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EUGENE CITY GUARD LATEST KKWS SUMMARY. MY TELKUBirH TO DATE. D. 0. Mill lift resinned a directorship n the Western Union. The stesruer Carrie Hopun, with 7WJ bale of cotton, was burned on the 7th lu tlio Yhzoo river. A cabin boy whs drowned. It Is unofficially announced thattheAt eliiiton, Tflpekn t Hunt Fe railroad made connection with the'Suutliern Pacific Hut uiday last. Mm. Klizabetli K. Churchill of Provi dence, It. I., widely known as a speaker and writer In behalf of tlio riubt of women, la dead. Charlotte Thompson, mi actress, when about to eV3 Toledo diecovered that her jewel casket w'tli diumoudi) valued at $13, 000 was uiie tug; no cine. The revised new testr.nient will bo pub lished by the Fnirluh university presse in May next Indifferent sizes and styles of binding ut corresponding prices. One thousand iron workers are out of employment by a strike at the rolling mills, at tiriiii(iieiu, in. i lie company will till their place with workmen from abroad. Hubert C. Bates, of H. Louis, sold, bia Union pacing mare, iwattlo K. Hunter, to John frqilan, who Kavoiiu order ou C. F. Emery, of Cleveland, for the purchase money, ilL',000 Itev. F. Wendele of the Unitarian church In a sermon denounced the school board of Cincinnati a composed princi pally of men of low mental culture and Social Standing. C. A. Iteimeiisoyder, of Toledo, Ohio, a prominent member of the Into general reform party which elected him treaHiiror and secretary of tho city water works, has absconded for Kurope leaving a deficit of from 50000 to $ 10,000. Tho prohldent, JJlai ne and Windom now favor an extra session, and unless the present status (lumpen an extru session will bo called about the. middle of May, when the republicans can control the hoiiHO and ptobubly the senate a I no. The senate has confirmed the nomina tions of F.varts,Thiirumii and Howe, com missioners to tlio international monetary conference, Ixt M. Morrill, collector of customs at Portland, Maine, and 1). D. Medium:, surveyor of customs at Cincin nati. V , Another Ohio man I.iih come to the front In tlio pen-on ol Judo James V. McDill, appointed by Gov. Greer, of Ohio, to succeed Kirk wood in tho U. 8. senate. McDill is jiint 47 years old, was born at Monroe, Ohio, and lived In that stuto un til 1850. Edward, Ynunir, son of a prominent ul torney In Geoigntown, Ohio, nhot and killed'deortfe Ahhmoieatabont 10 o'clock on I lie 6th, und seriously if not fatally wounded James Ashmore and Clinton Campbell. Yonn and James Ashmoru had previously had eevnral (piurrels. Tho two Ashmores aud Campl1?)) '?ro tjrunli . and forced the quarrel, , The ClafcdSO Lu"rincula Exchange holi Its alltU mooting ou the 7th. Tho 'prvBiuvUl'a address contains tho start ling elattuient that owbtf to the onormous growlli of the lumber business it will take only 20 years to exhaust the great pine forests of tho country if the present rato of tleplo'ioir Continues. Tho receipts nf lumber of all kind lit this port during tho - 18.SQ.wero 1,581,(100,000 root. Senator Bayard vW bo chairman of the finance committee; lavls, of llliuols, of the judiciary; Jcihnsun, of foreigu rela tions; Junes, of Florida, on public landH; Hater, of ngrieulture: Cottrell, of military aiTalr; Hampton, of mines; (.iruome, of petitions; and tho other principle com mittees will havo tho same chairmen ns before. Several ol tho new democrats will get chairmanships. It In nsscrtod that General Manager KlmUII, (Jeneral Frylyht Agent Vinlng, and General Ticket Audit Hlebbing of tlio U. P., went to Topeka recently to hold a conrurrvneo with olllciiils of tho new Southern Pacific route, tho object being to arrango a friendly basis of doing busi ness and agreeing upon pnssonge'r and freight rates, or in other w ords, to form some sort of a pool, The new southoru route will have rail connection completed by tho 15th. of March. Tho president has nominated Levi P, Morton V. S. minister to France, and Win. M. Kvart, Allen O. Thurmaii and Timothy O. Howe commissioners on the partof tho United Mates ta tho Interna tional monetary conference nt Pari.