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Ybr.s Hundred warriors.

A Winnemucca dispatch says Chief
Natchcz and his cousin Jerry, interpreter,
eame in July ID. They state the number OF
bostiles do not exceed thirty lodges of Ban
rocks, Eagle Eyes band of Weysers and
rarty Of Snakes, some of whom we're deter
mined to escape at the first opportunity
About three hundred of the warriors are well
armed, and some 200 others have poor gums,
and bows and arrows
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AMERICAN ORGANS At THE PARIS ExHl
BIrIoN.-Every American visiting our
Section will conceive legitimate pride at
the well-merited praise which he will hear
from the great European musical critics
who constantly swarm around Messrs.
Mason & Hamlins Cabinet Organs, and
openly acknowledge that nothing in
Europe can be compared with the Ex-
haust. Bellows and Separate Vibrator pc
cular to American Organs, as especially
perfect in the Mason 81 Hamlin instru-
ments.-Paris (F'ranceJ Register, June J.,
orc
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ST. Ionis produce Market.

PRoyIsIoNS-Por Arm; S10.27H. Cut
meats firm; long clear Iniddles 5.T5. Lard, firm;
prime steam 7.07l sGI7I2%.
st. Louis Produce Market.
GRAIN Wheat, active shipping and milling de-
mand for dry sample lots: receipts mostly
damp, and tough grades duh: opened lower for fu-
lures: closed strong higher; No. red fall e34c;
old sac cash S5085c July; s0lz @82c August; No.
4 do 72ls6l74c. Corn, higher; No. mixed $3.50
s44 cash IS = @S6c August. Oats, higher. No. 2,
at Acc.
PROvIsIoNS-Por easier at $685.. Bulk meats,
dull lower to sell; S4071aD5 305.62la. Lard, duh
S5.6aG6.Osd6.05G56.l 5d6.20.
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Heavy Failure.

Anew York city telegram of July I'd,
says: Vanderhoof " Beatty 62O Broadway,
one of the largest houses in the straw goods
trade, is reported suspended, and Vanderhooi
has filed petition in bankruptcy for himself
nd against his partners. Liabilities amount
o $250.O0O, and unsecured, and are nearly all
ne in New York The assets consist of
large amount of straw goods.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-11
uororine Queen MERCEDES.

At New Orleans, Friday morning July
9Th, the Spanish citizens henored the men,
DRY If the late Queen Mercedes, by grand
funeral mass at the Catholic cathedral, dur
ing which section OF artillery fired minute
guns in front of Jackson square.
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The Potter Committees.

Representative Springer says the Pot
ter committee will not require more than
two weeks to conclude the examination at
Washington, when the work viii be transfer
red to New Orleans All Tie papers win be
senr there. Senator kellogg viii testify at
Washington, and there are several more
witnesses in the Florida case
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The President i'm pennsylvania.

a Harrisburg telegram of July 2d says :
President HAYES accompanied by Mrs. Hayes,
two sons, Secretary sherman, Attorney Gen.
eral Devcns and others, arrived here this after
noon. The party were met at the depot by
Gov. Uartranft and a number of citizens and
We're driven Immediately To the executive
mansion. President Hayes was introduced
by the Governor and spoke very briefly, refer
ing particularly TO the centennial celebration of
1876, it having inspired patriotism of the peo-
pie, and proven beneficial to the country. By
way of illustration ne mentioned the fact of
the large increase Of exports over imports.
The Presientd introduced Secretary Sherman,
who also spoke very briefly He touched
lightly upon the finances, and predicted that
gold, silver, and greenbacks viii soon be
equal in value.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-11
Mail Robbery.

The Galveston Ne,os special for Macon,
Texas, says, the mail wagon between Nc
kavath and Mason was stopped by gang
of men last night and the mail bags robbed
of registered packages. The balance OF the
mail was not touched. From the tenor of q
question asked the mail driver by the rob-
bers it is supposed they are waiting for n
paymaster who was to have taken the regu-
lar stage but did not.
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uura.r whisky Den.

The dead body of man named Sey-
mour was found in st. Louis at four O'Clock
on the morning of the Goth on the top ofapile
Of skins on the levee with deep cut in the
side. A trail of blood was discovered leading
10 "a low whisky den, nearly two blocks from
where the body was found, but no clue to the
murderer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-11
After the Cramps.

