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scheme of Mr.. Eads, and to the Fort
St Phillips canal, which we have often
considered. Mr.. Totten, an able and
honest civil engineer, years ago. said Mr..
/ Davis, had examined and condemned
this proposed Fort ST. Phillips canal
and General Totten's reasoning and fact:
were. he believed, incontrovertiblt Ol
all plans, if dredging be not apr we'd,
that of Captain John Cowpen is nost
faultless. He would dispense wholly
with the need for tow-boats; there would
be no mud projected into it by the river,
the canals mouth being fifty miles west
of the river, which constantly moves
further east.
a glowing eulogium upon the present
chief of the corps of civil engineers OF
the United States, commencing in uu-
measured terms his personal worth and
scholarly and professional attainments.
While this gentleman would persist in
levee- building, Mr.. Davis deems the
system an utter, uHmixed failure. He
prefers the diversion of the superabun-
dant hoodtide of the river and its tribu-
taries, as Captain Cowden has often ex-
planned. He has infinite faith in science,
but even more IN practical, common
sense.
He knew that the rivers bottom was
constantly uplifted with its banks, by
means of levees, which would be utterly
ruinous if the process were continued.
The bottom Of the river OF to-day might
be upheaved by levees to the level of the
water surface Of to-day and when Gre
vase, as would often happen, spent its
fury upon the lowlands its destructive
ness would be measureless When the
river Is highest and its current swiftest it
most fills up the channel, only to be deep
ened again when the water falls and seeks
its old channels. The more levees have
been extended, the more ruinous and
wide spread have been the floods.
There are, or were, countless natural
drains on both sides of the river that
should never have been closed by the
levee-builders.
Mr. Davis said that the people of this
country might rely implicitly upon every
statement and every assurance given by
the Mississippi Valley society of London.
1t would promote trade by lessening the
cost Of conducting it; it has no ak to
grind and therefore it is most relia-
bic counsellor The dream of Mr.. Da-
Wis has been the establishment of direct
trade between this valley and citizens of
the old world Mr.. Davis had said this
to the president of the London society.
''Do you doubt that it will be done ?" he
asked. NO." answered Mr.. Davis
''you can achieve this consummation
and win the undying gratitude Of my
The time will come"
continued the speaker, "when these ends
will be achieved, and when the west
and south richest among the ma
tons, like the Indies, will enrich the ma
tiOn
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The Struggle for Existence.

All beings are exposed to more or less
frequent dangers, and are constantly
struggling to defend their lives. They
have to dread the inclemency Of the
seasons, and must perish if they fail to
find a sufficency of food; the herbivorous
are destined to become a prey to the
carnivorous, and when there seems no
need of a victim, deadly battles occur
for the possession of place or the con-
quest of prize Destruction is a
natural law; but this destruction is re-
strained within certain limits; notwith-
standing the perils that necessarily
threaten the existence Of all creatures,
everything works actively to secure the
maintenance of races. That instinct
of preservation which goads individuals
to fly from danger and seek the satisfac-
ton of their material wants, allows many
to escape accidents. If the causes of
violent death vary within the widest
range among animal species, they are
always propotioned to the causes that
protect against it. Fecundity, restricted
among powerful animals, and limited
also in those that have only the attacks
of the strongest TO fear, is prodigious
among the weakest that are doomed to
yield multitude of victims.
Thus the complete disappearance of
any species is only possible under wholly
exceptional conditions. Usually the spe
cies destroyed at one point continue to
propagate itself at another; if abundant
at one period it is rare at another, when
circumstances become unfavOrable; yet
it has not ceased to be represented. in
some corner OF the world. Certainly in this
respect knowledge has been gained by
exact and very numerous observations.
Since the day when the last grand physical
phenomena we're completed on the sur
face of the globe, few animals have dis
appeared Only some great species have
become extinct, and man alone is the
author of that extinction, so much to be
regretted. 1t has been supposed that
species, like individuals, were doomed
to perish. 1t might be difficult to form
any conclusions were we to consider the
relics of those beings that have lived in
the geological periods; but if we examine
the world as it exists, we are forced to
reject that belief, except on the suppose
ton that new disturbances will hereafter
occur on our globe
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mended for travelling, and she proceeded
to exhibit to the wondering audience a
series of eight pockets in it, sufficient to
carry quite wardrobe, besides ordinary
travelling conveniences.
The interest of the ladies in Mrs. Flvnts
exhibition was such that during the after
noon, she was compelled to explain them
four times, and the last time she was
compelled TO stand upon the top of the
pulpit that all might see, Mrs. Liver
more remarking that it had never been
more worthily filled. There was not only
an eagerness to see and disposition to
approve, but a large number CT ladies
desired to order the new garments OF once.
Mrs. Flynt, however, declined all orders,
saying she was not prepared to execute
them, but she hoped ere long to put her
intentions in the hands of those who would
supply the demand. Since this exhibit
ton, her residence has been thronged
with visitors eager to see for themselves
the wonderful garments of which their
friends who were at the meeting have told
them. More than 900 ladies have ex-
amlned them, and are hearty in their
commendation, and Mrs. Flynt, who has
retired from her former business, finds
herself more sought for than ever before.
1t is evident from the interest taken in her
garments that the Boston ladies believe in
them, and need only the opportunity to
accept them, and discard the dragging and
draggled over-weights with which they
are burdened
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A DRY Goods AuIOcrat.