-; Uavid D. Mi I'lung, surveyor of customs at Cincinnati; John V, Oreen, collector of internal revenue for tho second district of Iowa, and Hubert S, Taylor of ludiauti, member of tlio Mississippi river impiovu mcntrommlsiiioii. The caucus of deruoeratic rctintors 1ms determined to continue the organization of senate committees, and iiillnf (ieorln, 1'eudletoii, Ijinmr, Harris, l urlcy, llaii soui, Garland, lavht of West irlnia, and Cockrell, the committee appointed to arrauiie standing and select committees beliu not ready to report, another caucus was held after the session adjourned and Is still sitting. They will prohsoly rcHrt to-morrow, und ttie ripublicaus will be asked to fill the minority. It was tho unanimous opinion of the" caucuses that business should be expeditcuby riant' m oommittees at once. The democratic cutieiK with iiinch dilIU cnlty arrived lit the conclusion to put Cuunlen, of West Virginia, ou the liunnce commiuee. Many ilemocrats demurred at ttils act ion because Camden is president ofatmlional bank, und the democracy are opjwsed to national banks. He muy even yet Le changed. The caucus has decided to ashln Mutunie to three or four committees, iocludlnir the railroad and inuil.irv committees: The folluwlnu chair mauhhliis were agreed on: Klectlons, KsuUlmrv; forctpD relations. Johnston; tluance, Psyard; sppMpriatiuns, lavis of West Virginia; commerce, Kunsoni; jildi ciary, Pavis of lllinuiir, military, (trover, naval, Mcpherson; pototllccN Maxcy; public lands, Jones ol Florida; Indian af fair, CKike; pensions, tirover; claims, Cockrill: patents, Coll; territories, Butler, railroads, Jjrmar; revision of laws, Gar land: agriculture. Plater; manuf.n tores, Vtlilui; eJucation and labor, Pron; mines and miuinir, Farley; llatrict of Col iiiubia, Harris; civil service. Walker; pub lie luillui);s, Vest; Improvement of Mis sissippi river and territories, Jones; trans. jrtation routes to seaboard, Feck; pri vate laml claims, F-duiunds; revolutionary t'lsiins, Anthony; cneroosed bills. Conk line; enrolled mi!, Puch; rules, Morjrsn. to examine the several branches of the ivil service, lIauipton;renus, Pendleton; library, Viornees; profcidtfnti.il elections, Morsn; epidemic disea-a, Harris; print ing, Hill of ivHirgla;contim;ent expenses, Vsuce. Louis C. Ross, contracting agent for th Wabash railroad, commiuee suiciue on the 7th with a pistol; cause,, nervous de prestion. Atsnlnoucst held over the body of Harry r rleburn, an iiK"'re l" "' timoreand Patomao Itallroad ()., who Uied from Injuries received at the r :ent collision near Severn, among the viu ucsses was John Hoy, conductor of . extra train. Jmrinj? tho examination be said: 'Fricburn and 1 haJ oruors read nvur In im taicfl bv tile dispatcher in Ualtimore, ami the accident was duo to our carelessness, llarrv 1 oeuu now, ana I alone am responsible, The jury found that Friolinrn cauio to his death by a col lision which occurred through the fieitli gence of said Frietmrn, engineer, and John lUjy, conductor of tho south bound train. The democratic caucus acsiirned sena tors Farley, Grover, rilater and Fair It committee positions as follows; Farley is to be chairman of the commltteeon mines and mining, and retains bis present posi tion on the committee on commerce, postoflice and naval aff.ilrs. Hlator Is given the chairmanship of the committee en agriculture, is nude a member of the rietiKiiitis committee, and remains in me committee on Indian affairs and territo ries. Grover. by oroiuotion, becomes chairman of tho military committee and remains in tho committee on public lands, railroads and manufactures. Fair is pro vided for by assignment to thecommiUee on mines and mining, public hinds and railroads, Tho appointments of Mefsrs. Kverctt, Thurman and Howe, as tho United States commissioners to the International mon etary conference, appears to give univer sal satisfaction, especially that of Judge Thtirmsn, which asido from its being a graceful compliment is notably suitable alike, by reason of his familiarity with the subject involved and his fluent com mand ol the French language. Thurman and Ilowo were among the lirst members of the senate to follow Jones of Nevada, in his pronounced advocacy of bl-metal-ism and tho re-establishment of a double standard In this country, und Everett, al though not oni to an far advanced in his position on this subject, isequally earnest in his desire to made the coining confer ence a complete success.' Senators and representatives from mining states are greatly pleased that provision has been made for American participation in this Important council and aro very sanguine that the result will be hmhly beneficial to our mineral interests. Senators Jones, of -Nevada, and Hill, of Colorado, both ex press the belief that with an international acceptance of the rates of V to 1, as the standard equation of tho two precious metals, silver will at once advance in price from o to 30peronncuaiid maintain that vidua for many yeurs. The cited of this ofcoiirse would be to glveagreat impetus to silver mining mid especially tend to make prolitablo I ho working of low grade ores, Tho Colorado papers havo beeu nolle earnest In urdnir the appointment of Senator Jones as a member of the con ference, but in view of iys already hold ing nn oflice ho could not bo amiolrlLed legally, even if willing to