In consequence ofinlorma.ion received
by Gov Gear, of Iowa, that tramps are infest-
ing MarshalltoWn and other points i'll the
State, and have taken possession of railroad
trains in some cases, he has issued proclama-
ton urging upon mayors and sheriffs to be
prompt and diligent in preserving the peace,
and calling the attention to that section OF the
revised statutes authorizing them to call out
tile militia or other citizens when deemed eX-
pQdient.
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Alabama Republicans.

The Republican State Convention met
at Montgomery July 4th, and adjoerned on
the 9Th A resolution endorsing President
Hayes for his wise and patriotic policy was
laid on the table. Also resolution to noml-
nate Il State ticket. The platform is violent
i'm degeneration of the Democrats of the State.
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Recruits for the Fron,ier.

A Washington telegram of the Sd, says
the war department will push recruits to the
portion of the country disturbed by Indians,
with all the haste practicable. The belief is
almost universal among army officers that
there will be general Indian war in the
section where the hostile Indians have pre-
senttd the mselves.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-11
High Waier.

an Atchinson, Kansas, dispatch OF
%, Gays The Missouri river is higher than it
has been during the past ID years, and is do
ng great damage along its banks. St.Joseph
and Denver trains now run Unto the city, be-
ne unable to cross at St Joe
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Resumption OF specie Paymont

Senator sherman says he has not de-
cided to announce the resumption of specie
pavments in advance of the first of January
next. the time fixed by law. He says, howev-
er. resumption may come before that time by
natural causes, or when the premium on
speeie shall disappear; that we are now APP
preaching the point; and that 1t is the duty Of
the government to employ all legitimate
means to procure such result The coin
balance in the treasury is about two hundred
million and steadily increasing, as there IS no
idea the balance will fall below the present
figure this, with the present low premium on
gold form the basis of the general antieipa-
ton here that resumption viii occur before
the first of January.
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According to the report of the Depart
ment of agriculturc at Washington, the
number of swine in the United States
from 1870 to 1878 inclusive was: 1870,
26.751, 900; 1871, %. 457, 500; 1872, 80
10000; 1873, 32.6S5, $50; 1874, 30,S60-
900; 1875, 2s,062. 200: 1916, 25.726,s00.
1877, 2S,O77, 100; 1873. 32. 262, 500. From
this table il will be seen that the largest
number of hogs reached for any one year
was in 1878. From that time to 1875
there was large falling Oft, but this year.
nearly the maximum has again been
reached. The number for tins year being
course an estimate. The present great
crop and the depression in trade will full
" account for the serious falling off IN
the price of pork hogs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-11

GRAIN-wheat, steady: receipts $4,000 bushels
spring Los: No. amber Michigan. Los: No. do,
l.OaIl.11; No. do, liz: No. white Los. do amber
LOG. Rye, state 64c. Barley. dun. Malt, nominal
Corn active and shade higher: graded 4l141ssc: No.
q 4214Sc; steam. 45fI45sac; No. do, 461s94se;
hihh mixed. 47se: yellow western, a7sc; steam do,
4Se; white 5a1ze. Oats firm; receipts - ce bushels
No. 2 30isc; No. white 50 sc. No. white, 3ltaci
No. Chicago, 31cA mixed western 29g1S2s4c.
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milwaukee Produce Market.


GRAIN-wheat opened weak and lie lower and
closed duh; No. hard S1.o0; No 1, 97css; No. ?
97sse: July 97ssc; August sS3sc; September Soc
Corn firmer higher; No. . fresh 37tsc. Oats
easier No @ 23lsc Rye steady and in fair demand !;
No. 1. 4sc Barley, dun and lower; No. new Sep
TENDER IS asked: 10 bid.
PROFESSIONALISM and quiet; mess pork 81 y
cash and July Lard, prime steam 8 70.
Chicago Produce Market
GRAIN-wheat dull; No. . Chicago 90c cash !;
&c., as9tsc July; slG1slsac August; No. Chicago
s2Isc Corn steady, with fair demand: 81 y cash
s7sS7sc August; Ssisc September. rejected "a &c.
Oats active and lower; at 23se cash: - sc August
22lsc rsked September. Rye steady, at 4sc. Barley
dnll and shade lower at 4Sc.
, PROFESSIONALISM fair demand. but at lower
rates at 10 cash: 9.l5G9.17ts August e.S0993215
September. Lard steady at 8 72ls46-75 cash: :
Bulk meats steady; at 4.50, 500, and 5.s2ss.
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Public Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The following is the
public debt statement for May:
Six per cent. bonds -. S73S, $4,000
Five per cent. bonds -. 703, 266, 500
-Four and half per cents "A 100000
Four per cent. bonds 49,. 9S, $4,000
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30