One fact is beyond all question. You
cannot be poor and fashionable at the
same time. Fashionable folks must have
money or good credit How much they
use the latter system would surprise many
of the "outside world" There are
more families which you would think,
when you saw their display, to be full of
money, who are pinched severely, and
their show Of wealth is but a sham.
Many, also, who really have property,
are always living beyond their means.
Stewart does a very extensive credit
business among such class, and this de-
partment is under charge of Mr.. John
Brown, who is one of the most expert
enced foor-walkers of the retail palace
Mr. Brown knows almostevery fashionable
woman In the city, and he also knows
how much it is safe to trust each one.
There are some who run bill, say 3d.
900 to 50, 900 and there are others who
are allowed to go as deep as so, 900, and
then there are a few whose accounts may
reach $40, 600 before bill is presented.
When these ladies trade heavy bills the
clerk sends the amount on slip of pa
per to Mr.. Brown, whose pencil at once
marks appreciation or refusal. Hence
it is of great Importance with this class
to keep on good terms with this autocrat.
If fashionable woman wants 81 900
shawl, how delightful is the approving
pencil mark If the latter be averse,
what a cruel disappointment! Mr..
Brown has almost broken some hearts
by refusals Of this nature and hence
| fear he has much to answer for.
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President Grant and the stone
wall Brigade Band.

President Grant arrived in Stanton
Thursday afternoon, by the Valley rail
road. Some two thousand persons as
sembled at the depot to await the arrival
of the train The Vindicator says:
Mayor Trout. Rev. DR.. Sears, Judge
Fultz, Mai. Hartman, and other citizens
went in the car to pay their respects, and
in few minutes the mayor appeared
with the president on the rear platform of
the car, and introduced him to the crowd,
which gave three cheers, which the presi-
dent acknowledge by raising his hat, a
tall, white cashmere; The band Of the
I" Old Stonewall Brigade, posted in the
porch of the American hotel, greeted the
president with some good music, and
Mayor Trout, in conversation, tui him
that that was our last remnant Of the war
the band of the Stonewall brigade.
The president said gravely;
1.-THE IMMORTAL JACKSON"
When the music ceased he took of his hat
in acknowledgment of the attention. He
was frequently cheered by the crowd, al
ways taking off his hat in reply, and in a
little while the crowd commenced shaking
hands with him, which kept him pretty
busy. He remained on the rear platform
bowling to the cheering crowd until the
train was out of sight.
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a LOrdIy Brute.

