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'WHEAL TEACa ANY,
Rospitat street, Montreal.
aeatinued success of this Company is
tributable to the quality and, purity
r. treas. Over a hundred thousand
af Tea have been sent to different
f the Dominion, and upwards of a
ad testi:1.101AM% can be shown, bearing
iiy° to the quality mid purity of the
great saving can be effected by pur-o-
direct, frora us, catties of 5 and 1•21bs
wards. Every package warranted t
tisfaction. CIO,. together and.
,r or five Mbcatties, wliich w
i.rriage free to any Railway Station rn.
!Minion. The money can be collected
[very.
ourfresn ground steam Itreastea coffee,
cI 1911ze tineand upward'
s the flavour
eh is really excellent, andevery pack-
!..rranted. 29Ibs. Tea and 5 or 1911bS.
eel:it to any Railway Station ca age
-Tea and Cuffee delivered five tnies
4 the civ.
Or taken at par.
t.CK TEA.. --English Breakfast, Broken.
'stroller Tea, 450., 50c. ; Fine Flavored,
easort da. 55e., COC,.. and 65e.; Yery,
Flavortd do. 75e.; Sound Colonic,.
-Rich Flavored cle. 60c.; Very Fine ecel
(-)..; japan, Good, 50e., 55e.,- Fine 60e,.,
Pine 65e., Finest 75e. .
EEN TEA. TwankaiY 50e- 56,1
young Ilyion 59e., 69e., 65e 70e.
Eine 85e., Superfine and Very Choice
Fine Gunpowder 85c. ; Extra. SuperfinT
DFFEE"Ln
ee ; 25°4
y 20c - No.4, I5c, per lb.
thing lees than a Gattie sold by this'
Any.
A YEAR'S TRIAL.
•
aontreal Tea Company : Montreal, 1864.
INTs-It is nearly a year since I purchas-
fie fret che-at of Tea from your hens
parehased many since„ and; 1 as
ied to infaini you that the Tea as in
y ease proved most satisfactory, as well
eing ecieed.mgly cheap. Yours very
F. DENNIE.
4
ontreal Tea Company
Sevrantax-The Tea 1 purchased of you
Well has given great satisfaction an&
our of it is very fine. It is very trange,
_since 1 have been drinking your .Tear
been quite free from heaxt-burn, whi
li
Id always pain Inc after VI eakfast. I t-
ote this purity of your Tea.,, And shail
ue a Customer..
Yours respectfully.
FRANCIS T. GRREN,
54, S. John Street Montreal,
outreal, April 1868. --Ta the Montreal
Company, 6 Ilospital Street, Montre :
C notice with pleasure the large aIflOUIit
„
- that .we have forewarded to you
out parts of the Dominion,and we are
to fina your business so ripielly ncreas-
We presume your Teas, are giving gen'satisfaetion, as out of the large amount
vaxkled we have only had occasion to re -
rate box, which, we understand, was
out through a mistake..
- G. CHENEY; -
.Manaaer Canadian Express Co.
-House of Senate, Ottawa.
utreal Tea Company
-EN.TtEmEN,-'Ihe Box of English Break
-
t and Young Ilyson Tea -whieh you sent
gives reat satiefaetion_ You may ex: -
ray future orders. Yours, &c.
S. SKINNER
SEAFORTH
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HE subscribers beg leave to tender their
sincere thanks to their numerous cue-
mers and, the public at large, for the verY
}era' patronage received since cominencing
siness in. Seaforth. .And as they have
w a very large stock of Dry Pine Lumber
hand, and ha.ving lately enlarged their
einisea and added New Machinery (there-
ith. despatch}, they feel confident of giving
work
y increasing their facilities f yr doing
-ery satisfaction to those who may faller
eta, with their patronage, as none but
•t-clasa workmen are employed -
Particular attention paid to custom p1ati-
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1869.
HOTEL, Livery Stable, and
SITGA2tFiS
eraI Stage (Mice, Mani Street.
R. L. 6 HARPf Proprietor.
Seaforth, Jan. .8th 1869 , 53-tf.
C. CAMERON, BARRISTER AND
Attorney-atLaw, Goderich, Ont.
• _Lie°. 14e 1668.
C. *.ND, PfryST-.
4.-merialvije, Dee. 14, 1868. . j5i53-t
W, R. SMITH, PHYSICIAN, SUR-
oRoN, &e. .•Office, -Opposite Vears
firoegy.. Residence,. ---111ain Sure° t, Nor the.