servo. TJie pnlj nporsiMon of rents in Chicago uC...ng to be a serious matter with tenants. They find themselves con fronted with a doublo dilemma ol very much higher prices for tliolr present lo cation, and an impossibility of doing bet ter by moving, while many who have thrown up leases bocauso of tho rapacity of landlords iind themselves unablo to secure any now quarters whatever. The condition of affairs arises, according to real estato men, not from paucity of build ing operations during the past y ar, for very many Urge and commodious build ings have beeu erected, but from tho rush toward the city of now business tlrnis What is truo of rents in the business sect ion of the city is also true of residence rents, and tlio lirst of May will wittiess such a scramble, for houses as was never seen here before. It now looksastliough many proplo would bo entirely homeless, allhouith, according to building statistics recently telegraphed, over live thousand residences were ere.ted during 1S.S0 lu Chicago. Homes which two years ago rented for $.10 to f,S0 per month are now bringing $o0 to $1U3 and even higher pro portionate rates aie being fixed in somo cases. In I ho business portion the nd vsiico ranges fron 12 to 50 per cent. Ono ease Is known in widen the furniture linn which last year paid 53000 was asked to pay jjiOiKR) for a thrco years' lease, and after casting about and finding no other building available, was compelled to Ac cede to tho terms. In another instance a wholesale firm on Staio street whose rent him beeu i'lMO will pay &500 tlio coming year. Agents as well ns renters nud owners consider this a genulno risoin rents, not an engineered scare, and it may bo stated that the busines prosperity and grow ing activity in every branch of in . dustry is a further warrant for the ad vance, Carljlo aud (Jilflllan. Mr. Oiltlllan, a man of undoubted though erratic genius, was a passionate admirer of Carlyle, and at ono time went a tour of tlio country lecturing on Car ljlo and his writings. His professional engagements taking him to the south of England, he niudo bold to call on the sage at a house iu Chelsea. Ou ringing the bell, Carlylo himself came to tho door. "Who aro you ?" ho said, in tho grntV, abrubt way he had with strangers, for ho took most strangers who called upon him without an introduction for uioro euri-ositv-mongers and sight-seers. "1 am Georgo Giltlllan," was the re ply, "and I have been lecturing about you through the country." "Yon have! havo you ? 1) n your impertiuenee, good morning." It is but fair to two such distinguished men to add that Carlyle was thus rudo through ignornneo of the worth and genius of his visitor, and though for many a long day afterward the name of Thomas Carlyle, much less a lecture on him, never crossed Gilllllsn's lips, the matter was subsequently settled through the iutervention of friends, and the authors of "Sartor Kesartus" and "The lloudsof tho P.ible" became ultimately the best of friends. Milwaukee Sen tinel. A few dars ago one of the rooms in one of the llartford schools was not over and above well heated, and the boy scholars liegan to thiuk they might just as well have a holiday; so while the teacher was absent for a few minutes to look after the fire the mischievous boys put some ice on the bulb of the ther mometer. The merenry fell so low that when the teacher came back and lookea at it she thought it was hazardous to the scholars to keep them in, and dismissed the school. miSClU AJD COMERCIAL. ' PoSTtisa, Msreh 18, 1881. Legs! tenders fa Pertlsad, buying, ptr, ,od wIIIuksI par. , , Bilvarouin In rordaad bans quota at I pr cent, dittouut u par. CoiaexdiaugeooKew iork, 1 pereeut pre mium. . Coin exchange oo Sin Francitco, jr to per etnt premium. TaJeirrspbic transfers on Sow York, 1 per out. premium. Iloia fraxlaea Market. The following quotations rprr;iit the whole sale rates from prudiwer or tr4 knuJ: FLOCK Btaadanu bratda M bHtyii ft; Ufct country brauili, HfeH Hi, aiir3uo W 7.VJ ). . WOOL Valley 22fl 271c liTn Oregon J0(jjZ3 WHEAT Uoodtocli'M", l ijf'lil 271. 1IAY Tnauthy UM, luyiug tl JlGlS ptr tn. . POTATO V.T-1j(a, 0c per cU. MIDDLING!! J0fa,ri2Ji alwrts fhop feed tWotWl fine $iHW7J V Un. PnA.N-Jobl.ii) at per tn. (HrIS. OATH Fetd, l 'ii(n, pur ecntali feed tl lOevl HU. BACO.V-hulcs, He hams, Orep.nSC 12 I4c J-juUirn, 1 kji 15c j aliouldera, 10(Vj, lj. LARD In kegs, I'i f in Has, Ito BUTTER Wo quote rhuira dairy at SOnSie goxl Imlt imiII, 37Ci 4(l; urdiu&ry, IsQj Jin, whether brine or roll. DRIED KltLlirf Applif, sun dried, SaOci liiachiiit'drjiii, 12)a lVors, mncliine ilrlwl, lu2e. I'luini, niacliliic ilri.il, l.tlli Apples, inarkel ovenUx;lccJ, at 4oei;75 p-r bx. EiKiH Ssr d PUl'LTKY lions and roosters, $2J.3J Tur keys l lnllJc wr pound. (iee, iHaV u-r dux. niEESlJ Oregon, l.liolilcj Coliforum. iiio. III'MfHllrvaieiT, Sti,ll Je; on f'l, 4i4ii)o. UKEK Live wcii;ln, 3e, Rros "!