After the battle of Sedgmoor-which,
it may be remembered, was the last
fought on English ground, some fearful
acts of cruelty were perpetrated by the
Royalists under Lord Feversham, which
at the present time may seem almost in
credible. Among the prisoners Who were
taken after the fight was a fine young
man holding an Ensigns commission
under the Duke of Monmouth, and it
was represented to Lord Feversham that
he could show extraordinary feats of
agility. With promise that his life
should be spared he submitted to be
stripped, when one end of halter was
fastened round his neck, and the other
round that of wild young colt. Man
and horse started at furious rate along
the marshy ground, and had proceeded a
distance of three-quarters Of a mile when
the horse fell exhausted. The young
man now claimed his pardon, but the
inhuman General ordered him to be
Immediately hanged. The space through
which the msn kept up with the horse
(says Macaulay) is still marked by we'll
known bounds on the moor, The natives
of the Zeylands speak of the white
Lady" who was long seen about the great
grave, dressed in white, and who died,
bereft of reason, at Weston. She was
the betrothed Of this young soldier.
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a Souvenir Extraordinary.

4 correspondent says: "Mark Twain
in one of his articles speaks Of the lady
who treasures precious slice of bread
from which Dickens had taken bite.
This sounds like the broadcast burlesque,
but the following anecdote, which isliteral-
ly true, and illustrates many peoples fool
ish desire for relics. shows that Twain wac
hardly burlesqueing in his essay: "Ths
last time that Mr. Dickens was in this
country he happened one morning to
breakfast at the common table of the ho-
tel where he was stopping. When he
had eaten his egg, he dropped the empty
shell into his egg cup, and after finishing
his breakfast left the table As soon as
he had gone Il lady who sat next him
arose, and taking up the egg-cup went
to the proprietor and offered to purchase
it off him at any price, and the unwashed
egg-cup containing the broken shell is
kept by her as souvenir of the great novel
ist"
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81 90 PER YEAR.

the shops. One work-rOom is furnished with
twenty or thirty sewing machines. They
have their hours for promenading in the
County ard, for their breakfast Of SCUM.
and their dinner of brown bread. meat
and vegetables, and their retiring and ris-
ing hours p. NJ. and 8 A. NJ. None are
condemned TO solitary confinement In
a large building adjoining st. Lazare are
the storehouses and bakeries of the prisons
OF the Seine. Day and night there is
constant activity. The wash-room is well
organized and conducted. Every article
OF wearing apparel and bedding has its
separate case All the linen. all the
clothing worn by the criminals of Paris
pass into this establishment. where they
are subjected TO the purifying fumes Of
sulphur, and laid away 10 be returned to
the criminal when her term is expired.
Once year there is a sale Of all articles
out of use. The old linen is bought bv
the hospitals for lint and the rags go TO
the paper-makers and railways; the latter
use them for cleaning engines.
In the house OF correction for BOYS the
rules and arrangements are similar TO
those for girls. Here, however, the eel
AuldI system Is introduced. IneN are, OF
course, obliged 10 work; they make small
chains from gilded copper, lint and string
the hair out OF which chignons are made !
which women wear, who never could i'll
they once saw them manufactured. The /
solitary system is in use for them a. being /
the only saving one-the removal from /
bad influences. Why the one thing is
held good for boys and the opposite good /
for the girls is what one finds difficult in /
understanding, In the way of reading
one fact is worthy of mention. The IL
brary from which the boys draw books is
Of moral works." consequently
the books are mostly English TRANSACTIONS
and French religious publications.
While the latter are scarcely ever read
the novels of Fenimore Cooper and Wal
ter Scott are in constant demand The
prefecture Of police devotes 900 francs
1 year to the purchase Of books for the
prisons, and they are never refused the
except for punishment. Every
lay sample of the bread, taken up at
'andom, is sent TO the project, SO he may
Judge of the prisoners food
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Proposed ssc-uniOn in 1873.

1t has been proposed at West Point
SAYS the Baltimore Gazette, to have
grand reunion of all the graduates of the
academy, Federal and ex-Confederate,
next June. A resolution has been pass ed
to that effect. The proposition emana-
ted from Professor Davies, of Portland,
in his address to the alumni of the insti-
tuition. He made the appeal as means
of healing the wounds left by the war;
or as he phrases it, ''that from the sunny
memories of many joys common to them
all, and from the grave OF all painful
recollections, never to be disturbed by
thought, by word, or by deed, there may
spring up closer brotherhood, purer
patriotism, and more abiding love of
country" 1t is believed that all or
nearly all of the alumni, North and
South, are cordially in favor of the project.
More than this, President Grant is re-
ported as not only heartily asserting to
it, but it is intimated that he will be
present in person on the occasion to as
sist at the Observation-Disclosures En-
quirer.
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AWFUL. FATE.
A LunnGic for H'OrIy-GiVe Year.
Buried Twice in The Same Grave
yard-SGraOEe PrOceedings ut
the Grave.