Seaforth, 1)oc. 14, 1868. 53-ly •
TRACY, M. D., CORONER FOR
the County of Huron. Oizelca ant
11„sawEee.1E-One door Et Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 53-1 y
ENILY \V" A.TKIN-60N, Art..hiiiti and
Buiidr riups, • 6p6C1tieatI01).8 and.
1)etails drawn correctly: Every deseription
Building Works measured and valued.
Dills 01 quadratte6 prepureu..
OFFIcE.-NeXt. (WOr J4urth , of .M.r.
son's' old StOre.., C.ftiA5 °run.
Seato-kth, J tine mil, 1tio9.
T sAfcCOSIT, A.TTORNEY AT LAW,
„Socitor in Chancery, Coniveyneer,etc. ;
Paris, Ont. MoneY to loan on farm seen-
•Terins easy, Oflice--First' flat, Paris
4.Sttar Building. •
Faris, Dec. 1,4. 1868. 53-tf
& W. MePIIILLIPS, PROYINCIAL
Ur. Land. Surveyors, Civil Engineers, &c.,
All nianner of Conveyancing done with
neatness and dispatch. G. McPhillips, Com:
rnissionex inB. .Office -Next door south
of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth.
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 534y
AYS & ' ELWOOD, BARRISTERS
JI and. A.ttorneys at Law, Solicitors in
* Chancery, Notaries Public, Oonveyancers,
&c. Olfice,-Oven Mr. Archibald's Store,
Crabb's Block, Goderieh; Ont. Money to
" Lend. W. roknirzoE HAYS. J. Y. ELWOOD.
Scaforth, Dec. 14th. 1-868. 53-tf
CAMPBELL. M. D. 0. M.; (Graduate
0 a of McGill University, Montreal) Physi-
cian, Surgeon, c., Seaforth. OFFICE.-
SetItt'sBriek Block. Residence ---Mr.
Main street.
Seaforth, Tilly 15th, 1869. 84- ly
W. HARRIS, L. D. 8.
Artificial Den-
tures inserted -with allthe blest
improvements. The. greatest care taken for
the preservation of decayed. and tender teeth.
Teeth extracted iveitheut pain. Rooms over
Collier's Store. .
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. -ly
The
'BY THE LATE WMI
A wee bird, wea
'Flew' far awaa
An' where she t
She built hers
A neebor birdie,
Ae day socht
An,' near the i.e
He sane his lo
he listened. wi'
lose& a' 1
She bad.. hinceil
An' creepit cl
Birdies.
LmoIrrog, oF nuNDER
y .o' her hame.
nto tbe west,
ocht nae birdies came
1' a lonly nest:
4 ,
cauld an' wet. ,
helter the tree,
tie, low an' sweet,
e fu' tenderly,
flutterin' breast,
er lamely:pride,
her -cosy nest,
sely to his side.
•
.An' aye sinsyne in weal or woe,
The birdies b.' Ve been ne'er apart ;-
By day they he' euwards singin' go,
By night the nestle hetet to heart.
moccarausia-mk-a-adabibillisflit
-KIN..
- ITS WALLS -T E SACRED PRECINCTS.
The walls
high, and, for
top, forming a
-
archives.of each successive reien of the
•
Ta-Ssung Emperors. A -grand pavilion
was erected at the east gate of the pro:
hibited city, with a gaudy display of
yellow satin,. the imperial color, and
paintings'of drAgons, and many curious
o. Vekin are sixty feet
y-flye feet wide at the
nice prottlenadd,`of near-
ly twenty-five imiles. aroand the city.
A partition wail divides the Tartar
from the Chinese city, and four gates on
the 'north; soutn, east and west afford
the only means for passing the walls,
and these are opengd and closed with
the sun. Inside the great walls of the
Tartar city is another wall made of yel-
low bricks, and covered with tinamellen
yellow tiie, called the walls of the
peiial Cify.,.-WhiCh is inhabited mostly
by Tartars; and persons coLiectecj with
the Government. Inside, the Imperial
City, is still another wall of red bricks
surrounded bytt moat inelosing the pro-
]. Which the palace, trea-
c buildings irnmediately
h the Emperor's house-
hold are locatbd. Iri these sacred pre-
cincts. of majesty, no fOreign foot has
ever trod,_and the mysteries of the pal-
ac'e are only ,known to a few, 'of the
most faithful and honored servants of
the Manchu dynasty. The colored roofs,
matte of enanaelled tiles of blue, green,
red and -yellow, are seen amid the dense
fol'age lof the forest -which ornaments
the} alace grounds.- Here the Emper-
.
