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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MARCH 26 
Ifyttia cf the 'SSt^eh. ; 
CURRENT TOPICS. j 
The “ Volcano ” Bald Mountain. 
THBfts have been rumors of n volcanic fr»i* 
tlonTVrth frolt... (»■««*«' JJJ• 
The Tribune has a dispatch from K,,ox ' ’ 
Tenll wbleh furnishes tbe following lulercsL- 
rSwu'-ror.... ^Tm 
ru'JtSSSt-i™ 
Crooked Greek, in McDowell County, and ««» 
Blver. the mountain alao extruding in • »' 
- Pi innt v That portion of the * ai J» v ; 
within McDowell County l« generally caMed 
Stone Mountain. The Oral oooartM] ol-»rm 
in this region were witnessed on the H)Mi 
February. Tb«»e consisted in what the pc"p c 
f»M ... tl... -urll. ««■>■w 
to quiver l*> a W«I.Uul -.tot. 
it I» like terrible thunder, gradually dy'Ut. 
away ’ o'horn as the roaring of heavy artillery 
tl , a , no u e One of them say* it at first re 
Sled him of the falling of heavy timber, and 
presented a strange combination of aojmdi> and 
fmpniwlona. Men living on the mountain Hide* 
an d at the base heard the name noises. All | 
think that the noise was In tho mountain, 
nut mi tiie MJJil of February tbe nolae had 
Among H>0 persons living on this 
are Mr Camp. Johnston Elliott. Noah BlMot , 
Widow Nanny, Gramm Morgan, James - > 
and others. According to the statements of all 
these and of perhaps W others, the mountain 
w “ actually Shaking. The moving was as 
the entire mountain was giving away, 
table ware and the furniture in ^oliiouswa 
rocked and Jolted with rightful »«•«. H ■ 
which attracted Senators and Congressmen 
from Washington, and Legislators am pro 
nont commercial men from other States as well 
rb vast°cro wds of citizens. This new steamship 
5.300 too. roKl.f. «o<l • 'I, U '” 
♦ Vmrthen. Mr. John Roach, the builder, 
tons burthen. Mr. .ionn «v<... . 
says he can build Iron steamships as cheaply n 
this country as they can on the Clyde He said 
he was proud to be able la so great a measure 
to disabuse the Senate and Congrws of tbclr 
In k of faith in American mechanics, whose 
skill and* tho energy of our merchants would 
assuredly accomplish In the future for ocean 
rarnt mo what they had long since achieved 
SirThterlcan railroads. The CAly ° '-^ngs 
length over a'l I# 430 feet; beam 4. fort 4 Inc lies. 
length over a'i Jstwieei; •• 
depth 38 feet 0 Indies. She has four decks and 
i* water tight compartments; will accommo¬ 
date 150 cabin and RHOO steerage P^ngers. 
Her coal bunkers will carry 1J*» tons ' 
si.ell plating of tho vessel varies from 11 Wto 
in in of an inch in thickness. But our ««£ 
does not admit an elaborate ^^Hptlo.i. Huf- 
flelont that she Is constructed and rurniskMl 
lifter the ?cost approved modes of modern 
mechanical science, and her launch 
, we trust, a new era in an Important American 
Industry._ 
Also, Benjamin S. Wright, of Boston, and W. 
K. Armstrong, and W. H. Whitehead, of Michi¬ 
gan, and the horse John Stewart, fraudulently 
entered In the throe-minute purse at Grand 1 
Rapids last September as “ W. H. Whitehead. < 
The funeral of Charles Sumner took placo at 
Boston. March 16. The pall-baarers were Ralph . 
Waldo Emerson, John O. WhUtter.^iarc* 
Francis Adams, General Ranks. *x-Chlor-.Drs- 
tire Bigelow, and e^lovernO» Clifford, Bul¬ 
lock, and Claflin, and Governor Washburn. 
Tim House of Representatives has P*** ed * 
bill appropriating 130,000 for Immediate Use in 
clearing the. mouth of the Mississippi K.ver. 
Helena, Ark., has only two Chinese restaur¬ 
ants, while the town lias rodents enough to run 
* ?*• too rural editor of the Detroit Free Press 
seasonably remarks; “ Wo have our opinion 
of any cow Which will stand by and chew her 
cud when butter Is selling at 45 cents perP°and. 
41 A Now Orleans reporter, was found to h«i\ 
a wife In Vicksburg, another In Natchez, an¬ 
other In Cairo, another in Memphis, and then 
they stopped counting and put him in Jail. 
Cincinnati Commercial. 
