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Year: 1868

STAY LAVA correspondent of the Gazette
Is urging stay law. He thinks the Legisla-
ture should pass such a law as soon after it
convenes as possible, because the financial con-
diton of the farmers is such, owing to the
failure of the peach and other crops, that
if they are compelled to meet their obligations
when they are due they will be 'driven to the
wall" We all see and feel the stringency of
the times, but we hardly think stay law would
meet with much favor here.
Year: 1868

Can it he possible that over Five Million Bottles n
PLANTATION BITTERs have been sold during Ihe nasI
yearl u is almost Incredible il s abso
luiey true and is The most convincing proof of their
wonderful medicinal knd health restoring qualities -
Every famlly should be supplied with these BItters.
at whatever cost or trouble il may be TO obtain them
BE careful that you get the genuine and that you are
not imposed upon by spurious article.


MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior 10 the best Imnorted
German Cologne. and sold at half the price. sen9Iv
Year: 1868

HUsK FACTORIES. don't some one
about Smyrna start husk factory? In the
lower part of the county there are number of
factories of this kind, all doing thriving bust


ness The corn husks are bought from the
farmers for about twelve dollars per ton and
run through threshing machine, by which
they are torn into ribbons and the butts sepa-
rated from the blades. These ribbons are then
done up into bales and shipped to the cities for
husk mattresses, &c. A manufacturer at Nil.
ford cleared over $4,000 last year, We are in
formed, and is doing an extensive business
this Fall, One firm in New York takes all he
can supply. Nearly every town in that section
has got or is about starting an enterprise of
that kind, and if it will pay there it will pay
here. We have more corn husks and equally
as good facilities; and our farmers would have
q market for something that is now worthless.
Year: 1868

The TROUBLE IN WAsMNGT0N-WHERE LIES
ruE RESPONSIBILITY THE conflict between
the Executive and Congress has become very
exciting. Under that our republican insIitu-
tions and the government are undergoing
strain such as they have never been subjected
to before. We are in condition when spark
might create confsgration throughout the
whole country. There is the most bitter and
u,.sluliasl was ps.wssa Tho Exc cau!iys and
Year: 1868

the Premier my take our assurance he will
then have more Irishmen al home-when there
is no English law to fight against-get rid Of
Fenianism at once, and leave scarcely an
account due to us by Great Britain except the
Alabama claims bill.
Year: 1868

somebody to step inside in snort, they were
in tie predicament of Poe's man, WHO was used
up Then the president and Boggs and Stubbs
and Nash, their counsel, opened their mouths
simultaneously, and gave utterance to an
oracular Ahem." The profundity OF the gen.
ueman who had gone before had dumbfounded
them with new theory OF majorities, and
there was silence of all the court during which
ladies Missed and giggled as best suited them.
There seemed to be no doubt that the
young apostle must be triumphantly acquitted.
AS between Boggs and Stubbs it was obvious
that there could be no minority with either or
both OF them. Out of two a majority was
logical impossibility.


Thus seemed matters until Mr.. Nash rose
from his seat with great dignity. Mr.. Nash first
read the canons, then Mr.. Nash proved that if no
majority of Boggs and Stubbs was attainable,
then it was quite impossible that Mr.. Tying
should have spoken at all, with the permission
of both OF them, without breaking the canons
And thus was logic demolished--the logic of
the defence.


The president Frightened and a grave smile
hickered over his venerable face Bocgs and
Stubbs smrked; Tying, senior, looked blank
and mentioned that he should argue the matter
from his own pulpit, and, with an audible
litter, the ladies made their way out of court
The affair was adjourned, but Tying, the
younger, not yet acquitted, walks the lamb in
the midst OF lions, himself the lion of the ladies'
Year: 1868

Many hand that can skilfully use the
sledge-hammer would not be able to regulate
the machinery of watch. Nice are the
springs of immortal souls, fine are the threads
woven into the web of destiny, and diylnely
skilled should be the hand which directs
the work. Would you trust bungler to reg,
ulate nice piece of mechanism Would
YOU triae with the springs of natural life !?
How much less should they be trusted with
immortal souls.
Year: 1868

But think of all the Smiths,'' said the
pawnbroker. There thousands of 'em. y
And thousands" said Becky but
these men--the police-they may know. "


And out went Nick and Becky to ques-
ton the policemen, until at last despairing
| OF an answer, they were turning homeward,
when blaze of light from an open door
| tell over them, and they saw on the steps a
weeping woman and tall handsome man.
Hush; we will find her If she is alive, u
| said the man.


