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Tho Recent Appointment Of the Rev.
Alfred Thompson, Primitive
Methodist.
Married. Departure from the NfE-
orous Regulations OF the
1tincrncy.
Valeaiotory Admonition Of the Recorder
Of the General Sessions.
Discovery of . Gigantic 6ystom of
Forgery in Texas Land-3tlss.
Rather Untrustworthy Relation Regard
ing Murder In PcnitcntiarJ.

TIIE REV. ALFRED THOMPSON.
.Ske FORK SHs. Gks.17.
The Rev. Alfred Thompson, pastor of the |
Primitive Methodist Church in Elgn. H., was |
proved thief In tho General Sessions ycster. |
ttay, ami scntenecd to i've years ia Sing Sing.
lie IL young n,au, wltli smooth lacc, not III
litutfvc of great mental power. His fnnnner |
and dress were In kccpng with Ills profession
aud he exhibited plcnty Of audactty. The corl-
p1ninant, Mrs. Ellen Cobhani, wife Ut presby-
tcsfan missionary In the Ncst 1tlttfcs, Is n
young, Intelligent, educated wosnnn, and her
lctncar,o. on the stand Was laiy.1ikc. She .tcs-
Cobham In hampshire. England. In August
1aet. Ite wns unllcr enlargement tn 60 IT. ing
West Indies u missionary, and Nas compelled
to start about two weeks after the wedding.
yea years T IL h,s choscn l!eld Of labor, and t'ey le
ttdcd that the wffe. should, before settling
down there, coInc to America anh visit o broth
CT who lsses In Kanraa. This brother Is Meth
witc to come to ibis country, and tho husband
to 70 to the West Indies, where they arc to
meet next winter.
IN tho stean.hp CITY Of Richmond The nriten-
said be knew sonic Ut Mrs. Cobha.n's relatircs
in llaInpsl,irc, and proved 10 her satiafaett9n
that te Ind charge OF church in Elgit'. JIG
was pleasant at, respectful, and shn toun, :'I us
religious topics, md did nothing that aroused
her suspicion Of his honesty. On their atrirai
In this city ilo said he knuT Of good hotel
where prtces were .rcasonable; and they ~ gent 70.
rcttcr to tho West Side HOTEL Mt n Mfst
street. lie registered thclr names properly, and
they were given ruoms not very near each other.
That was on saturday. On Sunday they Wcl't
tn Central lark They wess a. - ssatt .a ler ne 1ne
tho Rev, Arthur Thompson slipped away.
Mrs. Cobham missed her tnoncy and 1cWetry.
, 1877-10-19

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 15.-1ohn 8. Nor
ton, tho Iuto prcaident Of tho West rhMdclphtA
Passenger Halfway Company, i1as been held In
$5,OO0 for further hearing on d cllntgo OF per-
jury in connection with the financial condition
Of tho rpnu,
, 1877-10-19

BALTIMORE,

DALr1AoRs, Md, Oct. lS.-Invest1gat!on Of
the affairs VI tue unlon Banking Company ot
this city, which failed on the 18th inst, SLOWS
The ayailable assets are about &i,0U0, Ut which
thcra Ia SIS In ca4h. Liabilities, $4,000.
, 1877-10-19

CAHnnrndEron7, Mass, Oct. 1a.-Unitcd
Btatcs bonds amounting to $4,000 and q large
amount OF town anil nttrDad bottis hayc been
stolen. A reward Is offered for thelr recovery.
, 1877-10-19
Yesterdays Proceedings in the
Episcopa, General Con-
vention.
A Political Resolution Meets with
Many Indignant Protests.
Work Accomplished by tho Congrega'
iIonal Council at Detroit.
Miscellaneous Gatherings in Other Parts
Of the Country.
EpISCOpAITAN9.

