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be following incident was related
wears ago by an old veteran whC
served with Nelson at Trafalgar, and
who was with Jack Shaw at tn time
spoken Of 1t may have been sen in
print as il is a matter of history, but
that need not deter me from relating
/ it.
Jack shaw, an eccentric old skip
per had command OF q Jamaica ship
called The Good Hope. 1t was a
ship in the last stage Of unseaworthi'
ness. and about on its last voyage
She was pierced for eighteen guns
and had once carried them; but now
she had only one solitary old iron
carronade on board, to be used IN
case of need, as q signal gun. 1t was
during the rampage Of Napoleon that
Captain Shaw sailed from Jamaca to
England with cargo Of rum. lie
entered the English channel just at
dusk. and saw suspicious-looklng
sail standing easily towards MN.
With a powerful night-glass he made
the stranger out to be French cor
yette Of twenty guns.
Bows" said Shaw, that fellow is
bound TO overhaul us, and he'll sue
ceed if be tries. If you'll stand by
me wen play him a trick, and, per-
hans astOnish him. =
The men fye-and-thirty in number
entered into the spirit Of the pilot
cheerfully and eagerly.
The big old-fashioned pumps were
drawn up, and sawed into appropri-
ate lengths to represent guns, and
also a spare topmast was cut up. and
daubed with black paint. These
dummies were run out at the ports on
one side, and numbered with side
tackle and breeching enough to give
them the appearance, in the gloom, OF
a stamping battery. There were old
lanterns enough on board TO afford
one for each log Of wood, and, with
lighted candies in them, they were
hung up in the ports FOR battle-lan-
terms. This was On the starboard
side. On the larboard side was the
old carronade, loaded TO the muzzle
with blank cartridge.
When all was ready The Good
Hope hauled on the wind, and ran
boldly alongside the Frenchman.-
The carronade was discharged 10
windward with a tremendous roar,
and at the same time the swinging
ports were raised, displaying for
midable row Of teeth" dimly illu-
mined by the battle lanterns. And
then old Shaw, from the horse block,
yelled through an enormous brass
speaking-trumpct;
Surrender, or will blow you out
Of water. -
The utter audacity and boldness of
the movement succeeded. in the
darkness Of the night the Frenchman
thought surely he had been overhaul
ed bv a powerful ship, and deeming
himself at disadvantage, he surrcn-
dered. Capt. Shaw, leaving his own
ship in charge Of his chief Off :er, and
directing him to run straight for Ply
mouth. went on board the corvette,
with twenty Of bis men, and took pos
session. The two ships, with a fair
wind. which freshened after midnight,
arrived at Plymouth harbor before
daylight; and not until the day had
broken, and the frowing guns Of Bat
ten and Hoe bore full upon him, did
the deluded Frenchman suspect the
trick which had been played upon
him.
Jack Shaw had been a national
character before, but be was hero
now, and loud and lasting were the
praises bestowed upon him.
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A good story is told of Judge Rice.
About the commencement of the war
he made speech in North Carolina
in which he said that the Southern
soldiers could whip the Yankees with
pop-guns. Since the war, he chanced
to make another speech at the same
place A big double jointed fellow
was present who heard aud remember
ed the former speech, and being in no
admirable frame of mind, concluded
10 go for Sam Rolling up his sleeves
and popping his fist in the palm of his
hand, he propounded the fearful ques-
ton:
Sam Rice, didn't you make a speech
here in 1861? 2
Il did, said Sam,
And didn't you say that we could
whip the Yankees with pop-guns 2
Certainly | did, but the d--d
rascals wouldn't fight US in that wayi'
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Es the Corn Crop Enprofifab.c