My precious little Minnie, cried the
woman.


Then Nick and Becky gave sort of little
cheer in unison.


ITS them" said Becky; 'sthem certain
sure. Oh, num- if your name is Smith,
and you We lost a little girl, we We found her I"
And then the cobbler and his wife were
pounced upon and the story told. In half
an hour the SIX little Ogres without crowns
were aroused from their sumbers by an ar
rival, and the odd baby in their midst was
taken out, to their distress and o)nsterna-
tion, tor they had counted on keeping her.


And Nick and Becky forgot their own
troubles IN the parents joy. And Nick said
It was like poetry, and Becky said it was
like "a play, .


And so it was-one with happy ending
for what should the lady do bat beg and
pray Becky to tell her what she would like
best, and Becky confessed that to have her
wedding ring back was the hope OF her life
and this led to the cause of its pawning and
all the story of poverty and sorrow Then
the dark hours ended and day broke; and
there was food and fire; and as it happened
that baby Minnie's father needed Just such
an honest man for work as poor Nick could
do, he gave the place to the cobbler; and
from that day there was enough and to spare
in the little home because Of the simple
goodness shown to baby Minnie


so its never time thrown away to do
kindness to any one, y says Becky often;
for somehow you are always rewarded for
it. If | had left the little lost beggars child
as thought it, in the street and never stop
ped to care for it--as might have done in
such trouble where would Nick have been
and the children and me this night? Not
that did anything but what Christian
ought, but see how we were paid for it.
Year: 1868

A DRUNKEN SENATOR. The Chicago
Journal, leading radical paper, has the
following notice of Dick Yates, the "loiP
Senator from Illinois He is intoxicated
nearly all the time, day and night, and un.
less be changes his course soon, or resigns,
the Senate will expel him. He has not
been in his seat once since the opening of
the impeachment trial, and on several occa-
sions his vote would have decided important
questions. The statement of these painful
facts will sadden many of the friends of the
once beloved and honored Governor Yates.
who, it is now evinent, has lost all self-re>
spect, as well as the respect which is due to
his constituents and to the body of which
he is a member. If he will not resign, the
sooner he is expelled the better. Illinois
must be fully represented in the Senate
when the final vote on the impeachment
trial is given. The present is no time to
triAe with the patience of the Senate, and
the people of Illinois arein no temper to Justify,
encourage, or tolerate the disgraceful course
Of a drunkard in public Office of trust and
responsibility.
Year: 1868

GOVERNOR MOORE is expected to arrive by to-
davis stage. The Governor visits us with the
view of informing himself as to the wants and
resources of this section of the Territory. Du-
ring his stay in our midst he will be the guest
of the city authorities, who have made all proper
arrangements for his reception.
Year: 1868

BUSINESS. -Our merchants inform us that
business so far, has been very good. Our streets
continue crowded with teams and pack trains
engaged in transporting freight The farmers
are putting in heavy crops, and in connection
with the expected large demand for wheat to
supply the eastern and China markets, money
will be plenty during the coming fall.
Year: 1868

UTE, THE UNDERSIGNED, do hereby certify
wv that the MENDENHALL PATENT CHURN,
for which Mr.. W. A. MOODY is the Agent, has been
tried by and in our presence, and we know that
it can perform its work in from


Two to Four Minutes!
NICE AND CLEAN. We cheerfully recommend Il
IN the Farmer and Dairyzaan as q great practical
benefit to them, and advise those who stand IN
need of such aids in their business TO give the Men
denhall Patent Churn trial before applying else
Year: 1868