((,, jier It. , RIIKEP Live wcisiht, 2ogni. TALLOW Quotable ato)c. HIDES The market Is firm at lite for firat vkis dry; JlfeUJo for green; culls, oue-third on. nHml MrertiaitUlK). RICE Market qu tel at China, !iai I Sand wl li Island, N'J. C0FKEE Costa Kaa, 17(,20cj Java, 2-30cj Rio, MJnt7e. TEAS Wa quote Japan In laqucrcd boxes 50o 75c l pner."(i47i. 8U0AUS Bandwieh bland, iori,!Ic; r.olden C, In liMs, I U$i hi Ibis, llk; Crushed bbls. 1 He hfbbls, 12c l'ulvcrizel bblt, 12c, hf bbls, i;i)ci lirunuhtUxi bbls, 1 tic, hf bb! )2c. SAnDINJ-a-tJrUiJCM,$l 74 i bf boxs i 75. YEAST POWDElt Dennollv, 18 V gross . WiNI'i Whim, er do iu case, J.'i Wie4 wr f.t, 70c to 51 M; Boumuu, pi-rdos lu cases, $3 60 to f 'i per gul, flOo U 51 6 Clsret California per gat, 51 lo 5t 2i; irn- ported per g d, $1 60 to Sherry -( sla ir nd, $1 6u to $2 K); Span ish, fl tojdl airtr1 bramlt, iVi to $1H; Imported par gal, W W to $7. Tort Vi'ius brands In qrcsks. (2 SO to 55; (I 40 to $2 ; imported, $3 to $7. SPIRITS Kineold hennvfsr Brandy iu qr cks sud otLives.fj 60U tf 60 per gal; Dan ville's Irish Whisky iu cotes kr iloi, 912; J.nnes Hteurt It (Vi.'s Scotch Whisky iu qr rks and ecUives, $t ; lfcnnewy Brandy iu rose, r dos, very fiuo 1 star $10, 2 star, ;I7 i0,3fti,r Jlti; Holland Gin, hrge caws, 5ltn52'J; UldTomCiu ineaef,512; Rye Wbiiikv, per gal, $2 60 to & i Iluurlsm, er gal, 52' 50 toti; A Cutter, $3 26 lo 53 60 K Cutter. 54 40 to 53. OILS Oidiimry brimIs of coal, ."iOCjhijdiRnfch; l)owner 4 I o., 374alOc; lioilnl lui.etl, I raw lineed,l(6c; purelanl,$lal 111; enstor l Wu$l lUi lunwntiuo, A Central Initial Meililluu. In a recent editorial wo commented upou tho proposal of Mr. Sandford Flem ing, the Canadian engineor, to csuiblish a now prime meridian for tho world. As this matter is of great interest to geogra phers and navigators, another proposi tion, emanating from M. do Beaumont, President of tho Genova Geographical Society, and fixing up a "central initial" meridian exactly ten degrees east of Paris, demands attention. Mr. Flem ing's suggestion of tho lino 180 degroes from Greenwich is open to objections, already pointed out by tho Herald, which apply with much less force to that of M. do Iteanmont. His longitudinal division of tho globo would pass near Homo, ex actly through Venice, tho northern part of Spitsbergen, then Capo Prince of AVales in Behring Strait and Ounaloska in tho Aloutku Islands. These points, intorsoetod by M. do Beaumont's contrnl line, would givo it a oonaniouous placfo on all maps end charts, and it could be easily fixed In the "mliliVs cyo" of all classes n vital consideration iu selecting flTiy isro point from whibk to number tho lines of longitude for all nations. Chief Justico Daly, President of the American Goographical (society, snys it would bo "a very desirable first merid ian, and as there appears no other way of getting over tho disposition ot nations to adhere to their own, and of avoiding tlio confusion of having so many, I fully conour in M. do Beaumont's suggestion, and hope, as a practical relief from an existing difficulty, that it may bo gen erally adopted." For all purposes of mathematical aud physical geography this new lino pro posed by tlio Swiss geographer is unex ceptionable. For more purposes of com mercial geography the initial meridian of Greenwich is equally bo, and, as the world's maritime center is now Great Britain, the majority of seamen might think it better than ono ton degrees east of Paris. But tho advantage of Green wich as tho xero point is purely subjec tive, being somewhat uioro familiar to seamen than Veuioe und other places in torseetod by M. do Beaumont's lino. The nautical world would therefore bo put to but a trifling ineon veniouee by tho proposed change, while tho advantages of a symmetrical division of the globo and tho attainment of woi ld wido cartographical uniformity are of ex ceedingly great moment to all other classes. It is an error to suppose that aur initial point of reckoning longitude will do as well as another. Tho central line should be more than uieroly neutral, or obnoxious to uo national prejudice; an indispensable condition is that it should pass over or very near some points well known to men of all nation alities. But, this condition fulfilled, as it fairly is in M. do Beaumont's pro posal, 'almost anv meridian which the chief powers roulA agree on would be better than none. Oar own government, by a disinterested appeal to the great maritime powers to undo on the sugges tion of the Swiss geographer, might, perhaps, easily accomplish a great re