According to a New Hampshire correspond¬ 
ent Of the Boston Post, nearly I,IKK) men have 
been discharged from the Portsmouth Navy 
Yard since the recent election. I 
Mr. Cheatham of Jefferson County, Ga., uskp 
$ 1,000 a bushel for cotton seed of his own rals- 
l ing, and the planters say the eternal fit ness of 
I tilings lias inseparably wedded his name anu 
> character. ... -. 
s°aid that the cattle have become a lamed and , 
have wandered from their usual range, hu 
w»s the fear that at about 13 o’clock on the 
night of Feb. U the people, tor mile* 
began to assemble ol the house «f a Mr. Ump. 
wlio having gone to the woodpile for wood, 
became soLrmcd that he fell upon his knees 
and began to pray aloud. V cry soon t • 
rible quaking of the mountain was such that 
tlm great crowd now assembled engaged in 
^Tt'daybreak on Monday morning Geo. Logan, 
a colored Baptist preacher, was Mnt fprlnijreat 
lmste, and so impatient were they of ‘is arr1 ' 11 ' 
that a portion of the crowd met him on Urn 
road beseeching him to com# and pray an 
orcacb The people thus assembled remained 
„ i hear devotions three day s, when they move, 
a short .list one* to n vacant house, the Pro. < f 
or Hmrls Elliott. On the third day Bill) 
Logan, e white Baptist preacher, was sent for 
nml came Immediately. On March < • • • 
] umly, a Methodist minister, in charge d j 
llroad River Mlesion, was Imporllined t0 *J' t0,,d 
and preach, and promptly compiled with tU 
r .. a ,i,„t. By an eye-witness the scenes are de¬ 
scribed n» extraordinary. The people came 
flocking In crowds of 1& and 30, Including nij 
"omen and children, all in Urn most terrible 
state of fear, despair, and penitence. 
On the day Mr. Lumly preached, the house 
W as literally paokod. tho preacher barely hav 
7ng room to aland. «<> ffreat was thcanx«tyt 
hear that, many climbed up the side of 
wails and crowded on the joists above, only u 
time to time In the telegrams to tho < ^ character.-—- 
magnifies his vocation In extraordinary y . FOREIGN NOTES. 
Our advice to Senators, U wo were asked ror it, -- 
Vlc.--rrmU.nl/iro Urn. o.M. Ilnnn «' « «' wlthto U» to” • 41 , (ll ,„nm.it 
sss^ 2 K~- . .. .Mb« 
wo hove vi'- .t foith lhal tbelr I'.lnt .vltltin . wooh. , j frnn ,Gold 
tbnae absurd official prayers. I Aslian ' - and was a prta- 
The ball recently given by Marshal MacMahon 
at the Elysee, In Paris, rivaled the luxurious 
displays of the Second Empire. About 6,000 
persons were present, and tho cost is roughly 
estimated at $40,000. . 
Mr. Disraeli on Saturday refused to rece vo a 
deputation which came to ask for the release 
of the incarcerated Fenians. 
The wife of Don Carlos has been delivered of 
& daughter. .... 
Mr. O’Donnell, the Home Rulo candidate, 
has been elected to tho British Parliament 
from Galway. 
The Vnz d6 Cuba has information of tbe kill¬ 
ing of the insurgent, Col. Bellsarlo Peralta an 
18 of his men by the bpinlsb troops. 
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SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
Premature Lo»* of the llnlr, which is so com¬ 
mon now-a-days, may bo entirely prevented by 
the use cf BurntU'* COCOQine. It has been used 
in thousands Of cases where the hair was m.m- 
ing out iu handfuls, and has never failed to 
arrest its decay, and to promote a healthy and 
vigorous growth. It Is at the same time unri¬ 
valed as a dressing for the hair. A slngte appli¬ 
cation will render it soft and glossy Tor several 
days. For sale everywhere. _ 
the markets. 
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PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
Dispatches from Calcutta report that the dis¬ 
tress among tho famine-stricken people 
Eastern Tlrhoot is Increasing. In one'vllUge 
alone eighteen persons have starved to death 
withtn tho past four days. The number of ap¬ 
plicants for employment on *''*000 
relief works has increased from 15,(KU to W.OW 
" Dispatches have at last arrived from the Gold 
Coast, fully continuing previous reports o v £ 
New-Yor.K, Monrtay, March 23.1874. . 