MR. EDIToR:-lf there be anything in dreams
and we think they are ominous-Staunton
may now look out for those mysterious people
that have caused so much excitement and alarm
all over the country. Last night about the
'snsan hours, of the morning we were aroused
by our better half shaking us, and asking what
Ia the world was the matter; for, said she you
snore loud enough to wake all in the house. and
good many outside. She said we seemed to
snore-as near as she could make out 'K-Lu-
K-Luc-Kta-n. We then told her we had
had a very remarkable dream, which we here
With give YOU: We dreamed that we we're on
Chestnut Ridge, and after walking about a
good while over the hill, we sat down near the
top to rest. Presently we heard a rumbling
nolse' like that made by the playing of ten-pins
After little that stopped, and then door
upper side of the Hill stood a large chestnut
tree, on the body of which, about fifteen feet
from the ground, there suddenly appeared
three large KS, brilliantly lighted up as we
supposed with gas. After little. a great
crowd OF men came marching out of the door.
three abreast, and singing as they came. We
tired our best to find out the words of the song.
put could not get near enough without their
discovering US, which we would not have had
them do tor any consideration so all that we
could make of their singing, was what appeared





loeo, doUn beloU Pc Old Ben Wade. corer
ham mp aoith a spadeP'a How many there
were, we are not able to say precisely, but think
there could not have been less than three hun
dred. Each one wore over his shoulders a
Kolco sash of a flaming red color, and carried
IN his hand q banner, on which was-what we
supposed to be-various notices and devices,
In characters which we did not understand
We were very much surprised to see in the
procession, some ten or twelve gentlemen of
color, four of whom had poles across their
shoulders, to which was swung by ropes an old
bureau. turned upside down, and several knobs
knocked off,


We saw one man in the crowd that very
much resembled Gen. Early he was about the
same make-not strikingly handsome-full six
feet high, and certainly had on old Jubal's
clothes; and we thought we heard the name of
Mosby called, but never having seen the Gen
eraI, we can't say whether he was there or not.
The procession moved off in an Easterly di-
reotion, and just then-being walked up, we
cannot tell you anything more about it.


O. X.
Year: 1868

are now receiving at their Queens Ware .do store re
on the corner large addition to their stock OF
Ware; and as they have bought extensively, they
are enabled to sell to the trade nearly all Elnds
of Ware at Baltimore prices, particularly GLASS
Ware, which they kaaoU they can sell at Dalti-
more prices -


In connection with a general assortment OF
Queens w are they have just received very
large lot of the best Stone Ware man9Iacturea
in this country which they propose to sell mer-
chants at Richmond catalogue prices.
dec1Q-toWn papers copy
Year: 1868

There are certain set of politicians who de
clare with great emphasis that we should by all
means get back into the Union ION any terms,
and then set to work to restore our State gov
ernment, by making ourselves ''felt' in Con
gress.


This is such absolute nonsense that we are
astounded to hear it fall from the lips or pen Of
any sane man, nor can we listen to, or hear 1t
without grave doubts either of the sanity or
honesty of the authors of the opinion. The
New York Times is of this class, and We will not
affront the intelligence Of that journal by sup
posing it is anything else but dishonest In the
advice which it gives us in its impression OF the
24th That paper knows perfectly we'll that If
we allow ourselves to be saddled with the in
famous constitution fashioned in Richmond,
that we will be placed in position where we
will enjoy the high honor and unspeakable pleas
ure of voting, if we vote at ALL for men who
can take all manner of test oaths for the Bow
dens and Baynes, the Porters and Hodges, the
Hunnicutts and Underwoods. How these crea-
lures are to make us ''felt" in Congress passes
our wisdom, and we think it would puzzle Mr..
Raymond to show what interest any honest man
in Virginia has in their elevation to Office
The reverse is the case 1t is our policy to stay
out and remain under the rule OF the bayonet
sooner than that of the burglar. Nothing can
be palmer than this, and we trust our friends
in town and country will spurn the idea of plac
ing themselves In position where they Will be
constrained to take negro on the one hand, OF
a mean white man on the other to represent
them"


This is the logical consequence of getting back
on ''any terms. '-NoytoHt Virgsnian.
Year: 1868