A LunnGic for I'OrIy-GVe Year.
Buried Twice in the Same Grave
yard-SIraOEe Proceedings ut
the Grave.
Charles Crowell, of Greenvile, in Nor
ris county, who has been IA lunatic for
forty-fve years, has at last paid the debt
of nature at the age Of seventy-one. He
died few days ago, and was twice buried
in the Madison cemetery. He was taken
deranged when about % years of age,
soon after Il religious revival in which he
claimed to have experienced a change Of
heart. The cause of his arrangement has
been attributed by some TO severe cold
which he took, and by others 10 religious
excitement. Almost from the first his
conduct was so violent that he had TO be
kept chained to the floor, and for period
Of over forty years he has been rs naked
as when he first came into the world.
He would rend into shreds every piece Of
clothing or bed-quilt that was made for
him; besides, he would destroy every
thing he could lay his hands on. For
forty years he was kept in a small apart
ment ceiled with boards, furnished with n
door, and place for window, which was
closed in cold weather by shutter. The
only article in the room was straw, on
which he slept. For the last few years
his legs, from constant sitting on them,
had become so crooked that he could not
stand, and consequently,
MOVED on ALL FoURs.
During the last two or three years his
chains have been removed, as he was, by
reason of his infrmity, comparatively
harmless He has been attended during
all this period first by mother then by
sister, both of whom were worn out i'm
taking care Of him, aud !attcrly a niece
Mrs. Burt) has had charge Of him. He
had to be washed, cleaned, and fed like
like an infant.
Over hundred bed-qults which the
hands Of affection have made for him
have been torn up. 1t j. remarkable
fact that just before he died he seemed to
return to consciousnc~s, and called an at
tendant by name.
A curious circumstance happened in
the graveyard; After the coffin had been
lowered and the grave nearly filled an at
tendant called out to stop further proceed
ings, as the lot was his, and he was unwil-
ling a lunatic should be buried by the
side of his wife. After much ado the
corpse was uncovered and lifted up, and
a new plot selected, where the deceased
now lies in peace. Misanthropic people
are often heard to grumble at their hard
lot, but no surer remedy could be found
for curing their misanthropy than visit
to such a person. In Justice to his
friends it should de said that Charles
Crowell, has always had the best of care.
The modes now adopted for treating the
insane were not in vogue in those days.
Elizabeth On. j. Journal.
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a Colony OF Ge"rGinIls for NebrH~.
I6a.

A party excursjonists from Columbus, of
Augusta. Atlanta, Ogelthorpe Louder
VILE and Kingston, Georgia, arrived here
Yesterday and put up at the Southern.
The party are in charge of Col, Samuel
Echols, agent of the Union Pacific rail
road. with whom they left last night on
the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern
railroad for Nebraska, with view to set
Ting on the railroad lands in the vicinity
of Columbus and Grand Island, on the
Platte river. Columbus is the station
nearest to the Puwnee Indian Reservation.
The colonists number about fifty persons
and are composed of farmers, tinsmiths,
foundrvmen and representatives of the
various vocatianS. st. Louis Republi
can
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vEisGaIxcn FOlicy-White Leagues
Forming fm Louisiana.
rrelerranhed to the Bulletin.