middle Of October. the weather
governing the exact time; feeding
them twice per day upon shelled
oats, crushed corn. and ! small
quantity Of good hay, either tImo-
thy. clover, Hungarian or mI!le,.
but prefer, II II can 81 gotten free
OF weeds, clover hay. We sepa-
rate the fock-the Younger oucs
ones together. and the older oues
10 themselves Should there &c
any that are very old. | either give
them away or separate them from
the rest OF the flock and feed . lit-
tie stronger. We believe oil-cakc,
when used lntellrently, ~ excel
lent food for either lambs or ewes.
We have already given = 10
what We feed, and II only remains
for Us 10 say something about the
regularity of feeding. Oar e1te-
fence i that sheep FED regularly
three times per day. 1t sun ms.
noon, and about one hour before
dark, viii do far better though on
less and meauer food, than sheep
not fed with any eve 10 regularity
or quantity. II allowed, they soon
acquire the habit Of wasting their
food BY taking out the best and
leaving the rest; though they may
still be hungry, they Will wait for
the next feed. A great many feed
only twice per day, but we prefer
feeding three times. Salt Is not
perhaps as necessary 70 the health
OF sheep IN winter as III summer.
still we regard il as indispensable.
They should not be gwen much at
n tune, but should be sailed At
least twice per week.
1t takes good attention, even in
the summer, TO fatten sheep: but il
takes good attention. some expert
ence, and good 0mm0 sens 10
fatten sheep in the winter eason
SIX or seven pounds per month,
with me, Is about as much as we
can ever fatten sheep per month,
even IN the summer. There are
several very great advantages to be
gained BY giving your sheep good
attention IN the winter. First.
your lambs will come stronger, and
off better and quicker, and the IN
crease IN wool will amply repay fol
the time and attention given them.
We believe we can increase the
wool fifty per cent. by close atten-
ton to the sheep during the fall
and winter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
A Muscular Monster.

Perhaps the strongest creature
of the animal kingdom, according
to It's size, is the common black
beetle. Were it magnified to the
size of an elephant, with proper
tionate strength, it would be not
only the most hideous and terrify-
ing of all animals, but also the
most destructive; for no ordinary
wall could stop or enclose it. A
naturalist relates for the ''World of
Wonders" the following anecdote
of a three-horned beetle:
''This insect has just astonished
me by a proof of its vast strength
of body. When it was first brought
to me, having no box Immediately
at hand, | was at a loss where to
put it until | could kill it /; but a
quart bottle full of milk being on
the table l clapped the beetle for
the present, under that, the hollow
at the bottom allowing him to
stand upright. Presently, to my
surprise. the bottle began to move
slowly and glide along the smooth
table, propelled by the muscular
power of the Imprisoned insect, and
continued for some time to peram-
bulate the surface to the astonish-
| ment of all who witnessed it. The
| weight of the bottle and It's con-
tents could not have been less than
three pounds and a half, while that
of the beetle was about half an
ounce; so that it readily moved a
weight 112 times exceeding its own.
A better notion than figures will
convey a be obtained of this feat
by supposing a lad of fifteen to be
imprisoned under the great bell OF
st. Paul's, which weighs $4,000
pounds, and to move it to and fro
on a smooth pavement by pushing
it from within"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
Cotton Farmers Garden.