~ The circulation of the SPEcTAToR is
about as great as the combined circulation
of both the other papers published in this
place, and has as many subscribers in this
county alone as are contained in the whole
list Of either of the other papers. II q
Year: 1868

A GEM-The devotees who worship at the
garlanded shrine of Poesy will thank us for pub
fishing the following exquisite lines:


He Took"
He took her fancy when he came,


He took her hand-he took kiss
He took no notice of tie shame


That glow d her happy cheeks at this.
He took to come of afternoons


He took an cath he ne'er deceive;
He took her masters situer spoons,


And after that. he took-his leavel
Many people are so fond of patriotism that
shey keep all their patriotism strictly to them
te,veS.
Year: 1868

The following thrilling account of an
adventure with South American tiger
is taken from Colonel Sarm;ento's " Life
in the Argentine Republic in the Days OF
the Tyrants," recently published (:


Between the cities of San Luis aud
San Juan lies an extensive desert called
the Travesia, a word which signifies
"want Of water" The aspect of that
waste is most gloomy and uncompro-
missing, and the traveller coming from
the east does not fail to provide his chiJ7es
with sufficient quantity of water at the
last cistern which be passes as he ap-
proaches it. This Travesia once wit
messed the following strange scene:


The consequences of some of the en-
counters with knives, so common among
our gauchos, had driven one of them in
haste from the city Of San LUIS, and
forced him to escape to the Travesia on
foot, and with his riding gear on his
shoulder, in order to avoid the pursuit of
law. Two comrades we're to join him as
soon as they could steal horses for all
three.


Hunger and thirst were not the only
dangers which at that time awaited him
in the desert. a tiger that had already
tasted human flesh had been following
the track of those who crossed it for
year. and more than eight persons had
been the victims of this preference.


In these regions, where man must con-
tend with this animal for dominion over
nature, the former sometimes falls a vic
tim, upon which the tiger begins to
acquire a preference for the taste Of
human hesh; and when il has once de-
voted itself to this novel form Of chase
the pursuit Of mapkind-it gets the name
Of "man eater" The provincial justice
nearest the scene Of bis depredalions calls
out the huntsuen Of the district, Who join,
under bis authority and guidance, in the
pursuit Of the beast, which seldom es-
capes the consequences sf iis outlavry.


When our fugitive bad proceeded SIX
leagues be thought he heard the distant
roar Of the animal, and a shudder ran
through bin. q The roar Of The tiger re-
sembles the screech Of the hog. bat is
prolonged, sharp and piercing. and even
uhen there is no occasion for fear, causes
an involuntary tremor Of tie nerves, as
Year: 1868

if the flesh shuddered consciously at the
menace Of death.


The roaring was heard clearer and
nearer. The tiger was already upon the
trail of the man, who saw no refuge but
small carob tree at great distance
He had to quicken his pace, and finally
to run, for the roars behind him began
to follow each other more rapidly, and
each was clearer and more ringing than
the last.


At length, hinging bis riding gear to
one side Of the path, the gaucho turned
to the tree which he had noticed, and, 10
spite of the weakness Of the trunk, hap
PLY quite tall one, he succeeded in
clambering to the top, and kept him
self half concealed by its boughs, which
oscilated violently. Thence be could see
the swift approach of the tiger, shifting
the soil, and roaring more frequently in
proportion to its increasing perception
Of the nesrness of its prey. Pausing be-
yond the spot where our traveller had left
the path, it lost the track, and becoming
enraged, rapidly 'circled about until it
discovered the riding gear, which it
dashed to fragments by single blow.
Still more furious from this failure, it
resumed its search for the trail, and at
last found out the direction in which it
led. II soon discerned its prey, under
whose weight the slight tree was swaying
like a reed upon the summit of which a
bird has alighted. The tiger new sprapg
forward, and in the twinkling of an eye
its monstrous forepaws we're resting on
the slender trunk two yards from the
ground, and were imparting to the tree
convusive trembling calculated to act
upon the nervesof the gaucho, whose po-
sition was far from secure. The beast
exerted its strength in an Intellectual
leap; it circled round the tree, meas
uring the elevation with eyes Redeemed
by the thirst for blood, and, at length,
roaring with rage, it crouched down,
beating the ground frantically with its
tail, its eyes fixed on its prey, its parched
mouth half open.


This horrible scene had lasted for nearly
two mortal hours. The gaucho's con-
strained attitude, and the fearful fascina-
ton exercised over him by the fixed and
blood-thrsty stare of the tiger, which ir-
resistibly attracted and retained his
glduCts, Hdu DeSuu W uihiuieh hio
strength, and he already perceived that
the moment was at hand when his ex-
hausted body would fall into the capa-
cious mouth OF his pursuer. But, at this
moment, the distant sound of the feet of
horses on a rapid gsllop gave him hope
of rescue. His friends had, indeed, seen
the tigers footprints and were fastening
on, though without hopes of saving him.
The scattered fragments of the saddle di-
rected them to the scene of action, and
it was the work of a moment for them to
reach it, to uncoil their lassoes, and to
fling them over the tiger, now blinded
with rage The beast, drawn in opposite
directions by the two lassoes, could not
evade the swift stabs by which its des-
tined victim took revenge for his pre-
longed torments. "On that occasion |
knew what it was to be afraid" was the
expression of Don Juan Facunda Quiro,
as he related this incident to a group of
officers.
Year: 1868

one night fell over the footlights, and was


with great difficulty rescued from the


fearful fate that subsequently befell her
in this city. She soon recovered, and re-
mained at the Palace Varieties until the


close of the season.


Her mother seems also to have been OPP
posed to Kate's Variety life, for one day
when the ballet master called to notify
her of a rehearsal the exasperated
mother threw over him a pan of hot


ashes. He cleared the premises some


what demoraliEed, and didn't travel that


way again.
| She afterward left her native city and


came here to Louisville, securing an en-
gagement at the Academy of Music. On
the opening of the Metropolitan, she
found a friend here in the person of


young man who had plenty of money,


and who, after the misfortune which de-


prived her of life, made no attempt to
conceal his attachment, but did all in


his power that her sufferiugs might be
alleviated.


After remaining sometime at the Me-
tropolitan. she secured an engagement


at Gunkel's Academy of Music, in Nash
vile, and in company with Miss Mollie
Barrett, left this city.


Her name always appeared upon the


bills as Mademoiselle Marie, or Millie


Marie-never as Kate Hayden, which


was her maiden name. At Nashville,


the son of the proprietor of one of the
leading hotels of that city fell desper-
ately in love with her, but it does not
appear that his advances were encour-
aged, or that she succeeded very well at
the Academy of Music, for she soon re-


turned to Louisville and resumed her


old place at the Metropolitan.


On the night of the goth Of October, she
was doing" solo with the corps de
ballet, when, in the giddy whirl of the
exciting dance, a false motion threw her
across the footights, and, being too DIZZY
to regain her feet, her light apparel was
soon enveloped in flames, which made
so much progress that she was nearly
burned to death before she could be
reached. She was removed as soon as
possible, and after lingering in great
agony until the 29th, passed away. She
died at nineteen. Her mother came from
Cincinnati to her, but, under the impress
sion that she would recover, left for home
the day before she died. 1t is also said
that her husband aud child were at her
death-bed. Her remains were placed in
beautiful burial casket, and, as before
stated. we're yesterday forwarded to Gin
cinnati


For several days previous to the asci-
dent which brought about her death, she
seemed to have presentiment of some
impending evil, and appeared melancholy
and detected, evincing none of her usual
life and gayety.
Her few friends were very attentive in
her last hours, and the company at the
Metropolitan gave her a benefit that the
expenses OF her care might be paid, re-
alzing one hundred dollars for her from
the sale of tickets.


Such is a brief outline of the short but
eventful career of an unfortunate girl,
who, surrounded by other influences than
those of her early life, might to-day have
been the peer of any good, intelligent,
virtuous woman in the land, instead of
the unwept child of misfortune, sinking
into an unhonored grave.-Louisrille
Courier.