Bloomington Progress, Volume 14, Number 39, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 January 1881 — Page 1

Serious loss of life and property U reported in the North of Franco by extensive floods. A church at SaUlagott, l?rance, fell during Christmas services, and Beven persons were killed and about fifty received serious injury. The " foot and mouth disease is prevalent among the cattle in England, and is spreading. In Norfolk alone 6,754 oases of the disease are reported. By tne bursting of a boiler in the Admiralty Works, at Nicotaiff, Russia, three persons were killed and ten injured. A detachment of engineers and workmen have left France to commence work upon the Panama canaL The Pope has sent a personal note to some Irish Bishops commanding them to abstain from encouraging the Land League. Joseph White, worsted spinner, of Bradford, England, has failed,with liabilities reaching 4-375,000. The London Daily 3,'cirs says that a coercion bill must be parsed before a land bill is introduced. The existing laws have been tried it says, and found wanting in Ireland. King Alfonso, in his speech to the Oortes, spoke of the desirability of completing commercial treaties with the United States and with the nations of the Old World. The Boers, having failed to take the English fort at Potchofstroora by assault, have concluded to starve out the garrison, consisting of 300 soldiers. The Duteh Government is abeut to appeal to the British people in faver of the independence of the TransvaaL - The steamer Garnet, of Dundee, Scotland, was wrecked in the North sea, aud all on board, seventeen persons, perished. The steamer Montgomeryshire, from Cardiff for Singapore, has been wrecked off the coast of FortngaL The crew, consisting of thirty men, were lost. Blanqui, the Parisian Communist, is re. ported dead. The police of Florence, Italy, have captured part of a band of American forgers, and the New York authorities have secured the remainder of the gang, who will be sent abroad under extradition papers. The swindlers were operating in forged letters of credit. The Porte has resolved to mass 100,000,000 troops on the Greek frontier, end concentrate forces at other points. The triumvirate of Boers has proclaimed martial law. They offer .to indemnify Great Britain for her expenditure on behalf of the Transvaal. A famous English pc-"?. the Tipton Slasher, has received a Vv--Uown from the King of Terrors. The Irish militr regiments will not be called out for drill this year. The statue of 3Iin-rva Victorious, the masterpiece of Phidias, has just been unearthed in Greece. Negotiation between the Chinese Ambassador aud the Russian Government have been concluded. If is stated that China is ready to open the empire to the commerce of Russia. - All persons imprisoned for debt in Soot land wero relented on New Year's eve, under the new law. Turkey does not want arbitration. It wants a new conference, to which both itself end Greece shall be parties. Thus endeth the BIsmarckian plan. ' Slosson has challenged Vignaux to play 3.000 points for 5.000 francs, the game to be played on a new table. The Boers residing in the Orange Free State are fraternizing with their kinsmen in me Transvaal. The German colonists in tho Volga provinces of Russia, usually the most prosperous and thrifty agriculturists of that country, are said to be in a half starving condition. A smart naval encounter between the Chilians and Peruvians occurred in the Bay of Lima on the 4th of last month. Both parties retired to their respective quarters considerably damaged. In Berlin, on New Year's morning, large crowds, mostly students, made a demonstration before a cafe much frequented by Jews. They smashed windows and mobbed all the Jews they met. The police were comparatively helpless. Another cafe was invaded and emptied of. Jews. Large and stormy meetings continue to be held, and the crusade seems to be gaining force. In reply to the foreign Ministers at Athens, who called on the Greek Premier to urge him to consent to arbitration of the difficulties between Greece and Turkey, he stated that Greece would strictly adhere to the terms of the Berlin treaty. A peaceable settlement of the boundary question seems hardly probable. Reports from SaratotT, Rnssia, state that

75O.0C0 peasants are starving in that province, and that iu Samara 1,000,000 persons are in absolute want. The desths of two scientists John Stenliouse, a celebrated chemist and John Thomas Toweou, a writer on navigation are reported from England. Dr. Schliemann has presented his collection of Trojan curiosities to the Emperor of Germany, who will have them placed in the Berlin Museum.

General. The population ef twenty-seven States and five Territories, as reported by the Census Bureau, is 30,179,985. Adding Illinois, the total is 33,260,809. The same States (Illinois included) and Territories had a population of 2(5,005,314 in 1870. The average increase is 28 per cent A Manitoba wave of huge proportions swjpt over the country in holiday week, the cold being intense. The frigid air was widely extended, the mercury going below zero even in Texas, while in the . Northwest the temperature ranged from 6 to 40 degrees below for two days. Thj representatives of the Cheyenne River and Brule Sioux seem to place a high estimate on their lands. They demand 7,000,000 of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company for the right of way through their reservation. The company is willing to pay $5 per acre, but Four Bears and Battling Bill think that price inadequate. - The Chicago Board of Trade voted to accept a 'proposition for removal of their exchange to Jackson and La Salle streets, where a magnificent new building will be put up for them. The site is to be given by a real-estate pool. A company has been formed 'in Cincinnati for the introduction of Maxim's electric light The Northwestern Traveling-Men's Association held their fifth annual convention in Chicago. The membership is 2,745, the financial standing is good, and generally the association is on a sound basis. Dr. Charles Lyman, a veterinary surgeon sent by Commissioner Le Due to England to examine into the censes which have led to the embargo on the importation of American cattle, has made public his report. It is not quite settled whether the animals condemned in Englandand oat of 11,000 examined in England only six have been condemned are affected with pieuro-pneumonia or bronchitis. Prof. Lyman, advises Congress to adopt stringent &wi to check the spread of the disease. He estimates the loss to American cattle dealers through the English restrictions at $2,250,000. The Sioux delegation at Washington have advised Secretary Schurz that they intend to accept the terms offered by the St Paul and Northwestern roads for rights of way through their reservation;. A storm of sleet raged on New Year's at Columbia, S. C, and the cold snap is pronounced the severest known in that region for a half century. The New England Associated Press has leased a Western Union wire from New York to Boston, and employed operators for day and night service at each city on tho ronte. The Navy Department is without a head. The Attorney General has decided that the President can not again detail Secretary Ramoey to act for ten days.

Established 1. D., 1835.

A. Republican Paper Devoted to the danvcement of the Local Interests of Momoo Comity.

i i NESD AY, JANUARY 12, 18S1. Sow Sorlos.-VOL. XIV, -NU.