Receipt*.—The receipts of ttio i-rlncipal kinds of 
produce for the nasi week are a* follows . 
cotton, baie«-..... 20 -™!!• wSi®*::::::::: 5.210 
Flour 72,000 Beef! pkBS . 519 
wheat.bush.'M 1 Viid ,,1 ^:. p g! ’:.v. b# 
Coru. hu*h. til lii Butteriikas. 9,749 
&r..ush. ‘^^•rht;.T:v.::v iaS8 
SS’lSIf.'Sk:;; JSfw&IBfcv. « 
u„_„, niuI Pnu,- IBipoxls of beans pa*l week, 
■2 yi;4 hhls.' of peas. 4,200 bushels. The market s 
t^Rlnrm a regular way . WhRe kldncrs arc 
those absurd official prayers. 
The Oldest Preacher In America. 
Tub Janesville, Toon., Tribune, says;-Rcv. 
Thomas Smith, of the Baptist church,^ho lives 
at Par rolls vile, in Ceoke County, 
years old. He still preaches and rides horse¬ 
back to bta appointments. He was tho pasto 
of one church forty-four years, remembers tho 
battle of Brandywine; quotes Scripture rapb >, 
memory unimpaired; never miuod a meal on 
account of sickness; never took but tUroo doaes 
of medleine; was always temperate ,J » 
good health, eats heartily, and reads without 
glasses and never did use them, lie is proba j)y 
tho oldest preacher in America. 
King of tho Sandwich fslande. 
I'ltiNCK Kaoak ANA has been elected King pf 
alsS'b HIM*. T#o pu 1 . 1 i.li.J report, 
-how that a mob of QueeuKmms adherents, 
when they learned of tho Prince s election, 
attacked the House of the Assemb y. ^ 1 ^- 
mul of Its members, one of whom baa since 
.lied tore up soars and desks and set fire to the 
building. The United States and British Ma¬ 
rine! were then landed and dispersed the mob. 
The new King Is threatened with assassination. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
&X mi wdoiw;. « 
Sg^ya!!S"«a 
•hlpper*. a- me cip i W|1Y whlto klrtncys are 
dull B HcU kidney «oarco mid firm. Cenadlan P«‘» 
I,r„ In fair urtunnd. Gn 4 «n * r ? fee* 
JiMiwW 1 ;-DeM'" 'vVbn^.’ti * bushel i Chnin- 
i?,V r Kn^lsml. S3 «); nine Imperial, 13.76._ 
When the call was made for » mourners tlm 0 , 
neople rushed from all parts of ti.o Iioubo and f 
from the outside, with almost frantic ye Is and 
fell upon the floor and upon each other, all tt 
praying and supplicating in the most hcartftl 
and agonizing manner. • * 
Tliese exercises continued incessantly for It, t , 
d»„ »Pd bul Hill, ... r 
D.’riiiK thi. HIM th« p..pi.,ri "'"Vr™'"; 
m on. No attention was given to labor r r 
property. Cattle, horses and hogs were turnj < , 
Into the woods, and all the people within thi . 
range of this excitement have concluded that , 
Ihcy have but a few m- ro days to live. About , 
100 have made profession of religion. I he 
closing scenes of this strange mooting an 
represented as most peculiar and wonderful. 
During most of this period of 1« days the rnoun- 
Sn bad continued at int^b to present 
the same alarmiug phenomena, But Having 
orayed, shouted, sung and agonized for thlB 
Tong period, t hey separated with the promtsi ■ 
that all would remain and die together 
necessary. It 1# said that tho awe-stricken and 
Melancholy demeanor of this vast crowd on 
the breaking up of the devotions beggars all 
7 letter 'was received in this city to-day by a 
gentleman whose mother resides "e.u H I 
Mountain, stating that near the summit of that 
peak an area of nearly an acre was agRated b> 
subterranean upheavals, and t hen sunk, smoks 
and vapor issuing from the spot. 
A Croat American Steamship. 
IT is a gratifying event' we have to reoortl— 
the launching at the Delaware River Iron ShU 
Building and Engine W " pk , 9 ;poking, 
the magnlfloent Iron steamship City of 1 eking, 
for tiie Pnciflc Mali Steamship Company. 1 his 
burred March W, W* W 
Hie bantL'of the British troops, and was a prts- » 
nner at Sir Garnet Wobodey s headquarters. not cd - o'Rente, *4 »Miu#bel; Chain- 
° tm“. ponL ..t i ffaisnsiSfc- 
Cbambord is seriously 111!» not true. He is «t 
v ssrl to .sssir5^ o. N- 
Scotia, March 4,presented Capt. John Conk of ■! r owS L ^‘*V^ 09 £fc ll, *ouwI 
Ml« Amite Dr„»n .1 S? tV'SSSMR 1 
tho Chronometer awarded him by tbe l rewarni Il ,.,.. WBX .-Be»tle^hnve«Boodtn.aefromsUlp- 
of the United States for Ids humane sorvioes in buoyantprlous. Sale*at33<aaCo. 