rnocSaptNoa IN ira rRrsHrtA1 GENERAL con
.vrNrloS.
i'o9 s""' 's ~. s..,..'.t,
copal Convention to-day instructed the commits
tees on the Book Of Common FEaycr, Carons,
n,,,l Amendments II tho ConstitUtjor, to Jointly
r,,,,.i1or tho ,,ro,,o.c1 sr,cn,nr form ,f acry
L.. -. 49, 1,..v.r. .t1,,,t
ICES Is, I" tnd lr"J,'n"en. A.,
Tho report AMI! resolutions Werc placed on t''o
The nroprtcty Of mcmoftatziug the Lambeth
n,fa.o,,.o =, rr,nnsa f,,r n,,1ro,,or, in Enr,i,,,
co"ls.s.eo W ~ .'','.S"."a.. .tn non.
, ..e ersc..s raau "a 'na..,',a u."es ta,,,, '
Dr. Harris, of Tennessee offered a resolution
that The Convention cnl1 ,tr,on certain ulc,nf,crs
~ .rn,,,n M ths,, an,t.r ,nrin, rccr.s IN aktn1
political specel'e. in tho e,tv: Nr. 1inrr'. saii
Of high character. A.noug t!,ose to whuu, the
rcsoi,,t,on nnplict1 wrrc Montgomery Datr, of
Hars'a'' Aal c1-oos' etc'cnso,, " ne.."sSs' ~
who spoke at Democratic rally INST u!gtt, lhc
resolution being read, 9oncral cry was rnallo
to lay 1t OH tho tabfc, while otncis wanted Il
out VI or,ler.
4 number Of messages from tho House Of
Bishops wcrc placed oil tho calendar. The sub
set q Arranging special ioF1n Of service 1o7
holiday, was laid on tho table. ..-.
Tho report Of Tue Gon,'nit.ee on Canous TO
amend Hcc. Z, Canon 9, Title |, 40 Us 70 make
candijatcshp fur the priesthood absolutely
three years, caused discussion which WIS only
Interrupted By recess,
Al tile afternoon session the report from tho
Committee OIL Cauons relative 10 tho dlssolu-
tton Of pastors from the Church, and farorfllg
| tho rcpGaa OF Canon 4, 20 that the matter ho
left In the provinces u! dsoccsean 1lfiMiictlott
| was adopted, nnl goes !or concurrent aetlun TO
| tho IIot,s0 OF 1}shopf.
Mr., Judd, Of Illinois, offered resolution,
| which wns ndoY,tcd, that tho Committee Ut tic
| nonk nj Cnmtnon frayer taka Into conel,tcra-
tlon aud report to tho Convention on tho expe-
uienCy uf alteration or addition to the prayer
for Congress 30 TINT II might be inntlc upptca-
bio to tic Legislatures Of every stats and Terri
| t.,r,. - w." 80
WI. r.. ,.,,... ,r .h,, .,h,.,. ~ or,.n,,n, tim
lne tept . ". - tv ~ rI 49, ~ - o,,nI.. ~ H.,
, 1877-10-19

CLEoFtfRAfs NEEDIHs
LONDON, Oct. 1s.-Thc steamcr Ftt2manrlce
recovered the CLEOPATRA cafssou ninety miles
north Of Fcrrol, spain:
ptEp.
Hoxu, Oct. 1s.-Carliuol Annlbal Capolt! ID
dead.
Lo.poN, Oct. 1O---.i q. n.-Thc steamer knnr-
ton Hall, Of this port, has bcc,, sunk At sta by
collision; Twelve lives were lost.
, 1877-10-19

PATTERSON, N. j., Oct, 1B.-Tlreo Directors
md the Treasurer Of tho collapsed Loan Il Trust
Company have bcen indicted for conspiracy to
eMbczzlu the nssrts.
, 1877-10-19
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

Loapoh, Oct, ls.-Steamships Marathon. 1soe'
Boston, aud Ethiopla, from New York, bare n
rissl aut
, 1877-10-19

Nsw YoRK, Oct. 18.-Ihe I'orsd says Flint d.
Co., bankers, 81 Broadway, have talled. Llaol.
tiles. &il5,NU
, 1877-10-19

tp*t9ul W!t01fA % 1sx tAlEado ItIo1N&
Goau1H, Ind, t3ci. 1A-The Presbyterian
syuod Of Northern Indiana commenced it, srs-
son iu Ill. stly THU evening. The retiring
Moderator, Dr.. Dickinson, preached III excellent
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-06
Cost Of nm Aero Of Wheat.

A correspondent Of the Ohio Farn'-
or gives the following estimate OF the
cost of growing wheat. He says: We
will now take 10-acre lot and sec what
it costs to raise and put crop OF wheat
into market, and what profit when there
ia a Weld of fifteen bushels per acre:
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Yanderbilt's Second Marriage.