or of China holds his court, counselling
only tvitn the Regent Mother, his teach-
ers and a few high officials who are ad-
mitted to his.preselice. He is revered
by the people as the Son of Heaven,
and in theory is supreme, but in. practice
only so . fax .as. Ihe people choose to
014, as the right of petition to the
throne is recognized as one of the most
sacred customs of the Chinese Empire,
I was star.ding by a °gate over the moat
one day in the vicinity of a venerable
lpoking" Manclaria•n wearing a batten of
.highrank and sought to engage his at-
tention(
by comparing the time of day ;
but heha,d the advantage of me as he
lia.d two watches in his. girdle,and rhad
only one. I, intimated a' desire to view
the palace groueds,- and, astonished at
my ignorance and impudence, he point-
ed to the sacred enclosure, and then to
heaven, signifying that it was inhabited
by the Son of Heaven.. 'Then -mates of
the prohibited city areinot supposed to
number more than a thousand, includ-
ing men, women, children, eunuchs, and
the - ittle Emperor.
dies Were burning, on die altar, and di-
rectly the luktSe was -.filled with hund-
reds' of priests dressed in. yellow, robes,
wearing a cap of the same color; shap-
ed like a helthet, with a 'camel's. hair
fringe ,arehed over the top. Though I
devices of -the Chinese .artists, were em-- did lint understand .a word of there
oloyed to make an imposing efibet on service, my onind wits captivated with
the impereal pageant. " The procession the Music a their Chant, carried by;
was formed within- the prohibited pre-
cincts,: the Emperor -accompanying it
only to the pavilicii immediately out-
sidetthe - gate, ;where he bowed befnre
the.image of his late father and the ar-
chivea of his reign, -as-they passed On to
the capital of his ancestors, guiti ded. by
a select body. of Manchu Barniermenr.
The archites of the reigutof
his illustn-
ous progenitor, Heinfung, need not
have been -Very ponderous, asbe reigned
Only eleven years, and died in -exile at
thirty. At the approach of. the British
and French armies in 1860 he left the
defence of hisgapital• to his troops, and
flecIttO his shimmer palace at Zehol, in
Tartary, wherehe: died. This cere-
mony wilinot ooeuragaiu until after.
he death of the ,present Emperor, and
in that- time' it is hoped great changeS
will take place in China.
CONFUCIAN TEMPLES -ROYAL REGISTRY.
' • . would; be created, and employment giv-
Oonfuoian temples abound in China. -
1-i HA ZLEAURS`T,. Licensed Anetioneer.
• 1)„ far the County of -Huron, Goderich,
`0:nt. Particular attention paid to the sale
of Banktil t Stock. Farm Stock Sales at -
I
tended. on Liberal Terms. Goods Apprais-
ed. Mortg. ges Foreclosed, Landlord's War-
rants Executed. Also, Bailiff First Division
Court for `titan.
Goderich, June 9th. 79-tf.
-
T It. ROSS, Proprietor New Dornimon
e) . Hotel, begs to Merin the people of Sea -
forth and: the travelline community general-
ly, that he keeps irst°-class accommodation
in every thing require& byi traveller& A
good stable and willing hostler always on
hancL Regular Borders will receive every
necessary attention. •
Seaforth, Feb. 8th, 1869. 63-Y
hibited city, i
sury` and publ
connected.
9CAUGHEY & HOEMSTEAD BAR-
RISTEWS, Attorneys -at -Law, , Solicitors
in Chancery and. Insolven.cy, Notaries Public
and Conveyancers, Solicitors for the R. C.
7 Bank, Seaforth, Agents for the Canada Life
Assurance Ce - N.B.-e$30,000 to lend at
-8 X. Farr,: Houses and. Lots for sale.
• Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 53-tf.
MAIL & CROOKE ARCHITECTS, &c.,
Plans and_ Specifications drawn correctly,
Carpenter's, Plasterer's, and Mason's work,
measured and valued, Ofree-o ver Goderich
Auction Market, Court -Rouse Square, Gode-
rich.
Goderieh, Apri123, 81869. 70:1y,
00 1 \IRE RCIA L ROTEL, AINLEY-
ville, .1 ames Laird proprietor, affords first
class aecomodation for the travelling public.