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The Arkansas river, from Little Rock to Fort Smith, w frozen entirely across, affording an unprecedented opportunity to .-kilters and ce-dealers. The Now Year reception at tho White House was a brilliant affair. The Murine Band was preseut, and tho parlors were ptrfumed by flowers. Mrs. Hayes had several fair aids in receiving guests. The Cabinet officers received calls for a period of two hours in tho afterneon. Late census figures place our population at 50.152,000. The Western Union Telegraph lines in British Columbia have been sold to the Dominion Government Diphtheria, originating from defective sewerage, has proved fatal to five of Mr. Samuel Krump's family at Orange, N. J. For the first time in twenty-five years the ground in the vicinity of Augusta, Ga., has been covered with snow one whole week. A severe frost has ruined the ungathered orange crop of Florida, and many of the young plants have been destroyed. The thermometers throughout Wyoming Territory averaged from 35 to 50 below zero during the late cold snap, and some of the residents swear it would have been colder if the thermometers had been longer. Chief Gall, of the Sioux tribe of Indians, came into Poplar Creek Agency, the other day, to surrender ; but, being invigorated by some food, and the sight of a large body of Indians at the agency, he waxed impudent, and gave the troops two days within which to retreat Instead of that, they received rcinf or cements and, as the Indians didn't seem io appreciate this fact, an attack becamo necessary, which resulted in very few casualties and the surrender of the Indians. Gall was one of Sitting Bull's chiefs, and that leader is expected to come in soon. A Coroner's jury at" Grand Haven, Mich, upon the steamer Alpena disaster, found that, the steamer wa unseaworthy, her life preservers unfit for use, her life-boats rotten, her crew inexperienced! and that the hoMtng-down bolts of the engine pulled through the bottom. Vignanx will accept Slosson's challenge if the latter will penult him to practice four hours daily for two weeks on the billiard table on which the match is to be played. The International Sanitary Conference is holding daily sessions at Washington.

Personal. Secretary Eanisey will be reappointed acting Secretary of the Navy once in ten days till the 4th of March, to comply with the law in regard to acting Cabinet appointments. President Hayes will grant Cadet Whit-taker a hearing before a court-martial, which will be ordered shortly. Inspector General Marcy, the father-in-law of Gen. McClellan, has been retired, and Cot Saekett, who is the next iu rank, succeeds him. Cot Bernard, of the Engineer Corps, is also retired. A. S. Logan, a lineal descendant of the celebrated Chief of the Mingos. has been appointed to a position in the Interior Department A large number of the leading lawyers of Wisconsin have signed a petition to the President to appoint Judge Cooley to succeed Justice Swayne on the Supreme bench. Epes Sargent, well-known as a journalist and text-book author, died in Boston last week, David H. Jerome was on New Year's day inaugurated Governor of Michigan, the oath being administered by Chief Justice Marsten. The dangerous illness of Ada Cavendish at Nashville has caused the. ditbandment of her company; " Han I an and Boss challenge the world for a double-BCull race for 500 or 1,000 a side. In the Pennsylvania Senate quite a sensation was caused by E. B. Coxc refnsing to take the iron-clad " oath, that ho had not used money in securing his own election. Bt.-R v. Thomas Atkinson. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, died lately at Wilmington. Tho deceased prelate was in his 73d year. Mrs. Harriet Cooper, a colored woman, has just died at her home uearSttLouis, at the advanced age of 115 years. Her husband, aged 101, still lives, and her youngest son is til years old. She weighed 400 pounds. Chief Jnstice Moss, of Toronto, Ontario, died last week in Nice, France, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health. He was a native of Ontario, and in his 45th year, Gov. Porter, of Indiana, has just been married to Misj Stone, at the residence of Mr. Walter B. Gurney, the bride's uncle, in New York city. The affair was private, and only the immediate relatives of the bride and groom were present Political Mr. Cobb, a member of the House Appropriation Committee, tlrinks that no provision will be made in- the Legislative bill for Supervisors and Deputy Marshals of elections, there being no occasion to employ them during the year The Garfield-Morey Chinese letter comes to the Sight once more in the confession, on tho part of the paper that published it to the world, that it is a forgery. The editors of Truth have addressed a letter to Gen. Garfield, in which they say : After a searching investigation, in which we have spared neither time, energy, nor expense, we have traced the Morey letter to its origin, and ascertained that it is a forgery. This acknowledgment is due from the journal in which that letter first appeared. It is made voluntarily, and as an act of simple justice ; for, while we believed, as we did until a few weeks past, that you were the author of the letter, no bribe could tempt nor threat intimidate us into making a

contrary statement. But, having ascertained

our error now, it is a gratification to ns to give the same prominence to this acknowledgment that we gave to the forged letter itself, and thereby make all the amends in our power for the wrong of which Truth was the unconscious instrument." Gen. George H. Sharpe was elected Speaker of thu New York Assembly, withont a contest from the anti-Conkling branch of the Ropnblican party. Mi. Hharpo was Speaker of the last House. The Ohio Legislature met on the 4th inst, and Gov. Foster's message was read. Gen. John F. Milier has been nominated for Senator by the liepnbliean canons of the Calif omia Legislature. Omar D. Conger received the Republican caucus nomination for Senator from Michigan on the first formal ballot, whieh stood : Conger. 59 ; Bagley, 57 ; necessary to a chofrc. 5!. Baldwin dropped out of the raw when his vote fell to .30, ' Mr. Baldwin was nominated for tho unexpired short term.

The excess for the eleven months endin.; the 30th of November was $141,361,002, whiV for tltc corresponding period last year it was if 230,279.987. Exchanges of the New York Clearing House for the past year were $38,644, 24",57H, aud the balances paid during the same period amount to $1,501,200,000. These are the largest transactions ever known in any clearinghouse anywhere, Tho daily freight traffic between New york and Philadelphia averages 3,000 tons each way. ;.. company will soon be organized in the former City to construct two steel steamers and divert business from the railroads. Tho trips are to be made in fifteen hours. Fifty-nine national banks were organized inlSSO, eleviMi passed into voluntary liquidation, and three failed, Colorado reports the shipment of bullion aud ore for the year at $22,500,000. It is believed that the Arrears-of-Ponsions act will cost the tax-payers of tho country $224, 000,000. The receipts at the national treasury from iutemal revenue for last month were 12,905,017, and from customs $13,717,906. The receipts at the Chicago Postoffice for the past year have been $1,346,895. Tho expenses of the office are 300,207, and the lettercarriers were paid $175,056, showing a net profit to the Government of 6865,532. The total receipts in 1879 were $1,170,510, and iu 1878, $1,027,031 Following is the regular monthly publicdebt statement issued on tho 1st i:ist: Rnt per rent, bonds - $ 202,2.550 Five per emits 4V.t,(151,i"ii) Four ami one-half por cents STiO.OiHijHHi Four vct cents ?3,4-.K,4Mfl Refunding certlflcatM. '.f-iTJlitO Navy pension fund l4,Oixt,O0D

got her with live st have been burned Hodge's Operand the Gargli. u reduced to (: estimated at -::t owned by Mr. - Company. '-".. othce were i

THE NEW CENSUS.