FRANKLIN, La, July 6.-The White
League is sweeping the parish of
St Mary. Two prominent white Re-
publicans, the backbone of the party in
this parish, joined to-day. Others are
expected TO follow The line is so close
" drawn that they must come over or
take chances with negroes. Todd's pro
position meets the approval of the ma
jority of the planters throughout the par
ish. 1t is believed they Will carry it out.
St Mary has won glorious victory
Let the other parishes of the State follow
her noble example.
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a Ere ERIE

sitting, reading IDLY here,
In urtWceu the pages come
Cleans that shine and disappear
luto gloom
Lines and letter fade away.
Yet they leave me not alone:
Qaiet eyes ct -tcadfa>t gray
Meet NY own.
And Cts hardly Faucy'- freak
Doth 80 potcuny avail,)
OFT | see the tender cheek
Flush and pale
EvcryW where the perfect face
HauftS me, thrills me from afar,
Shining through thoughts irterspace
Like q star.
An, | wonder. tell me, dear,
Do ever come to you
On dream piuions floating near:
To me you do.
All, if only | could know,
Who viii teach me such an arr
Little song, | pray thee, 90.
Ask her heart
--rC1aIavv TOR JuIy
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What IL Love?

| asked my heart what loveis!
IL givcth answer meet:
Two souls, and bat one thought,
Two hearts, bus one b eat-beat
And Whist is pure, pure love,
When self i quite forgot.
And when j. love the deepest?
When word ii uttereth not.
And when is it the richest?
when all it has it gives.
And what the words il Speaketh
Noiceicss it loves, it lives.
Herman.
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Fiat = GsS1itIA.


From the Forest Register.
On the outside of this paper we copy
an article from our contemporary of The
CLARION. 1t IL very sensible article
and ably written. On the subject of con
sistency il holds the mirror up to many
of us VINO at times have been disposed to
complain at the course or policy of that
able Journal In this mirror many who
claim to run in a never varying groove
will see how they themselves have been
switched off occasionally, farther than the
CLARION, from the direct line. Justitia
fat, DC.
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Tie New Currency Act.

Treasurer Spinner has issued call
upon national banks other than gold
banks, requiring them to deposit five per
cent. Of their circulation IN United
States notes for the redemption of their
circulating notes, in accordance with the
new currency act.-Washington Chron-
ice.
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VvhnJ Comes of being infatuated.

LONDON, July THE Pail Mall Ga
zette has information that the czar has
sentenced his nephew, Grand Duke
Nicholas, who stole his mothers dia-
monds, to Punishment for life to Caucas-
sius, and deprived him Of the Cross of
st. George bestowed for achievements in
the khiva campaign.
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- Notable Exception 10 n Gem
eTaA Rule.

WASHINGTON, July 7.-Col. Bris-
tow, Of Kentucky, now Secretary of the
Treasury, has refused to accept the offer
of carriage and horses which a friend
wished to present him for the use of his
wife, who is regarded as the most la
dy-like and handsomcst out of Ken
tnckY.
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Those who supposed the movement
among the farmers and agricultural peo-
pie would be ephemeral, will have seen
by the announcement yesterday of three
State Oranges" IN session In Pennsyl-
vania, Indiana and Illinois at the same
time that it continues to possess an active
and growing vitality. Philadelphia
Ledger.
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ADVERTISING AGENTS.

Es- None others are authorized to solicit
Business for The CLARION.
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Remittances should be by registered letter.
money order draft, or by express. When 9th
efwI-e, the ONCE cannot be responsible
All business communications should be adj
dressed 10 Power Barksdale. jackson Miss
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a Field for Woman.

A lady of high birth, great personal
beauty, large wealth, and rare refinement
one of those fortunate creatures who
seemed to be surrounded by everything
that heart could desire, if that naughty
organ can ever be in position when it
will not desire something-once said to
me with a sigh, "Ah, | wish | were a
princess, or an opera singer" The sing
ers profession is that in which the largest
money rewards are obtained, and it is
the only field of human endeavor that
occurs to my mind just now in which
women outrank men completely. So far
as their pay is concerned, women who
sing put men who sing quite out OF
countenance. The best paid voice-worker
in the world is the principal soprano of
Italian opera. 1t is idle to attempt to
give amy exact figures in the matter-to
say to the youthful possessor Of voice,
. when you become a prima donna you
will earn a thousand dollars a night.
She may earn more than that-she may
earn less; whatever the precise amount
of her earnings, one thing is certain, she
may be sure of very handsome income,
so long as the source of it, her voice,
remains equal to prima donna's work,
and does it.-Olive Logan, in Galaxy for
June.