin authorized,
and the recommendation was favorably
reported upon, but in the hurry OF the
close of the session the bill was neg
lected and was not passed.
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proposed New Silver Coins.

The gold price of silver bullion has
again cot 40 low that the fractional sill
yer coins of the United States are not
worth any more in gold than green
backs. Notwithstanding the much rid
icule, a year ago, Of Secretary Richard
sons redemption OF greenbacks IN sil
YER half dollars, it is desirable to hav'
silver fractional coins in circulation, in
stead of the postal currency, II posi-
bic. The low price OF silver IN Enf4gs ,g;s
promises to be permanent, and ,nr !" e inn.
connection, two new silver CONS, CONS 10, Of a. as
meSlate EtsIv 70 he authorized at the next SeS'
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in IN excited manner. "You talk OF
selfshness, said he; 81 know what 1T
is to labor and to suffer, to be lost amid
mountains, and tormented with thirst
upon deserts. | have labored hundreds
of feet under ground with pick and
shovel for my daily bread. / got tired
of it; swore off. hold in my posses
sion what will make me independent for
life, besides comforting inestimable ben
etits upon my fellow-men, and l in
tend to useit so far. Selfishness, indeed
What did Morse or Fulton make from
their inventions, except what was given
them as charity, after they let their
knowledge go out of their heads? No
charity for me. I hold my discovery
alone, and | will part with it only on my
own terms. You ask me what ! demand
for it. want $5, 900, 000."
Five millions is rather large sum,
Prot. t ventured to remark.
ga large sum Have you taken into
consideration what this discovery is
destined to accomplished? Why, tell
you, it will revolutionize the world.
Take the k-yards of Great Britain
alone. What, think you, will be the
, saving in year, when every object,
from the greatest to the smallest, can be
moved to any distance, without expense
, How long will it take to build your
largest edifces, when your blocks OF
g marble weigh nothing? Oh, gentlemen
n when YOU have considered this subject
!. as have done, you will stand overpow
a cred with the magnitude of the results
!. that are to follow. Think OF its ettect
a upon means of transportation. Whel
o there is no weight to carry, may no
!. even the air be navigated q
# "Do you object to informing us hoy
II Won happened to discover this might
10 and mysterious secret OF nature?
a. Mysterious Why, it is so simpI
" that any child can understand 1t.
l. stumbled upon it. Since have dlscoS
! cred it. | wonder that it is not f0nn
.y out thousand times every day. Bu'
IN gentlemen, are you aware that don't
r. whether 7 am really a pioneer IN tn
70 field ? There are books, written tho'
or sands of years ago, which read whe
rs n boy, which have led me to belieN
that this is ono OF the lost arts, thonP
at it was known perhaps only to 'avort
10 few. I feel sure--very snre-thnt u
Id simple law by which the attraction
vi. gravitaton is suspended was known
II ancient Peru, Arabia, and perhaps
Id Egypt also, and went down into ooliVi'
,r with other lost arts, in some gtener
,le catastropho The same law | redisco
~. cred while working in silver mln
n, 900 feet under ground, and my know
T edge am ready to communicate, nnd
do tho conditions that / have named.
in "But should you die i'll the mea
Ike time. would not your discovery be aga
,bs lost and the world be deprived OF
ire benetits?'
,nu n con, not at all. / have taken cl
to of that Whether | live or die
ne whatever may happen to me, within
The Years from the present time the wol
ed will be fully informed upon the 81
IN ject." .,.,.;o,,
ont After some lurV'el t,.~
two select committee was appointed, TO M
,ng in three days, to fully investigate
non secret, and take some action upon
ark proposition of the stranger, who, al
, to reminding all present of their prom
( of of secrecy, departed was ne
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Lcprosy In Canada.