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i revenue

:-. S killed by i 'j.f a few days

Total eotn bonds .$l,G7:,2G!i,40P Matured debt $ 11,4S4,W lpjal tenders 34ft, 741 ,7il Certificated of deposit . . . 7,1)05,000 Fractional currency $1,652,346 less amount estimated as lost or destroyed f,37s,i34).... 7,147,530 Gold and silver cortificates 52,241,010

Total without interest. Total debt Trtal interest Cash In treasury.. ,

413,135,301 $2,lMHS",WlA l..v.n,;479 2V&9,7J9

Debt lew eash in treasury $1 Decrease during December. Decrease since June 30, 1880 Current habiliti'ia Interest due and unpaid .$ Tebt on which interest has ceased Interest thereon , Gold and silver corn urates United States note held for redemption of certificates of deposit Cash balance available Jan. 1, 1881

,809,181,75 ,V,H,4;t0 42,i.Wt,55y 2,20s. 33 ll,4si,:w R5C.S5 52,241,010 7,005,000 1 18,503,115

Total , Available nsnets Cash in treasury

, $ 2l!2,-2'.)0,739 $ 222,2!0,73i

JP'inanciftl and Industrial. - There were built at Detroit last year about 1,200 buildings, at an aggregate estimated cost of 1,650,000. The value of the exports from this country during the month of November exceeded the value of the imports by $35,894,340. In No

I vember, 1879, the exoeii was only $28,836,794.

Bonds indued to Pacific railway companion, interest payable in lawful mouev, principal outstanding. G4,r&avtl2 Interest accrued and not yet paid 1,!)MS,705 Interest paid by United State 4715S.i,801 interest repaid by companies Interest repaid vy transportation of mails 14,052,447 By eonh payments of fi per cent, of net earnings 655,198 Balance of interest paid by tho Unitod States ;. . , . 32,832,214 During the year 18S0 92,288.270 worth of gold coin was turned out of the United States mints, and 27,409,706 worth of silver roin. Uowman &. Bleyer, wholesale liquor merchants of St. Louis, have made an assignment Their assets are 6130,000 and their liabilities $125,000; According to Wells V jfargu's annual report. 33,522,182 worth of gold. 5'4(i.005.3fi4 worth of silver, 5,752.300 worth of lead, and 893,000 wonb of copper were taken out of the mines west of the Missouri river lust year. During the year 1.980 imyments amounting to 50,000.000.000 were, made by exchanges through the ccarhu?-hotitfc& of the Cmted States, and the payments by eash amounted to about 3.000.000,Oit. Of tho whole amount 76 per cent, was paid thiongh the New York Cleariug-House. JFMres and Cnfcunlt ie. The table manufactory of Brown & Bliss, in New York city, and four adjoining buildings were destroyed by-fire !att week. Tho buildings were owned by Mrs. Ellen Simpson and were valued at $100,000. Tho loss of Brown-& Bliss was 816,000, covered by insurance. Dewau A Co., manufacturers of macaroni and vermicelli, lose 45,000. A 50,000 fire took place at Mystic Biver, Ct, a few days ago. Mrs. Edwin Baker and her eon, a young lad, were drowned at Oak Bluffs, Mass. The boy was coasting near a pond and broke through the ice. The mother was drowned in attempting to save the boy. The New York Central Park 7fiuunm has been burned down, the oks being plnct d at 100,000. A largo number nf historic statues, painting and other art work wore destroyed, whose value cannot be estimated in money. A fire in Magazine street. New Orleans, destroyed tho stores of Levy A Co., H. il. ffanHell, and Joseph Cohen, causing a Ioka of 250,000. The wife and infant, child of M. B. MnlW wort? HUiTocated by the burning of the old Thompson Hotel, at Madison. Wis. The summer residence of James 11. Keeno, at Newport It I., has been destroyed by fire, only tho paintings being t-aved. The loss is 100,000 and the insun.nce 20.000. The store-house of Nixon's pnptr-mill, at Manayunk, Pa,, was deniroyed by lire, involving a loss of -.),ft00. 3f,ire has destroyed the Mai ion Hor.sOj ai Jackson, MieU., together with a three-story block adjoining. Los.1. 75,000. Groceries of the value of t',000 wine doat roved by tho burning of tho store of Wells, Stone ,V Co., t Suginaw City. Mieh. Bornard Gallnoy and John McDonald, two miners employed in a Carhondalo coal pit, were killed by the falling of tho coal over their mine chamber. Shortly alter 8 o'clock in Iht: morning u tenement house, on Madison irfrwt New York, caught lire from -jisoline, v.hieh was being used by plumbers to thaw out frozen g;;pijw;t The iive spread rapidly, inid the inlmbitantu ol the crowd d building sought toejvnpe. by jumping from the windows, but ten jiersons two women, three girls nnd live boy. - -wire swallowed up in tho flames. Several others were injured. Six men were killed and a seventh wounded near Bancroft, Neb., on the track of tin' Omaha brunch of the Chicago, St. Pitul and Minneapolis railroad. The men were employed in clearing the track of Know at a dim- when a passenger train came along. They stepped AHide to allow it to pass, nnd were ennghi by the front steps of the last car and thrown under the. wheels. A steam launch Ijcioitgiug to a revenuecutter statiouod near lienuforr picked up ;t tlatboat off Bay Point. S, C, one dayhisl week. The boat contained the dead bodies of eight men covered with ice,. They got drunk on the voyage from St. Helena U Port loyal, fell ankep and perished. Tho barque Happy Home, of Hartlepool, England, struck on thoooast roeks about twelve miles from Yarmouth. N. fi., and was rapsized. The Captain, his wife and daughter, and one man were drowned. 'Hie. extensive itrtieuhouso and barns of John Taylor, at ' Tho Oaks," Long island, lo-

Thou.--- ;s his sister-in-law at-iv

ago. ,T. W. Milne, clerk of the Focaseet National

Bank, appropriated $(i,000 of the bank funds I to his own use. It is thought he is now in Canada. An Omaha Imber. named Black, went to Sidney, Neb., to kill Detective James L. Smith j for a distasteful article in a newspaper. After

firing two shots he received a mortal wound from the oiUeer's revolver. A convict in tho Missouri penitentiary, named Charles C. Staunton, killed himself with a knife which the Warden and guards sought to wrest from his band, Conductor Janus Snow and Engineer George Chamberlain have been arrested on a charge of murder, in connection with thy recent collision near Sandusky, Ohio. The engineer has been partially insane since the crash. Henry Washington, a negro, who had murdered H. H. Hill near Jackson. Miss., was executed at the latter place in presence of 400 spectators. The residence of Elihu Kpcrry. of New Haven, Ct., was robbed of 15,000 worth of bonds nnd sccmiiivs. Mr. SperryV nephew lias been arrested on suspicion, of having committed the robbery.

ll Shows ft Population in tlxcohH ol 50,OU0,O0()-TIiv Distribution Of I'opIllUf iOII Tho Superintendent of Census makes tho following approximate statement of the population of States and Territories : Alabama lrMiwwmri........ 2,lf9,oiH AtBKTka Molilalia 'fit, 157 Arizona 411,411 j Nebraska 4.VJ,4:Vi Ai'kHUM:is fina.uni i Nevada ii-J.-JfiS (tlifonna W'tisXt-w Hampshire '147, 784 Colorado l!U.tU!:NVw Jeiwv 1.1:iU.rt.f

fl,i!S:i;Vv Mpjico 11H.4S0 i:il,rrfl'iXcw York JS,DS:(,17ii 1 itJjtrvijXm-th Carolina. l,4mi,uof) 177,UWji)lm 3,107,794 2itt Viii'i Oregon 174t707 l,.i'M,ttH3!lVtinKv!vanTa. iWWM iiLVUlillhode Island... -J70,52l y,fi7f),t';tj;rtoutli Carolina., lt;if700 1 ,J78,sr Teiiiiss 1,342,418 1,W4, 463 'TexM. ......... 1, V.7,509 9M5J:5)Utah H3.!H)7

Kentucky l.MHH'if Vermont 332,2sfl Louisiana (Jit),-jii;t, Virginia l,5l-2,i:j

Maine 64N,iu;v Washington 75,120 Maryland KA.l:fti;Weiit Virginia.. G18.iy3

MasalmHett3.. l,7M:j,oti Wisconsin 1,315,886

Connecticut..... Dakota. Delaware 1). of fuiuiubiH . Florida tittorgia lilnbo JUUiois fu.liuna . . .. Iowa.,

Kaimiif..,, . .

Wyoming

20,78

Micliiii l.rtOiHi Miniu'ota 7K1LSD7

Miffcisftiopi I,131,89 Total.. JH),1.I2,559 The following tables show the distribution of population in each division of the country. There are nine Eastern States, fourteen Northwestern States and Tenitorius, fifteen Southern States nnd one Territory, and seven Bacittc States and Territories. Missouri is put with the Northwestern group, where it belongs by reason of its noil productions, climate and goographical situation, which are the same as those of Kansas or Colorado or the southern two-thirds of Illinois. Though the social aud political development has been tho same asthat of thoex-slavo States, it belongs in ail other respects with the North. The table of Eastern and Middle States is as follows :

Mates.

FR0C1)INGS OF CONtiKESft.

On the reassembling of Congress after the holiday recesss, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, the Vice lrisidtnt fubmittfd to the Situate a letter from Os;i. Ciarfleld declining tbe Seiiatorship from Ohio. Mr. In galls introduced a bill to provide for the sale if a Pottawatomie reservation in Kaima- and Mr. Why to a joint resolution for the purehasc of the sword of George Washington from the ht-ira of Heortfe. Lewi?. Sir. IJntJpr offered a rwolntiou L'alliiig on Secretary Schurz for Much information as may be in his possession with regard to tbe invi.t:pittion of tbe alleged conniv frauds in South Carolina. The motion -was agreed to. Mr. Kt-rnan introduced a bill which provide that the Secretary of tho. Treasury shall hen-after cause to 1 eoiut'd only puch an anion lit of silver dollar as he may find neeeoaary to' meet the demand for thorn.. The bill for the relief of Ben HoJHday was taken up, but the Senate adjourned withont action thereon. In the House Mr. Springer introduced a bill for a new apportionment and for :i:fnorUy representation.. Fernando Wood being ill, tin- Funding bill went over, and the Houae went into committee of the whIe on the army appropriation, which was paf-flod. Mr. Warner, of Ohio, assailed the President for (he retirement of Gen. Ord. Mr. lteagau explained the features of his sulwtitiite for the luter-Stite Commerce bill. The President nominated Madison M. Hurley Postmaster at ew Albany, Iiul., and Frank W. Palmer at Chicago." Stockings. Few of tlie ancients had any clothing for the lower part of the body, ami must have had extreme difficulty in sheltering themselves from the severity of the seasons. Tho northern nations first had hose or tronsers ; their stockings were made of pieces of cloth sewed together. We cannot say with certainty in what country the art of knitting originated. France, England, Spain, and Scotland respectively claim this useful discovery. Some believe it originated in Scotland in the sixteenth century, because when the French Stocking-Iitlter'a Guild nmde choice of a patron saint they selected St. Fiacre, a native of Scotland. On tho other hand the inventionis attributed to a Spaniard, on the strength of Mazerai, who asserts that silk stockings were worn by Henry IL o France at the marriage of his sister in 1559 ; but before that Edward "VT. had graciously accepted a pair from the merchant prince, Sir Thomas Gresham, who imported them from Spain, the land where they wore first manufactured. The story goes that a loyal grandee, the happy possessor of one of the first pairs mtuie in Spain, thought he could not do better than present the novelties to his Queen, and to that end placed them in the hands of the first Minister of the crown, greatly to the discomposure of that modest man, who astonished that innocent-moaning noble by returning him his stockings, and bidding him, remember that ' the Queen of Spain had no legs." Queen Elizabeth of England, not ashamed to own that she had legs, received a similar gift in a very different manner, Jn the third year of her reign (1561) her silk woman, Miss Montague, tendered her as a New Year's gift a pair of black silk stockings, the first of the kind made in England. Elizabeth lost no time in putting tho gift on her "limbs," and was so pleased with the result that she sent for Sliss Montague and inquired where she procured such comfortable foot-gear, and if she could get any more of them. I made them very carefully of purpose only for your Majesty," replied the silk woman; "and "seeing these please you so well I will presently p.et more in the hank." " Do ko," said the Queen; "for, indeed, I like silk stockings so well, because they are pleasant, fine, and so delicate; that henceforth I will wear no more cloth stockings." It is not improbablo that she displayed her silk-snockinged feet to the best advantage during her flirtations with Sir Walter Italeigh. Iron and Bronze. Prof. Huntington, of Kings College, London, is not convinced that the hulief that mankind employed bronze before iron is well founded. It is true, indeed, that more bronze than iron implements have come down to us from prehistoric times; but the force of that fuct is weakened considerably by the very important consideration, frequently disregarded, that iron oxidizes very rapidly is sooi reduced to rust; white bronze, on the other hand, decays very slowly. At a very remote period the inhabitants of India were well acquainted with rho working of iron, and there ih every reason to believe that tho ancient Egyptians could also manufacture it. Man, in a vorv savage state, may have a practical knowledge of the nature and use of iron, as has been proved by the finding of iron assegais of native workmanship, in Zululaud. The hard and fast line usually drawn to indicate human progress first from tho stone, then to tho bronzo, and lastly to the iron age, need to be relaxed, to Bay the least Exf'KPT a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book ; a message to us from tho dead from human souls 'we never saw, who lived, perhnps, thousands of miles away. And yet these, in those little sheets of paper, speak to us, rouse us, terrify us, teach us, open their hearts to us as brothers.

Maine N, Hampshire Vermont MaKBHfhll'tH, Nh.wle iHl'nd Connecticut, New Yotk... Sow Jortjpy.

Petinsylva'ia !

Iop. 1870.

Pup. 18S0.

6'Jfl,i)15

31 W Jti,ftM 1,457 ,351 217,iS3 537,454: 4,37,4(14',

W6,at6

3,522,0501

Total 12,13,534 14,308,1 IS

64S,:45 347,784 832,yKe 27fl,42 622,083

5,0S3,li3

4,282,738'

liU,4S4 1,735

329,7:

B9,lt ,221

224,;

7H,ias

2,204,iRl 18

Per Out, 3jtf 9 H 22 '11 n 10 2 2t

The group of fourteen Northern a ad Western States aud Territories is as follow :

States and ter " " i 7Vr ritorics. Pop,lH7(). iVp.lftSO. fnci-ftinc.i'ent. Ohio.... 2,665,2110 '1,197,7114 ;W2,334 20 Mit-tugsn....... 1,187,234 l,fi.'14,0)6 446,862 Indiana 1,00,637 1,U7,J58 208,221 18 Illinois -J,:.;jy,Htl 3,078,36 538,745j 21 Wisconsin ,i)4,itK.) i,:n.;ist 250, lui 23Jtf Minnesota 446.056 78tt,SH7! 334,i."il! 75 Inwa 1,11)4,320 1,624,4631 430,143: 3fl Nebraska 12y,S22 452,432 !W3,110242 MlWMari 1,721,2115 2,16lt,('.U 447(7SI5 26 Kaunas. ........ 373,200 M'AX 622,(131'.' 166 Culurado 47,114 104,640 147.45312)$ Dakota 40,051 134,0i2 03.151 Montana. 8y,nW 30,157 73S; '2 Wyoming 1,51 20,788 9,270 j 80 Total 13,140,027 17,615,404 4,474,5671 34

"Decrease. The Southern group embraces fifteen States and one Territorv :

Htate.ftandTtr-

ritorij.

Delaware Maryland..... Virginia Wi?et Virginia N. Carolina... S, Car-.luia... (li-orRia Florida Knitiicky TeiinPKseo.... Alabama Mississippi... Iftufrhma.M.. Avkunsas

I . ...... . . i New Mexico..!

Pop 1870,

125.015 78(1,804 J,225,163 442,014 1,071,301 7tt5,iati 1,1S4,10. 18P,24R 1,321,011 1,25(1, fWO 006,002 f27,022 726,015 4S4.471

818,800! lU,3fW

Pop, 1880. lnvrcac.

146,654j

O.KiO

3,512,203 618,103 1,400,000 005,76 1,.VI8.03 2-6.5G6 1,648.500 1,542,-163 1.262,344 1,131,800 040,263. 802, 5G4 1 ,.V,7,f.0'.i 118,43(i

Titd j 12.26j,443j 16,457,5151 4,180,072 34

21,630 154,245 287,0-10

176,170 328.630 200,10i 354,74 78,31 a 327,588 288,043 265,:t52 3o3,'J77

213,348

318,1103 77-?,iil0 7,127

Per Cent 17 10! MX 40 30 41 30 41 M 24 V "X 26 MX 20 653tf 05 6

! The States and Territories west )f the llocky Mountain, seven iu number, are classed 1 Uigether :

States ami Vr Territories, Pop. 1870. Pop. 1880. Tntrfaft. Cent, California... 582,031 864,686 282,655 4H)tf Oregon 101,888 374,767 72,884 7l3tf Nevada 58,71 1 62,265 3,554 6 Washington. 37,432 75,120 37,f8N 100 Idaho 20,583 32.611 12,028 5B Utah 09,581 143,007 44,326 44 Arizona 41,710 40,441 1,260 B3 Tofal. . . . 041,031 1,303,7971 451,866 48 9 Decrease.

Tlie IiKtrict of Columbia doc not belong to tiny section. It has a large floating population, wjiteh is composed partly of Government ofticiaU. It is accordingly put by iUelf, and appears iu the summary which is appended :

GliOUl'.

Eastern North western.. KoutherB Pacific... District

Alaska Indian Ter. ...

Pop. 1870.

12,30:),5:M 13,140,027 12,208,443 041,031 131,700

I 38,780,535

70,686 68,377

Pup. 1880.

14,508,115 17,615,404

16,457,515

1,303,79

177,638

50,152,550

38,025,508 !...

Tnereaae.

Per Ct.

2,204,58! 19 4,474,56734 4,18y,072j34 '451,866:48 45,038 35

11,866,024

29

A moiusun pliilosoher, having in mind the motion ol the. earth on it axis at seventeen miles a second, snys, that if yon lift your hut in the street to how to a friend, you go K;venh?en miles bareheaded without taking cold.

I in the midrib of their summer ; and at j Melbourne and Bydnoy, winre most inj valid go, U is ton hot. Tn Tasmania I and New tfeuhtnd tho climate in more.

like that of our own EugHah summer, and should, consequently, bo preferred. These long sea journeys, however, seem more suited to those who belong to the second category to the tired and the weary than to the- really ill. The usual period for departure is October or November.'' Medical Journal Mr, Wecdies and His Obi. The dress circle was adorned by a dys-peptie-looking girl, with big feet, who had a brown wart on her face and a certain look about her which plainly told that she was fresh from boarding-school. Beside, her sat a long, gawky young man, who was from the country, and evidently smitten with the charms of the young lady by his side, upon whom he would ever and anon bestow the most tender glances. During an intermission iu the play he turned to her, and, in a voiae as tender as a sirloin steak, said : " Don't yer think it's awful warm in this 'ere theater, Miss Mary? " She let fall on him a languid, pitying glance, and then replied : 11 AlIi ! yes, there exists a certain degree of closeness which is deleterious to the comfort of one's physical being ; but, my dear Mr. Weedles, you are nt doubt perfectly aware of the fact tfia! chemistry teaches us that the exhalations of so many individuals carbonizes the entire atmosphere, vitiating it to a degree which renders it poisonous to the respiratory organs, as well as to the corpuscles in the blood, producing nausea, and in some cases syncope. You can see at a glance, Mr. Weedles, that this is caused by the Lick of oxygen." ""Yes, I know 'em, that is, I've read of 'em, but hain't never seen any yet, as I know on ; but when Bid Wilkins, at their protracted meeting down on Goose creek, said that the heart was n part of the stomach, I told liim it was the derndest lie he ever spoke." " Oh, dear ! how absurd it was in him to make such a statement. Why, don't you know that the palpitation of the visens generates a subtle electrical force which is the most mysterious, wonderful and startling power which propels the anatomy of the genus homo ? " "I I have yes, I've heem tell of it afore, but I don't stick myself up as knowing every thing. I ain't that kind of a man. The folks used to say and was powerful proud of it that I wam't no sloucher on grammer; but won't you have some peanuts, Miss Mary ? " and he wiped the cold perspiration from his brow, and trembled with nervousness. " None, thank you, Mr. Weedles ; peanuts have a strange effect on my ga&tronoruical organs." " I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Misa Mary, because you recollect before you went off to school that I used to bring you peanuts, and we used to sit astraddle the garden fence and eat them. Don't you remember hov your old mother used to say that new peanuts were awful colicky ? Them were happy days, Miss Mary," and the humble lover sighed as low as a note on a bass-fiddle. 41 Oh, Mr. Weedles!" she said, blushingly, ' I want to ask you something. Did you not say on one occasion that I was possessed of a moiety of the divine alUatus, and that you thought I was a being entirely too seraphic and ethereal to exist on this mundane sphere?" " Miss Mary," said tho lover, and his eye ilashed and breast heaved, "it's a' mean, underhand lie. I never 6aiil a word ag'iu you in my life, and I'll just be eternally goldurned if I can't just naturally walk the log of any man who t ries to scandalize me behind my back. I always said Miss Mary Jones was the sweetest girl in the country, and " But the curtain went up, and the rest of the conversation was lost in the crash of the orchestra.

The following table allows tho relative growth of population in each group from 1800 to 1870, and from 1870 to 1880 : Per cent. Per rent, increase. inomtw. 1860-1870. 16701880. Eastern group 16 18, Northwestern group 64 34 Southern group 10 !H Pan lit group 91 48 Districtof Columbia 83 35 General average. 22, 20 Tho apparent eiiorniou increase in tho Southern States in the second period In due not onlv to the recovery of that section from tho effects of the war. but to a more c-aruful enumeration than has ever before been made there. . The Inventor of the Bell Rope On Trains. The late Captain Ayr-en, o Patterson, N. J., was the inventor of tho present bell rope system on railroads. When he commenced running on the New York and Erie Bailroad the locoraotivo had no cab for the engineer nothing but a framework. There was no way to go over the cars nor "for the engineer to communicate with the conductor when the train was in motion. In those days, instead of the conductor running the train, as at present, the engineer had entiro chargo, and the conductor was a mere collector of fares and ticket. In 18-42 Ayres inaugurated a system of signals by a cord running over the ears to the engine, where it was attached to a stick of wood. Ayres engineer, a Dutchman named Hamill, resentod the innovation, cut the stick loose, and tho conductor aud engineer had a tight at Turner's over tho matter, A vers whipping hih engineer badly, nnd thereafter conductors, and not engineers, hud charge of trains. Boon after the bull rope and gong went into general use. -Pater son (Jr. J;) Press, Sea Voyages lor Invalids. The rapid traveling of largo steam vessels is n disadvantage for those who go to sea for the suite of protracted navigation. They reach their destination too noon, and the changes of climate are too ripid. In the voyage to Australia, for instance, a few days alter tho departure from England, warm weather is reached ; then hot weather, when the tropic has been passed ; moist, us well as hot weather, when the equatorial ealnis have been reached. As the vessel arrives near the southern limit of its navigation, iu the Pacific oeean, the tenmerature again becomes cold Australia being reached in about forty-tive (lavs. All these extreme changes within so short a period are very trying to those who arc really ill, and often do them more harm than the pure sea air can do them good. Australia, also, is reached

How to Cure Exaggeration. Some habits are so unconsciouly practiced 'hat a movement to mend them is tho only way to detect them. The beam in one's own eye is less noticed thau the mote in another person's eye. A family while at tho breakfast table one morning pledged to observe the strictest veracity for that day. A member oi' the family tells the 41 consequences." As a first-fruit of the resolve, we asked the one who suggested it: "What made you so late at breakfast this morning?" Sim hesitated, began with "Because I couldn't" and then, true to her compact, said: "Tho truth is, I was lazy and didn't hurry, or I might have been down long ago." Presently one of them remarked that she had been very cold, adding, I never was so cold in my life. " An inquiring look caused the last speaker to modify her statement instantly with: " Oh, I don't think I was so cold, after all." A third remark to the effect that "Miss So-and-so was the homeliest girl in the city," was recalled as soon as made, the speaker being compelled to own that Miss So-find-so was only rather plain, instead of being excessively homely. So it went on throughout the day, causing much merriment, which was good-naturedly accepted by the subjects, and giving rise to constant corrections in tho interest of truth. One thing became more and more surprising, however, to each one of us, and that was the amount of cutting down which our most careless statements demanded under this now law, Youth's Companion, Consolation. An honest shoemaker peering into a restaurant, saw one of his fashionable customers seated at a table covered with all tho delicacies ol the season, including a large bottle of green seal and two canvas-back ducks! Hushing in, the iratotradesmuu exclaimed: "Yon haven't got money to pay me for the boots you have got on, but you can afford to pay for all manner of delicacies." The young man wiped his mustache, and looking around to see that he was not overheard, responded in a whisper: "Don't be deceived by appearances. You must not lose confidence in me. 1 don't expect to pay for this little banquet any more than I expect to pay you for the boots." Kcouumy, While all are willing to admit Unit the habit of economy is ;t useful, practical, and most desirable one, few would think of attributing to it anything of beauty or attractiveness. Yet the oeouomy of money, or its best ise f-;r t: ?.; synonymous bus iu it this very element. Those who live fully up to or beyond their income, iu the wvarisome effort to build up to or keep up a certain M.yle of uppearunco, really, though unconscious

ly, sacrifice the very attractiveness which they seek to produce. The difficult and painful effort which it costs they fully realize, but they im ig:.ne it to W hidden from all but themselves aud herein lies their great mistake. Curious Scene, A most respectable jury every one of them a 50 freeholder was impaneled at Olonmel, Ireland to try a most important question. During the course of the trial the learned Judge had to retire for half an hour, promising to bo back on the expiration of that time. The Judge then retired, and so did the jurors. In some time after, one of the jurors returned, and stated in open court, to an astonished audience, that he had becu to a christening, drank the child's health, a ppeedy uprise to its mother, and that her son might bo a much better man than its papa. This caused so much surprise that those who heard it remamed silent. He asked a learned counsel to give .liim the song called "The Low-backed Car." Afc this request the learned gentleman shook his head. The juror then said, "You won't, won't you? Then I'll do it myself ; " and so he'did, in excellent style, and concluded amid the bravos of a crowded court. He then made a speech on the duties of a paternal Government, and acquitted hiuiself with equal credit, and was vociferously applauded. He then demanded that the Judge should be sent for ; and, this demand not being acceded to by the crier, he stood up and called the learned Judge to come into court, on a fine of 50, This he did three different times, and in the usual way. He then declared that as the Judge did not come he wouldn't wait- he should go back to the christening ; and he accordingly left the jurybox, and finally the court. In about half an hour he returned, and, not seeing the Judge on the bench, he commenced singing "Bory O'More," after which he stepped into the jury-box, re

suming his seat among his fellows, who appeared quite " glum" at his antics ; but he, seeming not to mind the wry faces of hisbretliren, began to hum asong. He then tried what he could do at the Kent bugle, and succeeded to admiration" ; but, just as he had concluded a splendid solo, the learned Judge made his appearance at the corner of the bench, where he stood listening, in mute astonishment, to the music of the special juror, who was equally astounded when he heard the cry of " Hate off ! Be pleased to keep silence !" In the meantime something was said to the Judge, who good-naturedly adjourned the court for tho further hearing of the case until the following morning. A Joke on a Horse. A Detroit merchant had a horse which was the terror of every pedestrian who got within three feet of 'his head. The animal had teeth like ashark, and would bite everything within reach except a pile of grindstones. Whipping had no effect, and he would get rid of muzzles as fast as they were put ou. The firm had paid out considerable money to settle for his bites, aud were wondering what they could sell him for, wiien along came a man who gnaranted a cure for &5. He was told to go to work, and his first move was to get an old suit of clothes and stuff it with straw. The horse was driven down the street, and the suit was tied to a hitehing-post, back to the street. A fall pound of Cayenne pepper was then rubbed into and sprinkled over the garments and the straw stuthng, and the joke was ready. The horse came jogging back; and the driver left him standing within six feet of the man of straw. The old biter's eyes had a twinkle as he saw a fine chance to use his teeth, and as soon as left alone he began edging toward the post. When ready for business he made a snddn lunge and caught the "man" by the shoulder. That old horse meant wickedness, but he had a surprise in store for him. As he lifted the figure off its feet and gave it a shake it fell apart, and his mouth, nose, and eyes were filled with smarting powder. Great tears rolled down his long noso, he sneezed and snorted and coughed, and he was just as chagrined at the general laugh on him as a man would have been. He backed away from the remnants, opened his mouth to cool it, and hung his head in shame. He did not cease weeping for a day, but wheu he got so that he could look tho public square iu the face ho was a changed horse. Anybody could pull his ears or rub his nose witli impunity. In fact, he would court caresses where he had defied them, and on the approach of a stranger would shut his eyes and mouth, as if fearful of another dose Humboldt and the Lunatic. "Great wits are sure to madness near allied," and a quaint anecdote, taken from Humboldt's "Wenderjahre," aptly demonstrates how readily even so keen an observer as the great German traveler may mistake a genuis for a luna tic. During one of his many sojourns in Paris, Humboldt, who took a deep interest in the mysteries of mental aberration, conceived a desire to converse intimately with some incurable maniac, aud requested one of his scientific friends, an eminent mad doctor, to give him tho opportunity of meeting one of hia more rem arktd.de patients. A few days later he received an invitation from the specialist in question to supper, and on his arrival at his friend's house found two strange gentleman awaiting him, neither of whom war. formally introduced to him by his Amphitryon. Ono was an elderly gentleman of grave demeanor, dressed in the height of the prevailing fashion, by no means talkative, and manifestly devoted to tho pleasures of the tabic. Tho other was a comparatively

i young man, extremely excitable in man

ner, w ith long, disheveled hair, ill-made clothes, and so exuberantly voluble that ho all but monopolized the conversation throughout the evening, although H umboldt himself was one of the most- loquacious men alive. ThiB wildlookiug person displayed extraordinary versatilirv and restlessness in his talk, which teemed with paradoxes, and dealt with an infinite variety of subjects. I Iu mboldt listened to his brilliant ramblings with absorbing interest, and upou taking leave of his host at a late hem of the night expressed his gratitude for the psychologies experience afforded him, observing that "the madman had amused him beyond all measure." "How is that?" exclaimed the doctor; "you scarcely exchanged a word with him all the evening." "I mean, of course," rejoined Humboldt, "that excitable yonjng man." "You are altogether mistaken; the madman was that quiet, decorous old gentleman." "And who, then, was the person I took to bo demented?" "That person, my good friend, was M. Honore deBalzaoT "TiiRitK is not a corporation on the round globe whose specific gravity is greater than that of the old JEtna LiiFB, of Hartford. It is solid as granite and as true aa gold." Phila, Weekly Itenu