At the time of Commodore Wander
bilt's second marriage, says writer III
the Buffalo Commercial AduerttseT, 3
lady acquaintance gave me its history as
an evidence of superiority OF feminine
cleyerness and fnesse. Years ago there
lived in Southern city shrewd, clear
headed widow with one daughter, who
by the death of her husband was LETT In
limited, though comfortable circum-
stances. A worthy young gentleman
courted and espoused the daughter, VINO
was especially devoted to her mother:
In fact. the devotion was so intense that
first separation and finally q divorce
were the results. The mother visiting
here Mrs. Vanderbilt, the commordores
first wife, who as I recollect was DIS
tant relation, added 30 much to the hap
piness OF the family that she was begged
to remain, which she did, and after the
death of Mrs. Vanderbilt suffer- SO
much from lonelines that she sent for
her daughter. IT was not very long
time afterward that the mother and
daughter returned to their Southern
home nor did many moons wax and
wane before Commodore Vanderbilt
jumped into special car, with special
engine attached, and with trusted
friend was whirled westward at mile a
minute pace until they reached London,
Ont, and after happy meeting and
brief marriage service, '-he was whlried
eastward again with his wife, the beau
tiful daughter, who haa journeyed from
the South with her mother to the tryst-
ing place in London.
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A Trap for Bank Thieves.

The Scientific american thus de-
scribes recent invention for catching
thieves: The object of this invention Is
to provide for use in banks, stores, ETC..
thief or robber trap, so constructed
that it may be tripped by the cashier,
proprietor, clerk, or other person sta
toned behind the counter, or in any
other convenient place, and thereb. pre-
cipitate the thief or burglar into the Gel
lar or apartment below. Thetilting Sec
tions constitute that part of banking
room which is in font of the counter.
On removing the support of levers from
the fitting sections they will tilt and pre-
cipitate any one standing thereon into
the cellar or apartment below. 1t is
hence within the power of the cashier,
clerk, or other person having access to
the tripper, to tilt the sections when
over robber has gained access to the
bank OF store, and thus precipitate him
into place of secure confinement with.
out ineurring the danger Of personaI
encourter and injury;
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Words Of Wisdom.

Fortune and the sun make insects
shine.
Every rain drop which suiites the
mountain produces its definite amount
of heat.
Forgetting the things that are be.
hind, press forward" Excellent advice
to mule.
Mediocrity, with concentration and
application, wins oftener than great tai
ent diffused about in the speculative air.
The world is all ready to receive talent
with open arme. Very often it does not
know what to do with genius. Talent Is
a docile creature. It bows its head
meekly while the world slips the collar
over it. It backs into the shafts like
lamb.
It is with glory as with beauty; for as
q single fine ineament cannot make a
handsome face, neither can single good
quality render man accomplished uus
a concurrence Of many fine features aid
good qualities makes true beauty and
true honor.
All confidence which is not absolute
and entire is dangerous. There are few
occasions where a man ought either to
see all or conceal all, for, how little
soeyer you have revealed of your secret
to a friend, you have already said too
much if you think it not safe TO make
him privy to sll particulars
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of wild beast lore. GA lion will tear
you out of spite and temper occasionally,
bu! tiger attacks you only for sheer
love of blood. A tigers claws, too, are
even sharper than lions. The leo
pard's claws are less sharp, while a
hyena's foot is Like dogs, clawless, the
hyena's strong point being, like soold'
ing woman's, in the jaw"
Having now pretty well exhausted the
subject of wild beast tanning and train
ing concluding word may here be said
as to the pay of the professional wild
beast tanners. This is much smaller
than is generally supposed, ranging
from $3.50 to 800 month. Consider
ing the risks of life and limb these men
daily take and the fact that there are not
fifty of them altogether in the world,
this would seem scanty compensation.
But the men themselves seem satisfied,
and there appears to be wild bizarre
fascination about this wild beast life,
which, like the love of art in fine
artist, is its own, even if it is often, its
only reward.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-06
A H Corset LIVER"

The Cincinnati Commercial says ::
Some medical students in one of the col
leges of this city, dissecting female
subject few days ago, found what is
called in doctors parlanee "corset
liver" When tight lacing has been
practiced through several years, per-
manent dent or hollow is produced in
the liver, which may be seen very plainly
after the woman is dead and her liver
dissected out. This kind of liver occurs
80 frequently in women that physicians
have given it the name of "corset liver: |"
In the subject mentioned the hollow in
the liver was large enough for the wrist
of grown man to be laid in it. Young
ladies who don't want their hyers put
into the newspapers and made an awful
example of after they are dead, would
better take warning.
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Items OF Interest