form in tho world's eitftography aud con fer a great bene'lt npou geographical acieneo every w here. X. Y. Herald. Youug Hopeful, age 6, who is ahowinu a visitor his book eoutaiuiug au alleged representation of a "bird" and a "horse,1-" aa indicated in the words underneath the drawings: "These are my worst draw ings, Mr. Smith." Mr. Smith: "In deed, Tommy! and where are jour other ones?" Young Hopeful: "Oh, I haven't drawed them yet." T TTlfT'g HEW rttlEJD. Mrs. Jones has quite a habit of culti rating sudden friendships, which have every epiearenc of blooming eternally, bnt which toon wither in the world s eohl blasU. I used to think this char ecteristio was confined to schoolgirls, bo promise immortal fidelity in letters, crossed and recreated, but forgot each other as soon aa they have caught a lover. My wife's last acquisition, in tlio way of a bottom friend, is Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray, with, whom sho became ac quainted last summer, while we were lourdiug out of town. Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray had her carriage with hor, and created quito a sensation; iu fact, every lady in the house was eager to become her confidant; but tho amiablo deport ment of Mrs. Jones, combined, I doubt not, with her iutcllcctuul accomplish ments, rendered her the favorite; and she it was who daily occupied tho sparo seat in tho couch, and hud the honor of advising Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray iu those thousand grave perplexities under which women sutler. We returned to the city after tho Mow brays, but my wife, though usually very firiu on questions of etiquette, waived her privileges on this occasion, and niado tho first call. All that evening sho could do nothing but tulk of Mrs Mort imer Mowbray. "Such an elegant es i.tJinhmnnt " she said. "Tlio drawinz- room was tho perfection of luxury and IlkLv Mrs. juowoi-av iiau on sucu a &'nik pan. and altocothcr looked so lady III- llp manners were, indoed. most aristocratin, just what one would sup pose those ol a countess w uo. In a fow days Mis. Mortimer Mowbray rotnrnp.l mv wife's call, comins iu a shin ing new cairiago and with a new spon of horses. Her cqnipaj;e creaicu quito a sensation in our street. Jlrs. Jonos soon after this, began to act as if brooding over some vast design, which not being yet quite matured, sho deemed it wisest to bo silent respecting. At last however tho secret was broached. "I was thinking, Jones." she said one night.as I was composing myself to sleep, "that wo ought to give a party. Not a regular ball, indeed, uut a select enter tainment, wlicro a few congenial minds may be brought together. I should like to introduce mv dear Mrs Mowbray to somo of tho choicest of our set." Now I detest parties, small or large, but as tho delicacy of my wife's nerves l.ipn nnt allow of her beins thwarted. I mado no objootion to this proposal, ol- tliongii i sigiicii to myaeu. "Of course, my dear" I said. "You know best." "Wo'll ask about thirty," continued my wife wanning with tho subject, "there's Mrs. Wharton, and Mrs. Hor ace Shinn, and Mrs. Trice and the three Misses Trolawneys," and thus the dear croature ran on until she had mentionod abont forty names and I saw that her "select party of congenial souls" was go ioir to bo after all. crowded rout. "ion liavo lorgotien me two iuisses Howoll," I said at last, when my wife slopped for waut of breath. The two Misses Howell wero amiable, intelligent and pretty girls, in whom l 41- n tnt!ioilni inttrnnf linpirtaA fhoit father hod onco been an extensive ship ping merchant, uut Having becoming ro- duced end diod bankrupt, tlio Bisters were compelled to earn a livelihood by standing iu a store. Thoy had numer ous rioli rolations on whom they might hilletnil themselves, but. with a spirit of proper independence, they pre ferred to worn loi- iiioir maintenance, ni Btoad of eating the bread of ohority. I had long nourished a romantic- idea of seaing them married well, aud had con sequently made it a point always to in vito them to our parties; to praiso them lnVhW tit thn vounar irentlomen thero ami iu every other indirect way to assist in realizing my pet seneino. My wife heretofore had soconded me in mv lionevnhmt tduii: lint on tho nres- 1 . - . cut occasion cho hesitated to reply, and I !iuer at pnco that tuero somctuins tlifl nutter. "Ahem!" sho said at laid, clearins her "hiin! Tim Misses Howell aro very nice girls, to bo sure that is. in tin. i. 11 miAimt ns it is 10 ue a Buiect party, and as I havo already mentioned rather too many, ana ns aiis. .uowuiuj may not want tb moot nil sorts of people, and as " "Stop, my dear," said I, with a sigh, for I saw that my favorites wero not to bo invited, "you have