INDIANA NEWS, The New Albany Council proposes to reduce the number of tho police force. A little son of Mr. Thos. P. Moore, of Albany, fell on the icy sidewalk, and bit his tongue nearly of ' While playing with a toy pistol, a small son of Edward Huffman, of Reels-: ville, Putnam county; was shot in the abdomen. A Kokomo wretch named Pursely is charged with starving his horses so that one of them died, and the other is a mere skeleton. James L. Fuoit, of Greerisburg, aged 7ft, who held many positions of public trust, including the office of County Clerk, is dead. At Clinton, City Marshal Fitzpatriok was stabbed to the heart by Jacob Shirley, whom he attempted to arrest for disorderly conduct. The City Council of Bichmond has passed an ordinance for renaming all the streets of the city except Main, and for renumbering the houses, Thjs Fayette county Commissioner have appointed a committee to negotiate with the trustees of the association for purchase of the Connersvillef air grounds, to prevent them from being cut up into lots and sold. The New Albany Oilstone Works hart shipped to Europe, on ordcis, 4,500 pounds of the finest quality of oilstones, to be used in European watch manufactories.

slapped a newsboy for crying the names of papers in front of his store-room, and damages to the amount of $1,000 have been awarded. The dwelling of Hoe. Christopher Girton, near Flat Bock Station, Shelby county, was consumed by fire the other night, with the household goods. Cause, a defective fiue. Loss, 5,000 ; no insurance. Col, F. A. Sears, ex-County Treasurer of Lawrence county comes out in his accounts with the county about $7,000 short. He mortgage his property to his bondsmen to make them secure, or nearly so. Phof. William A. Moobe, Superintendent of the New Castle public schools, and for a number of years Professor of Mathematics in Earlham College, died a few days ago, of pneumonia, at his home in New Castle. An 11-year-old boy named Joe Goodwin, at Shelbum, pointed a pistol at Ellen McCroclin, not thinking it was loaded, and pulled the trigger. The ball struck the girl on the temple, in

flicting a wound which proved fatal in three h&urs. Miss Lillie Hendricks, of Petersburg, niece of Hon. T, A. Hendrickst accidentally sat down on a pair of large scissors, when closed, running both blades 'entirely through the thigh, just below, and at the outside of the great trochanter,, producing a painful, if not dangerous wound, Thb State House Commissioners ara giving particular attention to the choice of woods required in the finishing work of the building. These will all be na

tive to the State, but the problem of getting them well seasoned against the time they are needed is that which will engage the attention of the -board for some time. On account of $23,000 being paid out of the treasury the last few months on soldiers' bounties, the Commissioners of Bush county have been compelled to issue bonds to the amount of $6,000 to meet the expenses of the county. A pabtt of eleven colored North Caror linians arrived at Greensburg last week, Tliev rfiiioit their neonle in that fraction

trying to raise means to transport them-, selves, and predict a large exodus from that State during-the winter and spring. Abticles of incorporation of the Indianapolis and Sullivan Railroad and Coal Company have been filed ; capital, $700,000. The Spragues, of Detroit, are the chief movers in it. The road is to be 100 miles long, the object chiefly to supply coal. Clabk Anthts, one of the most prominent of Kuox county farmers, was: drowned in W kite river. He was in the act of driving from the ferryboat with a mule team, when the animals became frightened and ran into the water; and he and one of the mules sank below the surface; There is a movement on foot "between the prenent Sheriff of Delaware county and Sheriff-elect McKinney, whereby the latter will purchase the remainder of the former's term of office next spring, and the present incumbent will remove to liis farm. This is done to gjve the present Sheriff an opportunity to get out Iris crops hi the spring.

The death of Hon. Allan Smith, at his residence near Wabash, occurred the other night, from tiie effect of cancer on the neck, from which he has been a suffeier for some time. Mr. Smith came here in 1839. He represented Wabash in the Indiana Legislature two terms, in 1867 and in 1869, after which he was elected Director of the Northern Prison and served one term as President of the Board, The official bond of Edward H. Wolfe, Auditor-elect of the State, in the sum of $10,000, has been approved by the Governor. His bondsmen are all rrom Rush county, Mr, Wolfe's residence. Mr. Wolfe has made his appointments of' Deputies as follows: John N. Coons, principal Deputy; Wright Wharton, City Clerk in the Insane Department ; and Isaiah Piatt, Clerk in tiaeand Department. On the 23d day of December, 1863, Jennings county offered to all persons

who would enust m we army to tob credit of that county a bounty of $110. At that time several members of the Twenty-second Indiana, who were then

stead of returning home, turned around and re-enlisted in another regiment on flirt IrtTr ill-. namarl Imirmrr ai. tbrt.

time, no knowledge of the above bounty. Now come twenty-one of these soldiers who re-enlisted in the South, and bring suit against the county, daiming the honnt.v. which, with seventeen Years

interest, amounts to $424.20 each, or Bin aggregate of $8,908.20. Clark county is the onlycouuty in the State that has a regular settlement of Mormons. Their settlement is near New Providence, in Wood township, and has been flourishing for years. The members of the chiuvh are called Joe Smith Mormons. Several years ago a missionary Mormon from the West made his appearance, and converted nearly every person in that section. These Mormons believe in immersing three times instead of once, as the Baptists do. The members do not practice polygamy, as Brigham. Young's disciples

township there is no other church, excepting those of the Mormons and Oath -

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In the possession of a North Carolina man. It is a plain 22-karat gold nog. which was found qn thb Covrpens battle field, in 1821. The inscription reads "This -and ye giver are yours foror, 1722," It Was presented to a Britim officer by his sweetheart before his dopaitnre with Lord Comwallis for America. The officer who was killed at Oi v pens, also wore buttons of 20-karat gW on his uniform, and some of the buttons are stiii owned in the Carolina. One wan presented to General La Fayette, in 186 and others were sent to Englen t. the cont-of-arms on them revealing, in family to whom they belonged.