The larder and t ar are alwayes Supplied with
the best the markets afford. Excellent
sta.hling in connection.
Ainleyville, April 23. 1869. 70,tf.
hemdreds o . men and boys, .from the
deepest bass to the finest tena ,
scale:, was superior to anything I bad
imagined possible here. I was reward-
ed for ny devotion bY a sight of an
image of Buddith Seventy-five feet high.
THE
'CLIMATE -OPENING OF COAL MINES.
The Winter in Pekin is severe, and
the question of fuel may properly. be
asked. Coal is known to exist in great,
quantities in Ile viciuity, and was used
by the‘Chinese a theusandlears ago as
fabl, but they have never openefl,th't
Mine by any underground woikings for
fi-rthey w 0 ill destreY th 6 eciiiilibriath
of -the earth, and turn the Celtistial am-
piretnpside down, . The. question' of al-
lowing the eok pines to be epened
is now , being , discussed, and
if their prejudice and Superstitions
coeld be overcome. a great resource
en to overcrowded population. .
The largest and ainest is in Pekin and
,
is said to contain a portrait of`the'great
moralist. -Worships or Celebrations
may oe held here at -intervals, but`Con-
fucina ordained no rest. The ceremo-
nies of State are. conducted at Confuci-
an temples, and in this the register of
the present dynasty is kept, where each
Emperor 11.043, register his name 'upon
ascending the throne. in. the court-
yard there are some trees said to be
five hundred years old, and wine drum.-
snaped stones dating eight hundied
years B. 0.- are.a great many
tablets of m' arble, full of inscriptions in
the Chinese classics, so "W"ell CUT/ it is
•
said, copies have ben printed from
them. If any- Chinese Temple is dedi-
cated to God, it is the Temple of Heav-
en at Pekin. Tne most solemn wor-
ship of the empire was formerly con-
ducted in this temple. It is a grand
strticture, erected on an immense altar
of marble construction, surrounded by
balustrades of the sk.iste material beau-
tifully carved. The grounds are a mile
squat e, surrounded by a high wall, and
within the inclosure paved walks, fine
avenues of trees, and grassy lawns af-
ford a delightful retreat from the dust
of Pekin. The building is circular in
form, and has a three-storey roof, cove -
ed with blue enamelled tiles, surMount-
ed by a large gilt ball, and is by far
the most strikieg piece of' architecture
in the vicinity of Pekin. T The Emper-
or of China, formerly made an annual
visit here, for the purpose of worship-
ing the invisible G-od, and the ceremo-
nies were preceded by fasting three
days in an adjoining building, and
were attended with burnt -offerings on
the altar, which retains narks of the
sacrificial fl: es.
100 EN SON & MEYER, BA. R RI S TERS
11 wilt Attorneys at Law'Solicitors in
Chan.cery and_ insolvency, Conveyancers, -
Notaries Public, &c. Offices, -Seaforth and
Wroxeter. Agents for the Trust & Loan
Co. of 'Upper Canaria, and the Colonial Se-
curities Co. of London, England. Money at
8 per cent ; no commission, charged.
JAS. H. BENSON, . H. W. q. MEYER:
Seaforth, Dee, 10th 1868. 53-1y.
NTOTICE..-LLITTLE WONDER HAIR, -
ti tutting and Shaving Saloon. If you
want a good Shave, or your hair cut,
r or Shampooned, as it ought to be, go to
the " Little Wonder," South side of Shelly's
Hotel, Main Street, Searfoith.. The Bath
Rooms in connection will be opened to the
piiblie on April 1st. Lubelski's tonic for
rakingthe hair grow and preventing it from
aelining out, was never known to fail. Sold.
in: bottles at $1 each: Come and buy it,
Soatorth, Dec. 14,1868. 53tf S. LLTBELSKI. capital of their race in Manchuria
et
WHOLE, NO. 88.
wonderful case .otconia, or preternatre-
al disposition to sleep, has ueen doubt-
ed by many, -bitt the tact is indesputa-
lite. indeed, some:twelve months ago, .
Ci-odsey was taken to N.:Ashville'
and other places for exlirottitin,rbitt we.
understand Many even
aneiof N ashvilie .looked ..up(tn tile; case;
with suspicion- • _ .; .