: In a late article published IN the
FARMER AND MECHANIC, from the
pen Of &C. p. s." of Chapel Hill,
She gave some good advice regard
ing kitchen gardens. We cordl-
allv endorse every word that she
says on the subject; but when we
remember how valuable to the far
mel is labor in the months Of April,
May and June, we a well under
stand why the majority of cotton
farmers are compelled to sit at
their tables and eat western pork
and corn bread, varied only by
collards and sweet potatoes. Our
object in writing this article IS to
give a plan for a garden within the
reach of every farmer, and which
we think will be valuable
Select a plot of ground of proper
size, forming part of the cotton
rows and convenient to the dwell
ing Zone acre, giving about 80 rows
of 20 yards land will be large
enough.) Skip over this place
when planting the cotton, anu lo'
your wife and daughters plant 1t IN
vegetables, one row each II you
choose, of bunch and pole beans,
peas, cabbage, beets, Irish potatoes
corn, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers'
&C., &C., replacing, during the
summer, with collards and sweet
nOtatOes. A Garden made in this
way can be cultivated with n
cotton, at very small expense. You
will lose the profit on one acre OIL
cotton (probahly fifteen or twenty
dollars,) but you will be able 70
live more comfortably and pleas
antly, and will be able to raise two
or more pigs from the refuse veg
etables, and you will keep the price
of at least one barrel of pork from
leaving North Carolina. Farmers
try it. geo. ALLEN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
The Photograph.

That marvellous instrument, the
photograph, has been astonishing
the people of Baltimore. That
the photograph is capable of much
improvement and development is
quite obvious, but the invention,
even in its present immature state,
Is enough to excite the most IN
tense amazement. To hear it Civ
ing back It's shrill, hooking an
swers creates ii kind Of awe in ones
breast, as if the little machine
were the habitation Of some jeering
imp re-echoing our words and
voices.
1t is useless to attempt to explain
the phonograph, because we don't
pretend to understand it, and don't
believe anybody, except Mr.. Eddi-
son himself, perhaps, does. OF
course, it may be understood up to
a certain point, as We may under
stand the telegraph, but we cannot
get back to the original why and
wherefore of its action. The great
first principles that underle tins
wonderful invention are beyond the
comprehension of most, if not all,
minds. We doubt if anybody fully
grasps them.
Who can say what viii not have
been discovered and invented be-
fore the present generation has
passed away? A few months ago
the telephone was an object OF
public wonder; now it is a matter
of course, and a new invention.
The photograph is before the pub
lie. Already it is rumored that
the photograph has a rival wonder
in the auraphone, and who can tell
what wonder Of wonders NAV not
succeed the auraphone. Truly the
Developments OF every day prove
there is more in Heaven and earth
than is dreamt of IN Il widest
! speculations. -BdltimoredH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
Industry and Credit

A good story is told Of a wealthy
trader of the last generation noted
for his caution in trusting young
men. An ambitious young man
bought h few goods, and the trader
insisted on payment in cash. The
purchaser produced the money, and
took the goods on his shoulder,
though a heavy load. The trader
looked on in surprise, and said,
frankly, "You may have as many
goods as you like. | can trust a
man who is not ashamed to be seen
in the streets carrying his goods"
Mr.. Webster was fond Of telling
al incident of his visit to England,
which also shows the basis of credit
to be industry and frugallty. He
had received a copy of the ''Statls-
teal Report of the Industries OF
Massachusetts," He loaned it to
a wealthy nobleman, and the noble
man said to him a few days after
wards
Il am greatly obliged to you for
that report. l ordered my banker
TO invest twenty or thirty thousand
pounds in the bonds of your State.
\ people so industrious, and pro
ducing such wonderful results in
labor, can be trusted implicitly.
know no better investment Tor cap.
ital."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-30
Corn Fields and Crows.

The season for corn planting has
arrived, and scare-crows OF all kinds
will distigure the fields; tar will be
applied to the seed at some lncon-
yenience in planting, and various
other devices used to keep the crows
from the fields, for "ever since old
Adam was born they have borne
the blame for pulling up the corn.
! have for the last two years been
successful in saving mine by soak
ING corn in water until 1t is soft
and sprouting, and then scattering
it in different places through the
field. A peck of corn, worth about
10 cents, will feed a good flock
until that growing is beyond their
reach, and then we have them for
our friends the balance OF the year.
Grows and all other birds are worth
Protecting, and though we may
leel that some of them are destruc-
tive to our grain and small fruits,
w should know that the damage Is
small in comparison to the amount
uey saw us in feeding upon the
Various insects that do untold dam
fee to our various crops. Farmers.
ave the birds, and feed them, II
fscesSary, for they are our best
s'elas,-Cor. HUsbandMan.
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miscellaneous.
y the Farmer and Mechanic.
immigration.