Everything we add to our knowledge
adds to our usefulness.
One of the greatest wonders in thus
world is, what becomes OF all the smart
children.
The under secretary for India estl.
mates the cost of the Indian famine at
s55, 100000.
Ohio has 3S1, 900 acres of apple or.
chards, and raised this year l5,NO,0O0
bushels of apples.
The editor who saw q lady making
for the only empty seat in car found
himself " crowded out to make room for
more interesting matter"
Simkins playfully remarked to his
wife that he had four fools beautifool,
dutifool, youthfool, delightfool. "Poor
me I" said she 81 have but one"
During his long reign the Pope has
founded 13O bishoprics. In Europe
there are sos prelacies in America, ~;
in Africa, II in Asia, 10; and in Aus
tralia, 81.
An American tourist says that a San
Domingo revolution consists OF "a few
wells. three or four hoots, some one
accidentally wounded, and come home,
darling-all is forgiven.
There are some seven hundred carpet
making establishments in the United
States, which in prosperous times fur,
nish employment to between loO,V0
and 2OO, 900 operatives-men, women ana
children.
Barnum is said to have remarked, as
he looked at q California artists paint
inc of a COW: "Good gracious do you
mean to tell me that's from Life? Ii
there is really such strange beast IN
existence, I'll have it for my show, II IL
costs $4,000"
A band of robbers, lying in wait In
Nevada for stage In which large
amount of treasure was to be shipped,
were informed of the departure OF the
vehicle from Eureka by q confederates
signal fire on the top OF q mountain
nearly thirty miles distant. This hre
also excited suspicion, and a guard was
sent to protect the stage. A desperate
encounter was the result, and the rob-
bers were all killed or captured.
A sturdy vagabond, with full black
beard of unusual length, was recently
brought before a London magistrate,
who questioned him about his past life.
NIf one can believe all that is
laid to your charge" said the Judge,
solemnly, "yonr conscience must be
as black as your beard" "Ah," re-
piled the willy rogue, "f mans con-
science is to be measured by his beard,
then your lordship has no conscience at
ALL"
ADAMS wEDDISG.
Tboneh Adam and Eve were full young to wed,
They managed the matter right well;
No arrangements were made, there was no VAIN
M dJenkins the story to tell.
Their wedding was quiet as quiet could be,
:. They cooked no provisions to waste,
And to we'd in q garden among the green uees
Was surely the height Of good taste.
Would Il not be relief to our anxious mammSs
II simplicity sweet could revive?
Twould be casl in the pockets OF harasseo
And Young men would be eager to wive.
No costly outfit, no big frosted cake,
No care about jewel or glove; -,
There would be no reception and no bridal
tour.
There would only be Eden and love.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-12-06
He Didn't Know the Difference.

"See here, Parker, what's the differ
enee between ripe watermelon and q
rotten cabbage?" asked one letter carrier
of another the other day.
"You've got me there. don't know, "
he returned with look more puzzled
than an illiterate man at cross roads
guide board.
"Then you'd be a mighty nice man to
send after a watermelon, you would, "
remarked the quizzer as he moved on.-
Cincinnati Bredkfast Table.
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The Farmers Seeptre.~


BY JOEL BENTON.
A giantess, when pagan folk
Held all the world in sway.
Looked from hill one sunny morn
Across the fields of May.
The song of birds was in the air
The winds with balm were sweet;
Her daughter, rosy-oheeked and fair,
Was playing st her feet.
Soon runs with glee the little one
From slope to slope away;
She holds the summer in her arms,
The streams and fields Of May.
The child could step from hill to vale,
And as she wildly ran
She saw beneath her towering stride
The busy husbandmsn.
His oxen. plow, and him she took
Within her aprons space,
And, Fastening with the portent queer,
She sought her mothers face.
"Oh mother thou hast told me much
did not understand,
Now tell Inc what this beetle is
Which wriggles through the sand.
so, child" the giantess replied,
$50, put it back again;
These are the stern forerunners Of
The patient race Of men.
"In other realms. my little one,
Our home henceforth must stand,
For these who come in lit leness
Have come to rule the land"
"a Scandinavian legend.
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"Call me pet names-something typi.
cal of sweet sounds" he murmured, and
she said he ves sss lutte
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PioT,ns ten ten aslss Ss eisn. aa. $50 90
narrowing over twice two and halt days. 10 90
Drilling wheat, one and quarter days.. "
Seed wheat, fifteen bushels, at 81 S......" ~ 20
Harvesting, at two dollars per acre. -. ~ W
IhrasninS' hnsbsI lou ........ ou'n.'' .. M 1919 IS 90
Hauling wheat to barn. ................ ~
Cleaning and hauling to narket..."....... D W
ro,a, .$ll2 IS
We have now total cost for the ten
acres of .75, and cost per acre OF
eleven dollars and twenty-seven and one
half cents.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-05-18
Iron Gross Ties,