saving the shipwrecked crew of the American |i|n<|U| Corn.-nceeipts are smj,U. 
schooner Ravonswlng, lost at sen. I not aoommlawc^«f | a‘ pJ ; h • 0r<nn hurl. Static.; 
prof. Huxley haN been installed as Rector of purch.Mag^steadx ^r.jTneaium.’iaac. - 
the University of Aberdeen. iinner.-The role of high price* for bntkrr has 
Mr. Cardwell, late British War Secretary, be- sutt^ 
corner v i^auuUCardwisn. haTC »hnwft nuitiy wctHiH.iincf wbobaB 
l/itc advloen from Hucdom Ayrnn have boon „. rn po ionn under in* rtict^»Mon of 
received! 1 'Cholera continued to rage with una- = m r. <,m es 
ESr,?J.. .tty. 
were dying from tho scourge. wi„t"r preOw <if sU.ck g tl,ai ha* i-nc nut. The von 
The steamship Lnronia, while on the voyag 1 v ,l t ,, f , lie market is suffer fancy,aud th 
I,»n,lSx"dr!., tort, t»r AW, I,.Tin. » “ISSSi «5 >tKS#( »» 
pilgrims were drowned. ^h.. .mnyrlH'tub rolls and “ r 
About 6.U00 supporters of the Napo.eonio dy- vo^«rm 
' nasty visited Chisel hurst, March 16, to pay their 4 tKi«tie.i s, /*r “ r V„ n \ u’l.tmns-Atl 
Prince Imperial on tho occasion of bis coming m 4 l ^ e ‘ MrU{ ],. dalrhis cniir^ JuHii ti. fane 
of age, MM. Olllver ltouher, do ‘-rammont, and 
otjhur distinguished DJ®n were present. 1 Vj. ' j 31 ,T-.-Vc... p.-o-svlvim 
, ”Xrs r - * Ul ... 
: iruMu'iorti: "t,,,,i.L,i ... 
f The remains of Dr Livingstone are to be the ..t’tSS'SSS.! 
laken to EogUm! from Malta by Geo. Wolseley. I “b'ck. here mmde *bvml ye hoW „gm antu 
* Tho treasury authorities of Cuba propose to u eUon V l5 pnew- 
k „i*li -md Central American doubloons at the 1 gm^t j ( i a “ farn , good to prime, t 
° ...mm .1 m. w *‘a«o“orti. ’ssjs.VgiJ 
" rsr“\u“i. A a" mS‘ rra- ;; 
tho Presidency of the Argontlno Kepulillc lias 1 ,[ lul (>r , 8 l , 0 culaUon. 
.11 decrMM. the IM» »' “ »“ bcl M “' 0 “'"" „ Srt -LS»J!?SABig 2', j 
Z TASt «..t » rupture between tb. SSJAWlkSB 52S.I, 
\ r .1 ^ 'Hn<r "i y t 
wflf vU,‘recede Ol a Ot-grt-e that still reduce 1J..' large 
SrlcaIB rarely obtained, u» the remnant -if t I » 
^rs?,’&.iRs7.a.3.«’rt!rR^ 
il.rlocit. In.th rolls and solid packed aro 
SmllrMn possessing the 1ea*i t»Me «.sjn 
Tlie I.eKlel.ture „» n-«* • >*« J"»'"^rtu.q M.k-.«.,t.»« » 
making it a misdemeanor for meinlx ' , .. unworthy of civilized people. 
Legislature or State, county or township ofll- B , UB D r. Livingston© are to I 
cers to ac cept railroad passes under penalty of The frorn ' M ' a i tn by Gen. W-lsele 
*100 to $1,000 fine. -phn tresaury authorities of Cuba propose 
The Minnesota Senate has voted to establish 1 h * ^ JJ vepnment to adlui t Mexican a. 
a board of railroad commlaaloners. s uth iUld Central American doubloons at t 
Mr. James Lennox ha* given*3,000towurdt valuation of $17, the same ns 8punl 
$80,000 which t h© Bev. Mr. Trowbridge is rt 1 * do ubloons, and American twenty-dollar piec 
to raise in this country for the establishment do bl^ v>|ajlUo|I of | 2 i, with the frantic 
The'lion 0 AlexanibM- H- Htov."* ^e’prob.d.Je'aOce^sion of General Mitre 
a suit against the Western nnd Atlantic Rail 1 l f thw Argontlno Kepulillc 1 
Of bis interest In the rood, of which he waa^one trjanj* , hat a rupturo between t 
Of the losseos, in 1870. Ho has slime Argontlno Republic and Chillis imminent, 
that the transfer was never made a. he Argentine V ftnd ahcp horda are v 
claims that the property is, therefore, still h s. H rvos 
Sfeyx: =’eVimce: 
Wjctle.; cither, 33<it35c. 
rSSSSPSM 
5£S«»rM.!!:=s 
ra/f 
1 lc*12Vc.J skimmed. 7®12c- 
_ i-rlres biivi! been advanced He. <>n last 
ami on #i-oeuia,tion. 