In tbe Arcadian village Of Tracadie,
roor fine mouth Of the Miramichl fiV'r'
uava ~ the Toronto Globe, there have
been epers for the last eighty OF nlnets
Years. A hospital for their penen' Is
snnportcd by the local government. a
ccorr,esnoudent cr of the Church Journal
Ohio has recently made visit to the es-
tohl,shmeut, says the lazaretto, though
well kept as lar % it goes, ls much 100
amo,l to furnish the requisite accommo,
daIinn The sexes are kept apart, ana
overv thing ia done for the comfort oi
tbc nnfortunates that il possible WIN
tho M means placed at the disposal oil
those who manage the institution.
The leprosy from which they sniisr s,o,a ,s
cycDhantiaSis grocortn', so called 'roui
its tendency to make the limbs swell o W
n,enhaptiuo proportions. The disease
10 understood to have been brougn1
there by French vessel, which, on lls
rntnrn VOYAGE from Smyrna, touchea III
bo island OF Mitylene and took IN a
LARGE quantity of clothing and Gther
stopos mud on her way to Beauoarls
Island-n French military portIshe
was wrecked neat VIZ ~. ,o;oL
Niramichi. The people IN the neisn, L.
borhood played the part OF ~r1onus r1o.has
and helped themselves to tne ~ siornrs mars
"nst I ashore. which, it is supposed, were
tainted % with leprosy, the consequence
~ which was that the disease soon pIohe
ont among them. Another account ls,
ihnt the vessel in question brouGht TWO
,n''ora s'iIo .,'G from St. Maloes, and that every
iepIr known in Tracadie descended from
, ON. or the other of these men.
The prevailing opinion there Is tna'
/, .ta III I;oease is not contagious, but SIM
= DIV hereditary. The people nave e,ut ~
, dread of it, and persons engaeeu aotua tba
the lepers for years never con'raoS VIZ VIZ,
\ Jjssose, ;U No. only do the lepers' marry
! omong them selves, but such IS the ieei- 2.
n mo among the poor French IN lracau,o a1n,,
n ,het tbere ia no r,pugnauce IN many
ca ca"s 'ss among perfectly healthy people 70
! .",.;na leners for husbands or wives.
Tha % faint generally manifests itself IN
4 oyerv alternate generation. In this way
v tbe disease has become permanently
saatad @ in the locality, while the general
a poyerty and not very cleaniy naol's y
o the French population tend 10 eA'eh'
VI and intensity 1t. a., ..- ,
n It first shows itself IN the 1orm y
e small white spots on the preast ehe
a the face assumes q puffy appearance
o and there is much pain, languor an
!. Irowsiness, The fingers become crool
ed, the neck swells, the limbs snow snow "a
the symptoms of dropsy, the nails hails u y
OIL, and, at last, the throat ana lungs q =
u ~ attacked, and the sufferer dies, ur m1.
Il, mass of loathsome disease. l.s uaI .av
o' ton varies from tive TO .,% sTof Of cor
n n years, according tc the strength -
~ stitution. XVI
H. H. ONE hundred ys',ss r. 'sab ssb1oDs 1Ds' Of ths
a'. .Isss 1s: = s:pss ~
81 lie; thsS the there were ty year, mOr' or
pc not Deg1sn snr The first railway, and no
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-11-05

GRANGERIsM We are requested to
that Estill springs Grange, NO. III,
hold a meeting next Saturday, Oct II
consider about having an Annlvcr
Other Oranges in Franklin county ar
vitnI
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DIEp.--At Manchester, Tenn, Oct
1874. OSCAR ALGERNoN PAINE, age
months. son of }. 5. & Mrs, L. Paine,
grandson of Mrs. +. +. Crisman.
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WHEar allowed to stand I'VE ,,,oo,er "sIar
in the shock waiting for the m .nfesou, snur
u, viii lose ten per cent. in value 'o"i
times the cost Of stacking
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Office,

Those wishing to join Prof Smi
German class, will meet, tor organl2at
in the Music Room of the College, |
Friday uiuht
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,all your attention to our e.rleas
,ueht late at redmced prices, by
O our stock Of SADDLES An
st hands. Keep on hand Goo
y, all Of which can be boue
Ike in exchange all kinds Of coun
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LIFE'S LESSON.