The greataDd increasing cost OF wooden
railway cross.ties is directing the atten'
ton of managers in two dircctions--to
the cultivation of more durable timber,
and to the use of iron. We have ALLUDED
to the fact that iron ties are being trlea
on the Central Pacific Railway. A
treatise has Just been published in Eng
land, setting forth the great advantage
of wrought-iron in the construction o.
the permanent way for railways. Inc
author argues its superiority over timber
and points out the collateral advantage
that its adoption would be the signal ior
a revival of activityin the iron districts,
whose stagnstion has seriously affected
the railway interest. He recommends
Hill's system, which is already adopted
on a thousand miles of rail, and he states
that the sleepers have been CONTRACTED
for in Germany at about &c per toh'
The system, it is further claimed, is SIM
pie, exact and economical. Its man
tenance costs about one third that OF tne
ordinary permanent way. The gusges
maintained under violent strains, and al
It's parts are of unlimited durablliH'
with the exception of the rail ilsell'
recommendation is increase
of traffic, ne perishable palp
being used in construction. The sySveI
has found great tavcr on the contlnep9
where many of the great lines adoP'"
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Prerequisites of Success.

Integrity of character and truth in the
inner man are prerequisites of success in
any calling, and especially so in that OF
the merchant. These are attributes
which never fail to command respect and
win admiration. No one fails to appre-
ciate them, and il they edo not paw" in
the vulgar sense of the phrase, they bring
an amount of satisfaction and peace to
the owner that all the wealth of Crmsus
could not yield.
There is no better stock in trade than
these principles no capital goes so far or
pays so well, or is so exempt from bank
ruptcy and loss. When known, they
give credit and confidence, and in the
hardest of times will honor your paper
in bank. They give you an unlimited
capital to do business upon. and every
body will endorse your paper, and the
general faith of mankind will be you
will not fail. Let every young man,
upon commencing business, look well to
these indispensable elements of success,
and defend them as he would the apple
of his eye. II inattentive and reckless
here, lie will imperil everything. Bank
iuFICy III cnalaClet 10 stluonl repaired IN
an ordinary lifetime. A man may suf.
fer in reputation and recover; not so the
man who suffers in character.
Be just and truthful. Let these be
the ruling and predominating principles
Of your life and the reward will be GER
tain, either in the happiness they bring
your own bosom, or the success which
will attend upon all your business opera
ions in life, or both.-AmericaR Manu-.
iIcfUrcr- |
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Rel

General Trujillo is now the ropuIar
candidate for next president Of CoIomhio
There will probably be no organized oppo.
sition.
The king of Holland has generously
offered to send 1900 tulips to the Paris
exhibition of 1873. He has also promised to
have them taken care of at his own exneuse
The khedive of Egypt is about to visit
France. He will leave Cairo on the ff.
teenth of May, and, after a short stay in
oonstantinople, will proceed TO vichy-for
the benefit of his health, it is said.
The archbishop of Quito was poisoned
on Good Friday, while at mass, by means of
strychnine introduced into the wine used in
the There was great excitement
and indignation at the saerilege. The per.
Petrators have not been discovered.
The war in Colombia virtually is
ended. On the sixth instant the conse ~,
alive forces were defeated at Msnizales by
General Julian T~iujilo, and the whole
state of Antigua espitulated. On the sir.
teenth instant, near Rio Haeha. a hattie Was
,o"gn, between the forces of General Ponce.
hsersI' and General Fareas, Conservative
IN winch Ponce is reported victorious.
In connection with a recent boat acct.
dent at Ryton, on the Tyne in England. Nv
which three lives we're Loaf. Is i reported
hat the boaiman's dog. a retriever, seized a
woman and attempted to swim ashore with
he', Lat the current was too strong, and the
drowning woman with the dog holding fast