Mp EDIToR:-l i've read with
considerable interest, the article of
\. e., onth is subject, in your
amer of the Goth. | have for sew
lraI wears, expressed the opinion
,hst we had among US, the best
class of farm laborers, that we
hall ever see in this State, viz,
our coIored laborers.
# our authorities, State, county
and town. would make provision
for the proper care of these, when
.ick. and individuals do likewise,
think we would all be better off
and prosper more. | hold, that a
coIored farm laborer, is as valua-
HE rs a white one, that can be
hired. The advocates Of lmmigra-
ion. remind me very much of
,ba doc. in the fable, who had a
nipce of beef in his mouth, while
swimming across a clear stream; he
cow the shadow Of the beef re-
aected in the water and it looked
90 much larger than the piece he
had. that he dropped the beef and
grabbed at the shadow. We have
the beef in our own colored labor
ers and many have been IN favor of
dropping them and seeking white
aborers and foreigners; who have IN
many instances, in this State;
since 1865, proved to be OF less
value to the employers, than the
shadow of the beef, to the poor dog.
Let us appreciate what we have,
let us encourage, sustain, protect,
educate, and maintain and admin
ister to the wants in sickness, of
or colored laborers, and | am sure
both the state and individual will
be rewarded for the care and kind
ness melted out to them in health
and sickness and never have cause
to regret it. | speak from exper-
renee, with both black and white,
1.-THE native white and the foreigner)
and | decidedly give the preference
to the coiored lahorer. Let us all,
as individuals. communities. towns,
counties ARD tie State, care fer the
colorcd labors in health ard sick
ness and elevate him as a laborel,
and | am thoroughly convinced,
that we will never see as gccd one
is he is and Will continue to be.
X, O.
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THE FARMER AND MECHANIC.

OF revenue to planters, the expert
ment, as You will observe. being
confined almost exclusively to the
cultivation Of green peasL1t hav-
ing neve been demonstrated by
the ucces of the past two wears.
that the lands bordering on the
Chowan river and Albemarle Sound
are peculiarly adapted to the cult
walton Of truck products, we conf
IDENTIFY look forward TO their becom-
ing the great truck farms" of this
entire section !; and in order to en-
courage and assist IL the deyelope-
ment OF this important interest,
this Company and its connections.
besides giving the truck e dis
patch IN forwarding, have agreed
upon an extremely low rate of
freight for its transportation to the
Northern markets. Packages leav-
ing Edenton at , a. m, one DAY.
reach Baltimore the next morning,
by Bay Line steamer, at 6 a. m.
If | can be Of any further service
to you, don't hesitate to command
me. Truly, yours,
j.. III. BoGART, Supt.
Albemarle Steam Nav. Go.
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FRANKLIN, VA,
[ May 23d., 1878.

Col. l.. l.. Polk,
DEAR SIR: | I'm just in receipt
of your favor of the Goth inst, In
regard to shipments of "truck"
via. this line, from Eastern North
Carolina, and | give you the de-
sired information, with pleasure.
We have forwarded this season to
the northern markets, chiefly from
Chowan county, 1854 packages
green peas (barrels, half-barrels,
and boxes), and liz bbls. potatoes.
Shipments of potatoes having
just commenced. The crop promi-
ses, however, to be unusually large.
first shipment of green peas
was made April 9th. The truck
cultivated along the line OF our
route is ready for market about 10
days sooner than that raised imme-
diately in the vicinity of Norfolk,
and its cultivation is yearly grow
ing in favor with the farmers along
the Chowan river as an evidence OF
this fact, our receipt this season
have doubled those Of last. This
industry, however, is still in It's IN
fancy with us, and has been tried,
for the past year or two, more as an
experiment than rs an actual source