/ said, my life is abeautiful thing,
will crown me with its flowers,
will sing of its glory all day long,
For my harp is young, and sweet, and strong,
And the passionate power in my song
- ~ 4
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oxr hundred years asSs sss1oos nOs'' Of the
had jus. .,uss ascenasD %ss no american rspuo,;
oapets; ssoeiaDiHation ses Of Australia had nas
not o;t osgfn Tor the first railway, and no.
todx to wA had disturbed the world with
such notion as communioS''on y
telegraph.
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Don't tell the little one, who may b.
slightly willful, that "the black MAJ
will come out of the dark cellar an,
carry il off if il does not mind" Don
o"'-J aloa, foor 70 on with tn,
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ExOCH ENSLEY.

A correspondent in this mornings
APPEAL proposes a new candidate foT
governor in the person Of cur prominent
fellOw-eitizen Mr.. Enoch Ensley. We
have no hesitancy in saying what is
known wherever Mr.. Ensley IS known,
that. he is a gentleman Of the highest
type. He has fixed and decided views,
and while not q politician, be is q frank,
open-hearted man OF the people. With
a clear and vigorous mind; extraOrui-
nary energy Of character; an elevated,
unselfish devotion to the State OF his
nativity; a just liberaIity toward those
from whom he differs, and a resolute
spirit to sustain his party and the rights
Of his people, he would make a most
useful and efficient governor. He is
eminently fitted for the high response
bllities and duties Of the position for
which our correspondent recommends
him, and IL the convention nominate
him, he viii receive the cordial support
Of the people.
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TIE coseREssIoNALR,cE.

We publish in another place q letter,
signed by General Chalmers, DR.. Peters
and other prominent planters, and by
steamboat commanders and owners, sug-
gesting the propriety Of making Captain
John COwdOn the Democratic candidate
for congress in this district. In opinions
Of Captain Cowdon's personal and intel
lectual worth, as expressed, we heartily
concur. Very certainly the people of
the valley Of the Mississippi would have
in Captain Cowdon wise and prophetic
exponent and advocate of their interests
and wishes. He was the first Of living
men, so far as We have learned, to con
denim, in unmeasured terms, the whole
scheme Of IsUees, and to assert the ne
cessity for a ship canal from New Or
leans itself to deep water, even as he
was first to advocate the diversion Of
tributary rivers into the gulf and into
one another. His views have been
adopted wherever there is neither Z
bridge, costing eleven million dollars,
TO be maintained by confining
commerce to its present routes across
the continent, nor a towboat company
to grow rich while wheat and corn are
thus made valueless in the northwest.
Captain Cowdon is vigorous, original
thinker, an honest gentleman, a
thoroughgOing Old Line Whig in the
oldeR time, and now as sound a Demo-
crst, and IL nominated by the coming
"white-msn's convention" in this dis
tricJ, will be earnestly supported by the
APPEAL.
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Having paid the bonds about which
there was some doubt, how can we now
refuse to pay bonds about the validity Of
which there never was any doubt? Eiut
even if there were illegal bonds ont.
standing now, would paying three per
cent. interest on all bonds remedy the
evil? Would we pay the holders of
bonds said to be illegal as much as we
would the holders Of bonds admitted to
be legal? This is the difficulty Ia which
thOse.whO propose to pay three per cent.
interest gel themselVes.
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DIED.