givon reasons U i a proat tntv. thoilirh." And I sighed again a sigh eloquont of passive resignation. My wife heard my sighs, and her ten der 'heart was touched. Sho paused a moment in embarrassment, and perhaps even revolved tho idea of yielding to my wishes, but, iu tho end, she raised her self ou her elbow, nnd said: "Mr. Joues, do listen to reason. Yon don't know how foolish yon make your sell about thoso Howell girjs. They've been unfortunate, to be sure; and they're vert passable, indeed, but there's a prejudice, you are aware, against girls who stand in Btorcs; and who knows but what Mrs. Mowbray woold take offense at my inviting such people to meet her? I shouldu't like to do it. indeed, without first asking her; aud I can't do that this time, She's very particular, and so ex cessively hish-bred." "Thou I don't think sho'd regard you tho less, my dear," I ventured to say, "for being acquainted with two such ex cellent girls es Tattio and Lizzio Howell." "Mr. Jones, don't bo a child," replied my wife, fiiugiug herself to the other sido of the bed. "At your age you should kuow something of tho world. Exclu-ive people, like Mrs. Mowbray, don't care to meet nobodies. Sho was very chstiee, as you saw, as to Whom sho n.l mi t tml to hor ociinaintance this sum mer; I may say, iudeod, that I am the only ono ol all she met w 110m suo recog nizes now." Tn lmva protracted the conversation would have excited my wife's nerves and deprived tier ol sleep, so i saui no more, but eloeod sy eves and courted slumber anew. I Iw.e uo roco'.Ioctiou ol any thing after that uutil I woke the next morning, aud leaving Mrs. Jones abed, as usual, weut down to see that the tire were right, and to do the marketing w'niiej breakfast was being prepared. Tho invitations to the party were issued that week, Mrs. Mortimor Mowbray graciously promising to attend. When the importaut evening arrived, my wife was all nerves. At every ring of" the bell, the color roee to her face withexpecttion; but gneat f IP1"1 rnteredithout , Mrs. Bearing. Hr nervoueuc.. o anxiety, and this, a. the how wore on to disappointment and dumay. She Llavcd the supper for a full hour, think hg : SS br new friend might jet arrive; bnt in vain. . , "What can be the matter I wondor? she said to me, as seen as we were alone. "I hope the dear babe is wol . Perhaps, however, Mrs. Mowbray is herself sick. Dear me, I am so afraid I shall not sleep for anxiety. The first thing I "1to morrow will be to call ou Mrs Mowbray and see what is the matter." "Wouldn't that bo against etiquette? I ventured to ask. "It seems to mo that Mrs. Mowbray should send yon a note or mossage or somothingof that sort, at least to apologias for her absence. Mrs. Jones did not reply in words, but sho gave me a look, nnd such a look! It expressed all tho indignation which her outraged bosom felt at having the slightest suspicion cast upon her friend. When I catno home to dinnor that day I saw, at a glance, that something had occurred to rullla my wifo's nerves. She had nothing whatever to say to me, but she scolded the servants and children in ccssantly. I was too wiBO to inquire what was wrong. I knew that Mrs. Jones, if she thought proper, would toll me; and, if not, that idle questions would only aggravate her secret troubles. But tho'next day, having 'heard some thing that cast light on Mrs. Mowbray's absenco from our party, I conld not con tain myself when I came liomo. "Did yon ever hear, my love," I said, as I began to carve the tnrkey at dinner, "that tho Misses Howell Lad a married sister?" Mrs. Jones looked eharply up, as if slio suspected I meant more than I said, and then answered laconically: "I heard it casually, but never asked furthor." "It seems," I continued, that Mrs. Mortimer Mowbray is that Bister." "I've heard so since," said Mrs. Jones, sharply, and turning to our second child, who was asking for tho wing bono, bhe rapped him over the head, exclaiming, tartlv: "Havon't I told you to wait till you're helped? Take that, now, and lenrn man ners." I allowod a minute and more to olapso, iu order that my wife's ebullition might subside, when t remarked: "Mrs. Mowbray, it seems, expected to meet hor sisters here." "I shouldn't wonder if sho did," snap- Iiishly said Mrs. Jones, looking down in tor plato, and apparently absorbed in parting a wing joint. "When she found," I continued, "ihat her sisters wero not asked, she grew in dignant. She heard tho reasons, it seems. Your friend, Mrs. Wharton, whom you had made a confident, told somo lady, who told her; and honce her anger." "I am sure I don't caro if I never seo tho proud thing again," euid my wife, reddoning very much; but still without looking up. "Ono could not have sup posed that she was a