The history of the eaSetiS;.brieily :
When about twelve years= Of age: .sbe
was taken with a seVere-chIll, anti tteat--
ed aeCordingly by lief physician. As
thele'Ner winch followed the" chill sub-.
sided, she fell- into a deep -sleep, in,
which condition she has remained ever
since, except at interval's._ .It was her
custom atnrst to awake'rlegu&rly twice
in every twenty-four hours, nd singii7
larly, within 'a few minutes eaf
hours each day ;but ,ofla-a yeas she
r
awoke oftener, sit much so tliat many
considered it an indication of her final
retovery: She.. would reinain awake
live; tea, 'or, fifteen adu-
ally drop ot to -Sleep again._ When.
asleep it was :utterly ,ippossible to
Ouse- her: She ,neviii• :tioniphiined of
any. bodily pain, itIOATY When 'asleep,
she was:veiy lierv'ofWatetim'es,nd. ap-
pearea to suffer- ,conSiderably y. the
-
violent- twitching and, jerking of her
muscles and limes, andhe hands clen-
ched tightty a if enduring:severe,pain,
but when awake she did-fiot appear to -
suffer except° from- a 'dmivsy, gasping in-
clination, and persistent effort to-cleause
her throat from phlegm.. She -generai.--
ly passed into sleep through violent par-
ox.Ysin, which would last pelhans five
inunites, and she would their sleep a
little -white calmly and quietly as-an-in.-
lant. kisS bitiubey. was ,of medium.
size, and, her lim he and nmsclei were
well proportiOned and developed,', and.
grew considerably after her aThictiOn.
Miss biodsey on the day She died in-
dulged in -a little prophesying, which
we give as related tor what it is. worth.
She said: "the sun would be a total,
leelipse on the 7th of Ang-ust" (this is
remarkable, because parties assert that
she could have no knewledge that this
-was according to cal:et-dation), "and
that the sun would never shine as
_bright after that day. That this would
:indicate the end of the world,. which is
speedily aPpreaehing."
MODE OF XLLUMTNATION.
• The use of gas is yet a mystery to the
Celestials,' lanterns, damps, and candles_
answ eringtheir wurpose as -well as they
did their as.acestors.. An, experiment is
now being made at the office of the
Imperial Customs; uider the si-tperin-
tendance of Robert ector
Generk of Martime Customs, who may
ca -use the ill militia -tie -Xi of China in more
war than one- al from his offi.cial posi-
tion and peculiar relation. to the Chinese
Government he can exercise a largerin-
fluence ,for the progress and improve-
ment of China than any ether man in
the Empire.
POLICE -SEWERAGE -,--SUPPLY OF WATER
THE EMPEROR.
His- Majesty is not quite thirteen,
years of age and has not yet assumed,
the reins government. During bis
minority the actual regents of the Em-
pire are his mothers, as he is blessed
with several. The first wife of the late
Emperor having failed. to furnish an
heir to the throre, the present Earner -
or is the son of the.auxiliary wives of the
deceased lleinfung. As it would be an
infringement of the Chinese law • for
women to attend any public business,
the affairs of State, - least with for
eighners, are concliictecl by the Prince
of Kung, uncle t,f the Emperor, and re-
cognized bead of the government dur-
ing his minority.
- •
HIS FIRST APPEARARCE IN PUBLIC -A
CELESTIAL BANQUET.
The police of the city of Pekin is
rigid enough, as it is a gl eat citael and
city of officials. The night watchman
goes around twisting a rattle .or beating
two sticks together at night, to warn
thieves that he is aoout, on the princi-
ple that prevention is better than cure.
The Chinese formerty made gigantic im-
provements in canals, and the interior
communication by water is wonderful ;
*out they have n0 sewerage in their
cities, and no idea ofintroducing water
for the use of the inhabitants -perhaps
they have no use for it; they dr nk lit-
tle, and never wash themselves: In
Pekin the water is drawn from wells,
but is very hard. The water in the
canals and lakes in the city is covered
with a green scum, which detracts some-
what from the beauty of the scenery:as
well as the desire to use it.
TEMPLE OF EAUTH.