PATTIsON-At Charleston, Mississippi,
June IS, lsTs, JENNIE CALDWELL. daughter Of
Alexander and Anna II. PattisOn, aged ten
months and sixteen days.
LEMASTER-At his residence ia shelby
county, Tennessee, JAMES n. LEMAsTER, on
saturday evening al half-past three o'clock
aged - years.
The friends and aequaintances are invited
to attsnd his funeral at Park Avenue Church,
at three o'clock this afternoon.
REINEARDT-The friends and acquain-
tanees OF Fred. ". and Ellen Reinhardt, are
respectfully Invited to attend the funeral Of
their youngest son, FIRED. W.. from their resi-
dence, Nc. II Alabama street. this Sunday
afternoon at three O'Clock.
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examinations without giving room fol
fraud and partiaIity TO be practiced
But II IL were practicable to do this
what would be the consequence? Sup
pose our debt, including the school
! fund, should be SOS, 900, 600, six per cent.
or this amount would be 81 500, coo;
half Of this or three per cent. would be
$3.50, 900 per annum, or 81 500, 900 in ten
yesrsi Sl5. GOO, 600 in twenty. years, or
$40. 900, 600 in forty yesrs. This. added
to the present debt would be sos, ,OO0, 900
in forty years, after having paid $780,
000, 600 in interest. In this way per-
manent debt would Fbe fastened upon
the country, for If our people cannot
now and in the next five years pay six
per cent. interest upon our bonded debt
how can they ever pay this enormous
increase2 Far The better plan would be
to pay the interest as it falls due, and
create a small sinking fund with which
70 extiDguish q portion of the principal
each year. This small sinking fund
would gradually decrease the debt by
decreasing the amount to be paid each
year Ne interest. In this way the sink
ing fund would rapidly increase with
out any increase of taxation, until soon
we would be able to retire a large por-
ton of the debt. It has been estimated
by an able writer and accurate
thinker, Colonel ]. B. Kiilebrew,
in his agricultural bureau report, that
the present rate of taxation will, on ac-
count Of the increased wealth of the
State, pay not only the interest, but the
principal of the debt long before the ex-
pirati0n of forty years. He looks at the
question from a non-partisan stand
point, and is entirely unprejudiced and
unbiased in his opinions, having nothing
but the welfare OF the people at heart,
and therefore his opinions are entitled to
great weight. He says: "If the increase
in vslue Of property be four per cent.
annually, the increase in the amount
collected, at the same rate, ought to be
four per cent, If the ratio between the
true and assessed value is maintained.
II the revenue derived from taxation on
property in 1875 should be enough 70 pay
the interest on the State debt, we can
set aside as q sinking-fund in 1876 four
per cent. of present revenue derived
from property; in 1877, eight per cent;
in 1873, twelve per cent; in 1879, sixteen
per cent in 1880, twenty per cent; in
1881. twenty-four per cent; in 1882,
twenty-eight per cent; IN 1888,
thirty-tWO per cent. Assum-
ing the taxable property will be,
in 1875, S320, 0,000, 900 at forty cents, the
present rate, the revenue from this
source should be 81, $50, 600. Now, in
1876, if the property of the State should
at the rate of four per cent. per
annum, and the rate of taxation remain
the same, we shall have the exhibits as
given below. The first column repre-
sents the annual increase of revenue
above that of 1875, because of the in
crease in the value of taxable property;
the second column represents this in
crease, with interest on the amount
paid toward the State indebtedness
addad.
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CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

! The Democratic executive committee
/ for the tenth congressional district met
[ in this city yesterday. 1t will be seen
from the published proceedings else
where that the convention to nominate
8 candidate for congress will be held at
Bolivar, on Tuesday, the eighth of Sep
tembsr. We approve Of the place Sc
lected for holding the convention.
Hsrdemsn county is decidedly Demo-
cratic, always does her duty, and is en-
titled to the honor conferred. There is
no village in the south that possesses
more intelligence and hospitality than
Bolivar, and the delegates will meet
with cordial reception on the eighth of
September. There is a growing dispO-
sition to alternate or change the
place Of holding State and district con-
ventions. The Democrats and Republi-
cans Of New York only at long inter-
walls hold their State conventions in the
same city. There is a disposition in
Tennessee to change the place OF hold
ing State conventions TO some other
city than Nashville. When conVen-
dons are held at the capital for many
successive years, rings are formed for
the purpose Of controlling nominations
and securing the spoils Of Office. Every
one is familiar with the corruptions that
disgrace the capital OF the naticn, and
these cOuuptions in a greater or Less de-
gree exist at the capitals Of the States.
To get rid Of this, many Of the State
conventions are never held at The capi-
tai. For the same reason the next two
State conventions should be held in
Memphis and Knoxville.
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THE LEE ESTATE.

~. d. L. STEWART, chan
:. O. SPARKS, Secretary.
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IL OTHER cities the charitsbly dis
posed give picuios TO the poor children
whose parents hsve not the means TO in
dulge them. Suppose We follow so
bright and good an example? What do
the christian men aud women who con-
duct the Bethel say to il? We believe
that if they resolve on 50 benefeent and
seasonable 3 work they will have
no trouble in receiving from the citizens
generally the money necessary to defrsy
the expenses. II necessary il might in
clude a trip up or down the river. Give
the Bethel children a picnic.