Fi'uiin. — Ai-ples have a fair trade, and 
claims that the property m, ’ " r , B 
Hlxi y thousand shad were shipped fsoni 1 orts 
mouth, Va., March, 7, for the new York and 
Boston markets. 
Mr. Joseph Langworth, of Cincinnati 0„ has 
donated *50,000, Government bonds as an en¬ 
dowment for t he Art Department of the ( Jncia- 
natl University. f 
The father of MissMowbnr, of Plttston, IN. i., 
is a nice candidate for a visitation of vengeance. 
Enraged at her persistent purpose to marry a 
young man lie didn’t like, he heat her so terri¬ 
bly that, she had Just, strength enough to reach 
her slater’s, where she met nnd married he. 
lover, and then wont to ills mother’s house und 
"'a member of tho Illinois Senate opposes an 
appropriation for a monument to Stephen A. 
Douglas on the ground that it is no more desir¬ 
able than a similar honor to Owen Lovejoy, 
the Abolitionist, who suffered «<> severely lor 
the fearless expression of his opinions. 
The Executive Committee of the Michigan 
State Agricultural Society has expelled, under 
rule 14, J. C, Deyo, of Jackson, Mich., and his 
sWUlPlJ MwWMb, formerly DomUtlett Boy- 
Harvest laborers and shepherds are very 
scarce in New Zealand. 
Extensive bush Arcs have prevailed of late at 
u vumhni’rek. near Turcutla, N. S. vv. 
The m llLrv stores In New South Wales now 
represent, it Is said, over *350,000 sterling In 
'"Late reins have caused floods and great less 
of property at Maitland and elsewhere In the 
Hunter district of Now South Wales. 
It is reported that the questions betwoe 
Poru and China relative to tho coolie traffic will 
he referred to Russia for arbitration. 
The press or China says tbe currency of China 
Is depressed, and that the statistics of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong show an 
unsatisfactory condition of tb* flnanoe*. 
Tho ttaivtts of Paris basresumed publication, 
the term for which It was suspended having 
expired. It signalizes Us reappearance by pub¬ 
lishing a letter from tb* Pope denouncing tbe 
enemies of the churoh. . u Q * 
Gen. Garibaldi lias 31 swords of honor, II or 
which have bmm sent him f^m #d>road^ lit 
derives tho modest Inooine of $000 from W e 
Island uf ^aprortii 119 
and on epfrotuauoTi# 
• i w i im i Fi'iilhia ** Apploft bnvo a fair tno1©> nnrt 
SfiffsfeSSre 
BAinhnmoft. SlttSSc* Pluma$ 
Hi ol, Mi ro vi ( rami e sl\S 
.. Ti,rt rtomumi l» still below the expectation 
' v ’"qo" mill Pennsylvania, nai7H0.t J cr- 
u iS irt-ng island, VKtfflle.; best Western. MMo. 
ordinary freight do- 8oU$h«ra, \WKa* 
Ron i her* -There in » f.-tr spring demand at 68 ® 
70 a fo?Prtmoniw lt?# Western. V'&Sfc for second 
gru0M> A&fcSw. for uiixert, 40fd60c. for old. 
iri.hiii* —Than* bn* been a ntow trfld(J» the foreign 
•td l \tc>'» being la«n favorable, and w 1 . 11 * adlBiioslttoa 
to press business, prices are decidedly lwWtr - 
6 uperth.e mate.§ jgg \ S 
Extrajlo.... ... ... 6 ^ 6 9 -, 
Superflno Western. ,. jJJgJ c 
..;;;;;;;; 4 26 ® r. so 
lUtr* Otiw.’rciindiioup.. 35« 7 4?) 
White woeat. extra. •• 6 ^ 
St, Louis......”... « HOutll 00 
Hiiuineru. extra. 4 ^ 75 
Kyu Ilnur... <1 wya i J 15 
Coru meal. Western... ,1 iu. j &n 
Brandywljte .. . . * 