We see il stated in some Of our
eastern exchanges, that the farmers
of that section are about TO give up
the cultivation Of Indian corn as an
Improbable crop We doubt wheth-
er this is so to any great extent. No
doubt there are some who are in
clined TO adopt such course a. this,
as there always are in the ease Of any
crop at some seasons, but these peO-
/ pie are generally among the fright
encd ones, and soon return To grow
ing the thing which q Few wears ago
they abandoned. No doubt it is the
few frightened folks who have start
cd this idea Of the unproductiveness
OF Indian corn, and on the strength
Of these that the newspaper reports
have arisen.
SO far from being unPr0ductive we
believe corn is one of the most profit
able Of eastern crops, except perhaps
in the higher regions Of the States
Here, in Pennsylvania, a good far
mcr would as soon think of giving
up farming altogether, as TO give up
the corn-crop. True if he governed
himself by western prices it woul d
/ frighten him. To calculate that corn
is worth % cents bushel, and that
it won't pay to grow corn at that
price, is not the correct thing in rea-
soning on matters like these Even
taking the selling price in ones own
market town is not fair comparison,
as the crop on ones own ground
without any further hauling is really
worth twenty per cent. added to the
price.
But here in the middle States, or
at least those parts of them which
constitute the milk and butter dis
tricts, the corn tells but half the sto-
nv. The fodder well cured anG cared
for is at least worth as much as the
the grain which at once doubles the
western aspect Of the question; but
beyond all this is the great addition
which those who grow corn and iced
the fodder find in the manure pile. A
good middle State farmer finds his
manure heap one Of his best possible
Investments, and to this end the
waste corn-fodder adds materially
We are quite sure that no intelii-
gent eastern farmer will endorse the
report that corn growing does not
pay in the East and is being ahan.
doned; and we should be sorry to
see such an idea obtain general cu;-
rencY.-Germ0nioua Teleqraph.
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The prospess for eur Farmers.

Those who have been careful !,
collaiing facts in reference to thu
matter are very positive in the dec
laration that there viii be a serious
deficiency of grain in the continental
markets of Europe. Several small
nations that have heretofore beer
credited with producing as much a'
was required for their own ccnsump
ton win this year be compelled to
compete for the worlds surplus OF
breadstuffs. Germany, FOR instance
is now an importer of 4 part OF It's
bread supply. France, Italy, ana
probably Hungary, are reported III
the same dependent condition. ms
unexpected change of these countries
from sources of supply in excess OF
their want to the position Of import
ers, instead CT small exporters, can
not fail to exercise an important in-
fluence on the home market of our
great staples. While the United
States usually does not export large
ly of breadstufs to Europe, it is well
known that that market CONTROLS in
great degree the prices of any sur
plus we have to export The impor-
tations of wheat into England this
wear are estimated at 92,0000 goo Of
bushels, and the wheat deficiency in
all Europe is put down at 224,0o0,-
900 bushels Last years wheat i'm
portations into Great Britain We're
l73 million cwt. from Russia and lS4
million cwt from the United States,
Germany and France were the next
sources of supply Of any considerable
amounts, and they are both out on
that side cfthe account this year, not
having produced enough for their
own cosuuption.
If these items of information, are
reliable, and they are believed to be,
they involve most important inter-
ests here. As an evidence that the
information on which the estimates
are based is true, it is known that al
most all the shipping points connect
ed with the interior are short in the
supply Of vessels to take the grain
tonnage offering and finding market
in Europe Chicago and nearly all
the Western receiving and distribut-
ing ports are literally overhowing
with grain, and the supply has pour
cd in from the interior in undiminish-
ed supply clear to the close of navi-
CATION. Russia, however, is the
great fountain of supply of bread
stuffs to England, but whether that
nation in this respect is equal to the
existing demand Is a question Of
doubt. She is supposed to lack the
necessary transportation, even if she
has the grain. Thus the breadstufTs
market promises to be very active,
with the markets in favor Of produ-
GERS. But although the worlds de-
mands are likely TO be so far above
the average, there seems to be no
reason TO apprehend that the supply
will not be equal to it. The very
knowledge Of the necessities Of
France and England and other Eu-
ropean nations has tended to bring
out every available bushel Of grain
an the world. The immense and m
precedent flow of brcadstuffs from
thousand different sources affords
at once guarantee for the future, an
incentive to legitimate business en-
terprise, and a warning against spec
ulatioD.
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Of many millions Of the human race
Even tiny star, apparently of no
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Geo Rose charged with killing a
little boy named James Burke in
New York by throwing a hatchet al
a crowd of boys Of which Burke was
one, was yesterday convicted ofman-
slaughter in the fourth degree Sen
tence deferred.
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Georgia itcms-.Bill Bridges Of
Dooly county, attempted TO knock
down a pine tree with his horse and
killed the latter
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A Replsitoly Of FarhiCn, Pleasure cnl
struxi0a."
Hagpey's 8a Zags

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Dir. !. Walkers California VIII
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Scrofula, on Kings Evil. White

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Pin. Tape, and ether Worms,

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