sister to tho Misses Howell." ' Aftor another pause, Psaid : "Did you call on Mrs. Mowbray, as yon intended?' Mrs. Jones was silent for a full minute, and seemod half disposod to decline an swering altogether; but finally she blurted out her reply aa follows: les 1 did, since you must Know. Ami she wasn't in. So, at least, the footman said; bnt if I didn't see her at)the drawing-room window," aud here sho burst iuto tears of mortification and rago, may I never eat another mouthful. I saw that it would not do to continue tho conversation; so I quietly ato my dinner, kissed the children, nnd like Christian in tho 'Tilgrim's Progress," 'went my way. Of course, the iutiniacv of my wifo with Mrs. Mowbray ceased from the date of that fatal party; and I am sorry to say, that the Misses Howell also liave, as me phraso goes, "cut our acquaintance." A Ff.ble. Ono ilnv as a haro was pursuing hor way through tho forest she was overtaken by a wolf, who had no sooner come in sight than ho called out: v- .. ... ti-Ai; "By what right ao you wain in iuis path?" "I thought it was a publio highway," humbly replied tho hare. "Suppose it is? ion aro notmng dm a hare wliile I am a wolf. It is your busi ness to follow on behind me if you want to go my way. How it looks to sco a biir. strong wolf following a weak and cowardly haro liko you." "Very well, answered tuo nare, wuo daro not dispute for fear of being still worse used. Tho wolf was in no hurry. Indeed, he did not caro to travel that way at all, ex cept to humiliate his weaker neighbor. As he possod along at a slow gait, he looked back over his shoulder and ob served: "Don't keep so near mo. If we meet anybody I don't care to have them think we are traveling in company. It is only an act of condescension that I allow you to travel this path at all." . The haro fell back a few feet further, feoling that any dispute would result to the advantage of the wolf. They had not proceeded far when the wolf suddenly uttered a howl of surprise and pain, and as tho hare come up he was rolling over tho ground with his fore feet fatt in a trap. 'Help! help!" shouted tho wolf. "But I am nothing but a hare," re plied the other. "How would it look to see a weak and cowardly hare rushing to the assistance of a big strong wolf ?" "I shall be here until the huuter comes to knock me on the head I" moaned tho wolf. "If yon had permitted me to go on my way in peace I should have been first at the trap," answered tho hare. "Yes, but please do something for me. "I'd be glad to, small and weak as I am. But if anybody should come long, I don't care to have them think that we are traveling in company. Tra-Ia, Mr, Wolf." Moral There is never a safe timo to pnt on airs. The man you kick to-day may drive a grocer's delivery wagon to morrow. "When a man puts down a bad um brella and takes np a good ona," said Josh Billings, "he makes a mistake; but when he puts down a good one and takes w. 1 1. - u 1.1 1 n op vau uuc, ue tuaaea m uiuuuqi The reerlesi rAlautto.' . ' . r 1 , . 1 A Columbia, S. C.j correspondent of the 1'ioneer Press, under date ot Feb. lDtli, says: . 1 ' , The "sunny south" seems all the more warm and delightful aftor reading ol the storms of snow and wind which yon have been enjoying (?) so recently. Scarcely does it seem real that this is indeed the far-famed rebel city this the goal of so many long and weary inarches tho cap ital of the Palmetto State; yet such in deed it is; the Southern mansions with their wide, sweeping porticos; the dreamy air, the magnolia trees, tho dreary landmarks of war and devastation all those are convincing proofs of the reality of the scene, South Carolina! the State of chivalry and State righto of cotton and tissuo bullots, is the result of thoso mighty convulsions of nature by which the stupendous granite ridgea forming tho eastern vertebrce of the con tinent were reduced, rocombiued and wore away, until the alluvial soil washed down from the higher ranges of hills oovered tho sea marl twenty or thirty feet in depth. By a gradual subsidence of the sea or a gentle upheaval of tho land, slowly emerged a vast, plain 100 , miles in width, forming tho present low country callod the new morning land. 1 The division between this section and the up-country is ninrkod geogradhically . by a line drawn from the mouth of Ste ven's creek, on the Savannah, north, and crossing tho Saluda nnd Broad rivers near the junction of the Watoreo at the canal, and Thompson's crcok at the point where it enters the State in Chesteriiold county. . The two divisions are as opposito in chnr-; acteristics physically as socially and polit-' ically. Tho long leaved pine and scrub " oak aro the most common trees, while vast quantities of animal remains (ehv pliant, horse, cow and hog) mingled J' with marl rock, have converted the phoa phatio rocks into the basis of a most won- ilerful fertilizing substance. These ;. phoBphatio deposits aro now supposed to underlie 250,000 acres. The Carolina marl uou, one 01 ine iuic&est ana ncuest in the world, contains from 55 to 95 per cent, of carbonate of limo. Tho chief building stone is granite. Blocks of this , material rough, as thoy corno from the , . .11 . il : 1 1 1 . l . quarries, thirty feet long and six feet ' wide and thick, lie in tho Statu house yard, ready for erection to their proper places in that, beautiful capitol. whose completion the war arrested, and which ' stands after these fifteen yeur3 of time's ruinous touch a splendid monument to . the cultured taste, wealth and gonitis of . ., what the State once was. South Caro- una is ncu in mines, n o aro inuooiea w the State commissioners ol agriculture for many facts with reference to these matters. Gold is found in soven coun ties, silver in one, iron in four, copper in three, manganese in ten, bismuth in two, load, plumbago ana coal in one or. , more. Unroll tho map of tho world and find the people of this State holding posses sion of about 32,000 sqnaro miles of land ' lying in the sbnpe of a triangle botneen parallels thirty-two and thirty-five north latitude. Trace these parallels eastward ' and find that thoy embrace Palestine, Persia and part of Southern China. These peculiar physical conformations present every diversity 01 temperate cli mate. If the orange blossoms in her southern borders the pcoplo of her- j mountain lands sleep under blankets in Angust. Isothcrmally tho State is also related to Italy and Greece. The forests bordering the plain and peaks of the western mountains nrresi, anu percipi tate tho moisture of the winds, arising hcavy-ladon from the broad Atlantic, in abundant rains. , Tho inference would therefore be reasonable that a sou so varied andibundantly irrigated would f disploy a corresponding variety aud rii'liness of vecrctation. South Carolina produces oM) species of plonts. There aro tweuty-one varie ties of oak, of which t;.o live oak is chiof. A peculiar feature of many of these oaks is their singulnr beauty in form and gracefulness resembling our , northern clnssio elms. For all mechanical and economical purposes, there are five varieties of pine, '" tho cypress, cedar, magnolia and mul berry, besides our northern hard and uof t woods furnish ample variety and ex cellence. ' The fruit trees; shrubs and vines are pur own familiar npplo, plum and cherry, besides tho peach, nectar rine, apricot, pomgranato, iig and olive, together with soveral kinds of grapes. All cereal crops are well adapted to the soil, esncciallv Indian corn. Of courso- tho great staples are King Cotton and rice. The celebrated Sea Island Cotton,' so yolued for machino thread, grows upon tho islunds of tho coast.' It is a matter of surprise that these streams; abounding in excellent water power J flowing ns they do, through the cen ters of the cotton-growing' districts, should be allowed to roll to the sea nn fretted by the busy wheels of manufac ture and prosperous industry. The peo- ' pie of South Carolina lose annnully. between 2,WO,U0O and 53,000,- 000, because tho raw material cannot bo converted into fabrics at h omc. But there is no room here for northern enterprise ' and capital, unless in the words of a dis tinguished statesman from South Car olina, "Northern capitalists can come hore and invest their money, but keep their month shut on polities." South Carolina is one of tho healthiest coun tries in the world on paper but is not totally exempt from some of the diser.3ca which flesh is heir to; though we have , seen more aged persons here than in any other State in the Union; e. g., a short time ago we met a colored woman 10 years of age, who remembered distinct ly her African home, and who was stolen while picking up coeoannts, brought to Charleston and soli just at the close 01 tno revolution. Strong efforts are being put forth to attract emigrants to the State with some de gree of success. The era of prosperity which blesses our great nation bring with it hope for the South, and with temperance, in dustry and frugality, guided by'cdtca-, tion and skill, this State, one of. "the old thirteen," where was built tho first railroad of any length in the world, which has produced somo of America' greatest statesmen, may,", ero ' long, stand shoulder to ehoulder' wifV her more fortunate sisters, competing suc cessfully for honor, famo and wealth. A Portsmouth baby which recently died was mourned by a father and mother, two grandfathers. ' ami - two ' grandmothers, three great-graidmothers ' and three great-grandfathers. f