Opposite to the Temple of }leaven,
ina, similar enclosure a niile square,
i.
the Temple of Earth, dedicated to the
worship of the earth and its products,
or the Genius of Agriculture, where tn..-
ditions say the. Emperor formefly en-
couraged that noble pursuit by plowing
and sowing with his OWI1 hands; but it
has been a long time since plow br hoe
either have performed service at this
shrine, as the whole place is in ruins,
and the grounds so grown up with
weeds and grass that the walks are
quite impassable. The agricultural im-
plements on exhibition here look as if
they had been preserved in the ark. -
The first appearanCe of thtt....,Emperor
in public was on Sunday last. The oc-
casion of the rerformarice of a filial •ce-
remony,clevolving upon the heirs of. the
-deportee. Emperors of the Tartar dynas-
ty, of sending to Monkden, the ancient
the
WHIT IS WANTED
* If some Baron }Talisman would arise
in Pekin and had a Napolon to sustain
hire, it might be made delightftil ca-
pital. ` A railroad of six hundred miles
would reach the sea at the mouth of the
Peiho river. Agricultural resources
and fruits are abundant. The pastures
of IVIongolia, furnish the finest meats,
and the wi.'.ds of Manchuria, afford abun-
dant game. The capital of the exnpire
of four hundred millions of human be-
ings -without 'railroad b, telegraphs,
au works, newspapers, or any other of
gas
institutions which we call evidences
of ciVilizatiou-is a dead city ; and un-
til connected with the world by steam
and electricity, and bound to • Christen-
dom by the ties of a common religion,
it call have no human brotherhood. ,
LAMA TEMPIES.
The Lama -temples, or Lamisaries, are
very interesting to a stranger. The
worship is Buddhist, under the leader-
ship of the: Grand Lama ofThibet, who
is the recognized head of this religion,
as the Pope is the head ei the Roman
Catholic Church. The pi jests are most-
ly Mongolians, and these establishments
are liberally pensioned by the. Chinese
Goveinment for reasons of state policy.
Sotne of the Lanaisaries contain over a
thousand priests ; and there are also
nurseries of the order. I was warned
of the danger to foreigners of entering
the sacred precincts of a Lama temple,
but found them very civil. The bell
was tolling for afternoon service, and I
was politely shown to a, seat, The ean-
' - -
An Extraordinary Sight.
The most curious phenomena which
we nave ever heard of occhrred out in
Cheatham - County, on Wednesday last.
The:a-ay, it will be remembered, •was
remarisably: hot, so that most people int
the country had to seek the shade at
noon -.Al, this hour, on. the farm of
Ed. ttharp, five miles from Ashland, a
sort of wurrl-avind eallie along over the
neighbouriLg woods, taking up sinall
iwauches add leaves of 'trees bariting-
theni in a, sort of flaming cylinder that
travelled at the, rate of live Miles an
hour, and developing size. as it traver=
ed. It passed- directly over the spot
where a tea -m of horses were feeding
and singed their IlIttlieS and tails. up to
the roots, it then swept towards the
house,taking a,stack of hay in its coupe..
It seemed to increase in heat as it -went
and by the time it reached. the hon,
it immediately fired the shingles from
end to end of the building, so that in ,
ten minutes the whole, buiidintt was
wrapped in -flames. The tall:minus-la of
travelling : calmic then -continued its
coarse over a wheat field that had. been
recently cut, setting lire to all the stacks
that happened to be in ita-course. ras-
ing from the field its Path lay over a
stretch ef -woods which reached the
river. The green leaves on the trees
were- tVisped to a cinder for a breadth
of tweity yards, in a straight litie to
the Cumberland. When the "pillar of
fire" reached, the -water it suddenly
changed its route down the river, rais-
,
ing a column, of steam which 'went up
to the clouds for 2abOut half IV Mile,
when it finall died out.. 'Not less than,
two hundred. people. witnessed this
strangest of strange phenomen.a and all
of them tell substantially the same story
about it. The farmer, Sharp, Was left
houseless by the devouring .eletnent,
and his two horses were so atfected that
no ,good is expected to :be . got out of
them in future. Several withered trees
Fourteen Years Asleep.
DEATH CF THE REMARKABLE SLEEPING
WOMAN ar KENTUCKY.
Front the Hickman (Kentucky) Courier.
Miss Susan Carolina Godsey, the
sleeping wonder, died at her mother'a
home some eight miles from Hickman,
on the 14th ult. •
The history of Miss Godsey is well
known to the public, a statettaent fher
wonderful condition having been pub-
lished extensively in the press of the
-United States, At the time of her
death she was about 26 ,years of age,
.and has been asleep, as described, about
fourteen years. The existence of this
• 4t-•
in the woods through which it passed
were set on fire, and continue burning
peper.: