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MBS. BEECHER DOWN SOI TE i. I ier Experience Among tise Peo ple—A Grateful Tribute. From the Christian Union, May 2.',. Wo have been “down South,” and* liko all travelers, feel inclined to relate our experience, and because it was new and interesting to us, naturally think it must be so to others. * *' 1 * Wo aro not naturally timid. We seldom fear slights or insults from strangers; be lieving if people mind their own business —using tlieireyes, but not their tongues —treating all with proper reserve, but kindly and politely, they may travel any whero without danger of annoyance. To be sure, there have been periods of ex citement, when this assertion could not havo been so confidently made. It is but n few years since a Northerner might not havo deemed it wise to linger long in or even travel through the Southern portion of our country; but those are happily by-gono days, and no greater compliment can bo paid to our country, aud to the Southern part of it particularly, than to be able to say, with all truthfulness, that from the timo wo left our homo till our return, 1 everywhere, and from all classes, we met only with kindness and atten tion; everything that true courtesy could do to make our joumoyings pleasant and comfortable was done. Two. women— and one an invalid—were regarded as having especial claims upon the people’s caro and politeness. Is it well to tarn of tho continuance of Southern bitterness, animosity, and secret enmity, when two unprotected Northern women can pass through,the States just emerging from years of war, and through those places where tho deadly strifo was fiercest, not only without molestation, but with sympathy and assistance at overystop. Wo were greatly interest ed, when conversing with intelligent Southern gentlemen, in tho ideas, which they consider the true* senti ments and wishes of their people. They said to me, “ Your pap'ers are filled with words which tend to stir up strifo—not to cost oil on tho troubled waters—they seem to seek for cause of offense and reproach. It is constantly repeated. “ Tho South is conquered, but not subdued. Do rot trust her, she bides her time. ” Fearful stories are told, daily, of tho Ku-Klux—of Southern vio lence and inhumanity. Should these sad occurrences, even when the reports are not at all exaggerated, be taken as a fair interpretation of their real character, any more than Mi*. Putnam’s murder, for simply protecting a young girl from a villain’s insults, should bo regarded by them as a true type of Northern life ?— What a fearful record of crime tho morn ing and evening papers bring to us daily! Shall tho whole North bo judged by these shameful deeds of the vile and law less portion of our population ? “ Yet,” saida Southern gentleman, “is it not unjust to collect the crimes and outrages, which aro unfortunately, of too frequent occurrence in our Southern towns and cities, and hold them before the people as tho true index to our.. feelings and priuoiploe, it would- -Lo to prepare a list of all tho mur ders, all tho drunken fights, all the men dacious and startling robberies among your.peoplo, and cry ‘Look at the North! Hero yon may see her in her true colors. Take the whole South through, you will find a larger proportion of bloodshed, violence, and high-lianded dishonesty, than is constantly recorded in your two great Northern cities ? Is murder any less a crime at tho North than at tho South ? A man steals your purse and watch, breaks open your house and plun ders or. bums it over your head—such things, you know, are of daily, occur rence—shall we chargo these outrages upon tho North as a whole, and demand that a military forco be stationed over you to enforce the laws, and guard against treason? If unmolested by politicians and their red tape, we assure yon the South is really and earnestly willing to more true and lastingly amicable relations with the North than over before. If undisturbed by selfish office-seekers, wo would rejoice to ‘bury tho hatchet,’root out all animos ities, and clasp hands in true friendly en deavor to build up the waste places, and unitedly seek to ‘make the wilderness bud and blossom as the rose.’ ” Wo havo tried to give, as nearly aspos sibJo, tho substance of many similar con versations, tho chief sentiments of which wo havo often heard repeated by all classes whom wo met in our short sojourn at tho South. Tho earnestness with which their ideas wero expressed very strongly impressed ns with the sincerity of those who uttered them. Wo placo them in your hands, sincerely hoping that some little good, at least, liay result from them; bccauso we are deeply grieved that good will and brotherly love aro not, as yet, tho bonds that hold our country together. Police Courts THE r a slim , baud to! The Court opened yesterday uith rati ’docket: hut enough attendants wc-re or giro it a business appearance. Tho first case on hand was'that of JAiEES QTOS who got drunk, and was wandering around loose, without a sail and without a rudder. James piled into tho house of a virtuous colored lady, and began making himself at home, to the great consternation of the household. The lady.gave a delicate scream and ran out. She didn’t think that Jimmie intended any thing wrong* bat caw that he was drank, and she knew very well that when “wine was in, wit was ABDUCTION OP MOTHER. THEIR i Maxims for Agriculturists. | Mrs. Claflin Blind-Folded, Hot ! a carriage and Imprisoned Tbree Day —Her Account oft He Affair. j Horace Greeley concluded his recent | speech before tho Texas Agricultural As- t 1 sociation, at tho State fair, with the fol lowing maxims: Mrs. Annie Clafla, who disappeared so mysteriously on Monday Lost, has re turned to her daughter, Mrs. Nelica Brooker, at the Washington Hotel, on Fourth avenue. Tho following is the out," and sho uldn't know exactly what Jim's me-j story of her adventures as she related it brlatcd fancies might suggest, so she called a po i to a Tribune reporter : ! ‘Last Friday afternoon I went to No. llccman. $5 and costs. KELLY WATE5 WAS A EAH2E2, and a very good looking one, too. Some half dozen or more of Kelly’s neighbors were called upon to testify to the charge against him of quarreling and disorderly conduct, and abusing Ills wife, who was j a likely looking girl. Tho convicting evidence was from a long-headed, straight-forward negro, who swbre that ho heard Kelly beating his wife more or less all through the afternoon, that, moved by manly sympathy for a female, he looked in at the door, and saw Kelly throw his wife on the bed, take out a razor, and threaten to cut her throat. That he beat and ac cused her of being falsfi to her bridal vows, and ho was going to marry another, &c„ &c. His Honor was so confident that this statement was true, that ho let Mr. Watts off with §25 and costs, and remarked, in conclusion of his admonition, that the next man that was brought up for woman whipping would smell particular . MICHAEL MICKI.EE did not intend to-get drunk. Ho had only taken ten or twelve glasses of beer. That last word settled tho hash for Mike. Anybody who gets drunk on beer, and gets up before this Court, had best never been bom, for if there is anything on this green earth His Honor has a complete disgust for, it is a man who gets drunk on beer. §5 and costs. Henry O’Shiclda plead guilty of being drunk and disorderl;, and was fined §10 and costs. - But perhaps SHE HIGHEST CASE on the docket, was Mat. HcCardlo'. He is an origi nal son of Erin, and a perfect sample of a rolicking devil-may-care Irishman. Ho had'for his accusers all tho Timmonses, including the old lady T. and her three daughters. According to their statement Me. had Visited their house without a formal invitation, and then would not leave with all the invitations the family could extend. He would lay down in the yard, and in tho chimney comer, and do just like a fool or a drunk man. Old Mrs. Timmons was satis fied that he was one or tho o'-ier. She conld’nt sleep while Me., kept up his strange ways. So a policeman came along that way, and helped Me., on his way to the guardhouse. His Hon asked ifho was guilty or not, He promptly responded "guilty.” He was asked if he had not been up before, to which he responded that be had. Then tho Mayor reminded him of the promise tho last time that ho would drink no more beer. Me. said he thought perhaps His Honor was mistaken, ns he was particular about making prom ises; but if ho had made such a one he had kept it, for ho did not get drunk on beer this time, but whis ky. This plain and unvarnished statement of the facte was a good stroko for Me., and he was let off with only $15 and costs. If beer bad caused the trouble, tho full sentence of the law would have been his portion. Just at this juncture of afiairs, a very chatty col ored lady spectator had risen out of her chair, and was laying down tho law to her next neighbor in an excited soitovoce way, when the ever vigilant Pat Fitzgibbons, seeing a member of tho Council come into the room, looking for a scat, Fat seized the va cant chair, pot knowing that the lady had been using it, and handed it to tho gentleman. The woman sat down Without looking around. anA came Anwn unon the floor like the fall of a balo of hay. Her sur prise and mortification grew to such an extant that she wa3 about to go for a policeman standing near by, thinking ho had played the trick. This convulsed tho crowd aud Court to such an extent that it was im mediately adjourned, to give the latter a chance to save Hie dignity of tho bench by a big laugh. Just after noon yesterday, this city was visited by one of tho most violent thunder storms that over came down upon ns. For nearly an hour thero was peal after peai of thunder, sharp and decisive like fierce clatter of musketry, while tho whole atmos phere was almost a blaze of lightning. It seemod as if the angry clouds had met directly over the city and resolved to fight it out in a tremendous cannon ade. For a long time the storm tarried and things grew dark, showing to a better advantago the vivid glare of the electricity. Tho quantity of rain that foil was remarkably small considering tho time 'through which'the storm was protracted. We'were not aware that any hail fell ; bnt from parties who live a short distance out wo learn that thero was quito a hail-storm, and fjears were entertained that gardens would bo injured. Cotton Figures Tho total receipts of the current cotton year, up to Friday night, footed np 3,- 756,SOS bales, against 2,750,047 for the corresponding period of 1870. This shows a gain of 1,006,851 bales. With the same receipts as in 1870 for the re mainder of the cotton year the crop would foot up 4,161,708 bales, and with 25 per cent, increase would rise to 4,263,- 022 bales. Wo sec that tho dispatches talk about an estimated decrease in cot ton acreage this year of five to twenty- five per cent. We regard that as com paratively immaterial. Tho main de crease will be in the yield per acre, ancL compared with last year, -we ventnre to assert, will bo almost unexampled in the history of cotton-growing. — We not unfrequently meet with cas- sedness liko tho following, generally credited to “& paper out West:” “Papa,” said a little urchin to his fa ther tho other day, “I saw a printer go] down tho street just now.” _ - ] “Did yon, sonny? How did you knowi tho person was a printer?” “Because I do, papa,“ 15 East Thirty-eighth street, where my daughters, Mrs. Woodhnll and Miss Tennio Claflin, live. I rang the bell and asked for my husband, who came out, and we walked together down tho steps of the tunnel to the Fourth avenue railroad. I at first thought I would take a car, but afterward decided to walk. After, my husband left me I went to sco the Sistera of Charity in Thirty-second street, whero I staid till about dusk, and then started for home. When I got to the '• foot of tho hill, two men came up behind mo and thrust me into a carriage. I could not see either of them, as they threw my shawl oyer my eyes and bound it there. One of them got into tho car riage with me, and we were driven rap idly away. When I asked him what he was going to do* with me, he said, ‘We know all about you. You are insane. Tho man who told us to take you said you were making mischief between your two daughters, and he must put yon out of tho way.’ When I told him to let me out, ho said if I did not be quiet he would throw me into the river, and so I said no more through fear. We rode, I should think, about two hours. When we got out he delivered me, still blind folded, to a woman, who led me up three flights of stairs, and, removing my shawl from my eyes, thrust' me into a room and locked tho door. It was a small room, about 8 by 12 feet in dimensions, but no window, so that I could not see out at all. I stayed there all night and no one came near me. The next morning when the woman came to bring me a slice of bread and a cup of water—this was all I bad each day I stayed there, one slice of bread and a cup of water!—I tried together to come in and tell me whero I was and what they wero going to do with me. On the tlnrd day she came in, and when I told her my story she seemed to wish to help me, and finally consented to aid mo to escape if I would go blindfolded as I came. It must have been late at night when she came for mo, and lead ing me to a carriage drove away with me. I asked her to leave me near the Harlem depot, and she did. I came at once to this hotel, and was taken to my daughter. It was about half-past two o’clock ibis morning. As Blood has often threatened my life, and has said he never would stop until the d—d old was under the sod, I believe he was the one who had mo'taken off.” Mrs. Claflin is about seventy years' of age, and the excitement of her abduc tion, together with tho insufficient food, lias nan a Buncos lrnoi aangefoureireet upon her health. Her conversation was perfectly rational, and she presented no appearance of insanity. But while print ing her’story, the Tribune cannot under take to be responsible for its accuracy.— JV". Y. Tribune. : Not to tresspass too far upon your patience—ict me close with. a few‘maxims, applicable to cultivs,- {tion in every dime aud under aU circumstances, I whether among populations douse as that of China or sparse as that of British America. l. Only good farming pays. Ho who sows or plants without reasonable assurance of good crops annu ally, might bettor earn wages of some capable neigh bor than work for so poor a paymaster as he Is cer tain to prove- himself. II. The farmer is proved such ly ike steady appre ciation of A is crops. Any one may reap an ample harvest from a fertile virgin soil: the good farmer alono grows good crops at first, cud better aud better over afterward. m. It is far easier to maintain the productive ca pacity of the farm than to restore it. To exhaust its fecundity, and then attempt its restoration by bnying costly commercial fertilizers, is wasteful and irra tional. IV. The good farmer sells mainly such products as are least exhaustive. Necessity may constrain him, for tho first year or two, to sell grain, or even hay; bnt ho wiU soon send of his surplus mainly in ths form of cotton or wool, or meat, or butter and cheese, or something else that returns to tho soil nearly all that is taken from it. A bank account daily drawn upon, while nothing is deposited to its credit must socn respond "No funds;" so with a farm simihuly treat ed. V. Rotation is at least negative fertilisation. It may not positively enrich a farm; it wiUat least .retard and postpono its impoverishment. Ho who gro.w6 wheat alter wheat, corn alter, corn, for twenty years, will need to emigrate before that term is fill tilled. The same farm cannot support nor endure him longer than that. All our great wheat growing sec tions of filty years ago aro wheat growing no longer; while England grows larger crops thereof on the very fields that fed tho armies of Saxon Harold and William tho Conquoror, notation has preserved these, as the lack of it ruined those. VI. Wisdom, is never dear, provided the article he gan uine. I have known farmers who have toiled con stantly from daybreak till dark, yet died poor, bccauso, through ignorance, they wrought to disad vantage. If every farmer would devoto two hours of each day to reading and reflection, there would be fewer failures in farming than they arc. - VII. The best investment a farmer can make for his chUdrciris that which surrounds their youth with the rational delights of a beauteous, attractive home. Tho dwellings may be small and rude, yet a lew flowers will embellish, as choice fruit trees wiU enrich and gladden it; whUe grass and shade aro within tho reach of the humblest, Hardly any labor done on a farm is so profitable as that which makes the wife and children fond and proud of their home. . Hit A good, practical education, including a good trade, is a better outfit for a youth than a grand eslvtc with a drawback of an empty mind. Many parents havo slaved and pinched to leave their children rich, when half tho sum thus lavished would havo profited them far more had it been devoted to tho cultivation of their minds, the enlightenment of their capacity to think, observe and work. Tho one structure that no neighborhood can afford to do without is tho school-house. IX. A small library of well selected books in his home Ms saved mdny a youth from wandering into the bale ful mays of the Prodigal Son. Where paternal strict ness and soverity would havo bred nothing bnt dis like and a fixed resolvo to abscond at tho first op portunity, good books and pleasant surroundings havo weaned many a yonth from his first wild im pulse to go to sea or cross tho continent, and mado him a docile, contented, obedient, happy lingerer by the parental fireside. In a family, however rich or poor, no other good is so cheap, so precious, as thoughtful, watchful, love. X. Most men are bom poor, but no man who has average capacities and moderate luck need, remain so. And the farmer’s calling, though proffering no sud den leaps, no ready short cuts to opulence, is the surest of aU ways from poverty and want to comfort and independence. Othor men must climb; tho temperate, frugal, diligent, provident farmer may grow into competence and overy external accessory to happiness. Each year of his divotion to his homestead may find it moro vnlnablo, more attract ive than the last, and leave it better still. Thunder Storm. Struck. The rod on the spire of the Second Baptist Church was struck by lightning during the storm yesterday afternoon. Tho rod being a good ono the fluid passed to tho ground without doing any damage. Mr. Betty’s store in the western portion, of the city was struck and the door and facing considerably tom to pieces. The clerks happened to bo in the other end of the store and received only a slight shock. Ladd pnt np tho rod on tho chnrch and was looking at it from tho Court House window when it was struck. Ho was satisfied with his work and caUedJtgood. - ,, Death of Mr. Samuel Grubb. We wero pained yesterday to learn of the death of Mr. Samuel Grubb, ope of tho oldest and most ro- spccted citizens of Atlanta. Mr. G. had passed be yond tho three score‘and ten years allotted to man, maintaining ; his vigor to tho-last, being all tho timo engaged in actlvo business. For two or threo years immediately preceding this, he was Tax Receiver for this‘county, performing his duties ac ceptably to tho people. Ho was a gentleman whom all respected, and those who knew-him best will most earnestly regret to hear of his death. v Find Him Out. Yesterday a rather good looking white man passed down Broad street, flanked on either sido by a col ored wench, and the trio seemed to enjoy the chat of each other to an extension truly progressive. Who tho young gentleman was is tho point we are trying to get at. Ho sported an amount of sang /raid truly commendable, had it been displayed on something else. But, who were tho infatuated semi- lath amendments ? Tho girls looked well enough, and we were a littlo surprised that such .clever look ing darkies would be caught in such sorry company. At two o’clock, this morning, the weather was foggy enough and thick enough to slice. The ap. pearanco generally was for more rain, and it it should not, we will not be much disappointed—the prognostications of the Associated Press to the con trary notwithstanding. ■ Attention, Kn-IIlai: Three hundred Yankee soldiers wifi pass here to night, on their was to Columbia, S. C. They have eleven car loads of horses, and three or four of bag “But Lo might have h^cn a carpenter, j gage. They will come by the State Load train. Well Played. At a Chicago theatre recently, Bob Hart and William Manning were doing the sketch of “Tho Quiet Lodgings.”— The position wiis Manning on the bed en deavoring to enjoy the Quiet Lodgings, and Hart at the right of the stage. En ter a mechanical rat worked by a string leading to the wings. All was quiet as tho rat entered, when a fourth party un expectedly appeared in the shape of a huge yellow cat, who took up her posi tion in tho wings. Yellow cat caught sight of tho mechanical rat, and prepared for the fatal spring. Hart tried to keep a sober face and forgot his lines. Man ning, on the bed, begged Hart not to dis courage the cat, and forgot his lines.— Yellow cat crouched to the stage floor, and, working her way along, made a spring for tho rodent, but missed it—as the man in tho wings hauled it back.— Nothing discouraged, Tabitha took up her position again, with tho audience screaming with delight. Then enter two rats, who were to disturb Manning in his quiet lodgings. Tabitha was fearful of the odds, ventured out on the stage a lit tle ways, and then retired in good order to await the motions of the enemy. When the two rats had Hone, rat No. 1 was to re-enter. Tabitha was in readiness ; she gave a plunge toward him and became entangled in the string. Clearing her self, she looked at tho string and then at the rat, evidently impressed witli the novelty of the situation. As the rat was going off, however, there was little time to lose. She gathered herself together, and, with a magnificent spring, described a curve through the air ; but, alas for the deceptions of man: the rat was pulled in to the wings, and Tabitha missed her supper and retired disgusted. Neither Manning nor Hart knew their lines after that, and the last words heard from'SYil- liam, as the curtain went dowrn on the convulsed audience, were: “Don’t dis courage her, Bob ; she is doing her part well.” >-e-4 blacksmith or a shoemaker.’’ “Oh no, papa, he was a printer—like ly an editor—for he was gnawing a bone and had no stockings on. The crown was out of hisbat, and his coat was all torn. I am certain he was a printer.” After making fools of themselves by imprisoning two newspaper correspon dents , the United States Senators con- \ verted themselves into asses by voting ' their release on Saturday last. It was sheer idiocy even to have imprisoned them at all, and it was worse than idiocy after locking them up and threatenin _ them with forty years’ confinement, ignominiously back down, release The ladies of a town in the United States—Opelika, Alabama—have hadHys good tasto and ccnrage to discard tlie -chignon ns a head dress. We know an Atlanta'lady who never had ft chignon' refuse ‘to continue legal proceedings to discard, and never wanted one, • against them,—*New York Mail The coming fifteenth of August will be a gala day, not only with the people throughout England and Scotland, and in Edinburgh especially, but .also for tho New York folksr or rather the citizens from Scotland, or of Scottish descent, who have taken up their abode in that city. The foundation-stone to a great monument to the author ol “Waverly” will be laid on that day, upon which falls the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the poet, in Central Park, and on this will be subsequently erected an exact copy in bronze of the marble statue in Princess street, Edinburgh, which was pronounced by Lockhart to be one of the best likeness of Sir Walter Scott in existence—the celebrated bust of Chantry not even excepted. The copy will be perfect in the least particu lar/and will, therefore, also include a representation of his favorite and world- renowned dog, “Maida,” lying at his!‘m'cu^Ob^rrcr feet, seemingly awaiting liis.commands. ; This magnificent tribute to tho poet is j now being cast in Edinburgh, and is ox- baptism. Tlic Prifiliytci-ian View of It. . Just before the adjournment of tho Southern 'Presbyterian General Assembly, tho following pro ceedings took placo : The report of tho Rpecial committee on baptism elicited a lengthy discussion. Gno member made an argument in favor of the validity of tho Itoman lvipiiciin. f rhia xexuxet was uuitaa lftDgthy document, giving the doctrin;;i reasons of tho As sembly of 1870 lor deciding that persons' who had. boon baptised- into tho Christian (or Campbellite) Church should not be admitted into the Presbyterian Church without being baptized again. Some wanted to print tho report, aud lot tho peoplo see it, before adopting it. Hr. Dabney, its author, said, if tho As sembly does not approvo it, it need not be printed. •Judge Mitchell wanted to know if tho denial of tho Reformed (Christian) Chnrch baptism was consistent with tho freedom of private judgment. Tho Romish Church claims the right to dictate what Us members are to believe. Our Church leaves to every-man the right of private ’udgment. Ho asked if a man eomo from the Campbellite Church who had boon bap tized there, before coming to the years of discreUon —son of pious parents—does this action compel us to require him to be re-baptized if he is fully satis fied with it ? Has this or any other Church the right to dictate in this matter ? The Rev. Mr. Stratum camo from a part of tho country whero the Campbellitos were very numerous (Georgetown, Kentucky). In every case, wuero one of them wished to unite with his chnrch, he requir ed them to be baptised, and they always complied, except in ono instance. This ono, when young, had been baptised by immersion—ho was satisfied with it. Mr. Strahan’s answer to him was, you aro satis fied with it, bnt I and my church arc not. Your bap tism may have been performed by an irresponsible person. Any member of tho church designated for tho purpose may administer tho rite in that church if tho minister does not like toko into tho. water.— Another case was instanced: A man wh consented to join the church if he would recognizo tho validity of his baptism in the Campbellite Church. Mr. Stra han’s reply was, I connot allow you to dictate to mo how I am to perform an ordinance of my chnrch.— He wanted this report to go out with tho prostigo of this assembly. Our church suffers Injury from being assailed on this point, and our people ore not prepar ed to answer all the arguments brought to bear. Our church occupies tho true Scriptural ground, and their reasons for it ore cogent and unanswerable, and should go Out wiih the full, not morely the quasi, indorsement of tho assembly. And, as the chnrch has settled tho question, I hope it will not hesitate to add the reason for it. Shall wo allow a person coming from ths world or from an unorthodox Church to dictate to us what shall be tho ordinances of our C-hurcl*, or how they shall be administered? Thero is no intolerance in it. If they are to dictate to ns, they will come in numbors, and they will dictate baptism and every thing else. They take tho Biblo 'but Will bave no creed. Wo take tho Bible. But we reject them on tho same grounds that wo refuse to recognize Hnl- versalists, and a host of other heretics that claim to accept tho Bible. After some farther discussion, tho report was adopted and the Publication Committee Instructed to print it. A resolution was adopted instructing Prosbytexies to bring tho subject of baptism boforo tho minds of tho people, especially those who may bo neglecting baptism, and to make reports to the next Assembly on the subject. ; —-*-•-« ;— FigMing Joe Hooker’s Opinion. “Fighting Joo” Hookeramved at Os wego yesterday morning on tho steamer Lawrence, en route for Magnesia Springs, Mich., whither ho is hound for the bene fit of his health. The steamer made a short stop at Oswego, during which the general spoke freely of the war, its con duct, and the result, and in the course of the conversation expressed frankly his opinion of Grant. He said Grant tried to get control of the Grand Army of the Republic, but “we” blocked him. Con tinued “Fighting Joe,” “It is my abso lute conviction that were yon to walk the length of Broadway you could not meet a man less qualified for the Presidency than Grant. We of the army know him better than the people at large. When his adjutant, Gen. Rawlins, was alive, the President seemed to be efficient and successful; but when Rawlins died, Grant’s bottom fell out. He is now in his normal condition.” On one of the gentlemen inquiring concerning Grant’s chances for re-election, Gen. Hooker, replied, “I am no politician; declined going to conventions in 1868 chiefly be cause I regarded Grant unfitted for the office of President; but, from observa tion, I now think, candidly and without prejudice, that Grant cannot cany half a dozen States. He is very cheap.’ Wc leam that the Good Templars of Historical Verdicts. Mcr.TOF. Pious as Robespierre, comely WCouthon, Tender as Marat! is tricky Morton. Butler. All crimes of men exliaustod, bo aped.Hsynar., And roams without the pale of man, alike, and Stevexs. “ Outside the Constitution " bo smote his foes. Reckless and merciless—to his account ho goes! Soixeb. A Bhiuiug serpent. He bears his head aloft When safe—when bruised, he shams it very Mrs. Beecher Stowe. • Female Mokanna! Thy Silver Veil of Love May find its dnpes below—bnt not above 1 Seward. Not Alaska, nor China. Japan, or the Pole, Can give sloop to thy pillow—or peace to thy soul.’ Hot A DELUGE. Springs, Arkansas, Water. Special to the Memphis Appeal. Little Rock, May 28.—From persons who made their cseapo from tho Hot Springs last night, and reached here to day, some details have bebn gathered ..of the MOST TERRIFIC FLOOD that has ever reached that place, or any other, perhaps. Barney Hughes was completely washed out, after night fall. The storm came in a most ferocious man ner from tho West. It burst in startling splendor above the adjacent bights. The lightning flashed in great globes, making a greater that noonday brillian^ cy,'and then went out in perfect darkness.: It was one of tho grandest displays of heaven’s artillery that was witnessed since the time tho giant masterdon and the un- wieldymilodom trod those hills. It was gigantic. Every clap of thunder shook, and in some cases, shivered the glasses in the hotel windows. ms RAIN FELL IN SHEETS, NOT IN DRuPS. Every water course became full in half an hour; where streamlets ran during the prevalence of former rain-storms, rivers were formed. Before the people knew anything of what was going on out doors, there tvas a flood sweeping down the main street of tho place, several feet deep. The inmates of the hotels could see, by the fitful glare of the light ning, FRAGMENTS OF WRECK sweeping past. On one occasion a country wagon, with three steers at tached, was swept by at the rate of eight or ten miles an hour, the bellowing of the cattle and tho despairing shrieks of the driver worn rendered inaudible by the rushing of the water’s fearfullcommotion. When the rising flood invaded the first floor of the Hot Springs Hotel our in formant rushed toward the stable up to Ids knees in water. There were half the gentlemen already there clamoring and fighting for horses. “i’m afloat.” When he found there was no chance he threw himself into an empty stage coach that was already floating, aud he drifted into the stream and wa3 earned, he didn’t know how far, before he struck dryland ;.but lie says he saw tho Hale House, already like noah’s ARE, floating about the neighborhood, tho guests all getting as high up as possible. The Aiken House was also afloat, and the flood up to the balcony of the Hot Springs Hotel.; and still' tho waters rushed and tie rain fell. The fact is, ■ the whole valley was converted into a lake. It is thought that there. was nothing left standing. No loss of life is as yet reported. We may have fuller de-. tails in the morning. —— Suicide of a Twelve-Year-Old * Girl. It is only a few days since, says the Winona (Minn.) Republican, we recorded the death, by accidental poisoning, of a little son of Mr. Green, in the town of Warren, and now another sad affair has happened in the same town. Living near neighbor to Mr . Green, is Mr. Levi Allis, whose daughter, a girl of twelve summers, was the victim of self-destruc tion. For some time she has had a fancy for eating camphor gum whenever it came within her reach. Aware of this habit, her parents always exercised a good deal of care to keep things out of her reach, and, a short time ago, her mother hav ing occasion to use some strychnine, deemed it prudent to explain to her daughter the dangerous nature of the poison, and to caution her against taking it by mistake. After this nothing more was said of it. The girl attended school with the other children, and went to the funeral of Mrs’ Greene’s little boy the other day, when she appeared very much affected—even to a morbid degree. She took the little sacks of salt which had been used to keep tbe eyes of tho corpse closed and put them in her pocket, where they were found after her death. She told some of her acquaintances that there would be another funeral before long, and on Thursday, when she remained with two other girls to sweep out the school house, she bade them good bye at parting, and said she would never see them again. After this she went home. Her parents were away. She got the strychnine— took a portion of it—ran out into the yard and told tho hired man what she had done, and in fifteen minutes was dead. It is a most singular' occurrence, indeed, and looks very much as though the child was laboring under a species of insanity. Her death is a great affliction to her parents, and has created con siderable excitement throughout the com munity. The Boston Post is anxious to know IA Diplomatic Excitcmeii Washington—3tr. Fish the Russian Minister. A Washington special to tho New Y”o? r,es 5 Evening Post says: “There has dccu wins ripple excitement for some days in diplo matic circles in consequence of Mr. Cat- aeazy, the Russian Minister, not having been invited to tho State dinner given ou ( Saturday last to all the foreign ministers ' oft ,, in Washington by Secretary Fish. Tho matter has occasioned a good deal of talk j among'that class of people who relish ; such bits of gossip, and speculation has j been rife as to the causes which led Mr.’ ! Fish to thus slight the Russian Minister. It seems that for some time past the per sonal relations between Mr. Fish and Mr. I Catazazy have not been of the warmest character,-and it is now reported that for j reasons, serious in their nature, all furth- | er social intercourse between them is liko- : ly to be brought to an end, and that in | future the failure of tlic Russian Minister i to receive an invitation to state dinners is not to be attributed to any oversight on the part of the Secretary of State.” Under S' is anxious what has become of the sum of ten thous and dollars which was appropriated by - „ ,,, ... ... tbe last Congress to enable the President j become darker and. the dark race whiter, * * • •■» i . • /mi GAuflinf mncf onnnvn The “Beautiful Suicide.” We have received a private letter from a gentleman in Rochester, who knows whereof lie allirms, explicitly denying the statement of Mr. Tice, recently pub lished in our columns, that K.. E. Har rington, the New York suicide, “was a second cousin of Mr. Lewis Cass, of De troit, and a grand-niece of Ex-Lieut. Gov. „ Sclden, of New York.” Our correspon dent, whose authority would be unques tioned were wo permitted to usehis namo, says: “I am aware that you desiro only to come to the facts in regard to the event which seems to have excited to much in terest.; and you will no doubt excuse mo for repeating to you what has already been communicated to tho Rochester pa pers and to the Associated Press, that Lieutenant-Governor Henry R. Soldcn has not and never had a niece or grand niece by the name of Sclden; that he is in no way related either by blood or mar riage to tho late General Cass, nor to any of his children ; that he never heard of tho woman who committed suicido in Now York, nor of Charles or Samuel Sel- den, named in your article.” We take great pleasure in making tho correction requested, and arc satisfied that Mr, Tice, without intending to mis represent, lias been himself misled as to the facts. .; Tennessee Crop Intelligence. [From the Joucsboro Herald. Since our last issue we havo seen sev eral fields of wheat in this county, and although the rust has appeared upon the ground blades of some of it, we have not seen a nicer prospect for an average yield since the war. A little rust on the bot tom blades scare some men to death, but from what little we know about farming, as Horace Greeley would say, it don’t scare tho wheat crop worth a cent. Have ho fears, the wheat will be plenty. [From the Memphis Avalanclic. The most favorable sign as concerns the crops is that our country exchange/ indulge in no croaking. No doubt thc-'e are some bad spots, but tho general pros pect in this section is encouraging. [From the Maryville IVrFubiican. The wheat in this county is reported by our. fanners to bo literally covered with rust. Great fears are entertained that the crop will prove an entire failure, but it is impossible at present to sta ;e the full extent of the damage likely to occur from rust Some fields remain un touched, and present a fine appearance, but the majority of fields throughout tho whole country are more or less covered witli it. The great change in the pros pect of the wheat crop is attributable to the excessive wet weather. Fruit is now “ continually falling off the trees, having been injured by the April frosts; so much so that we do not look for more than half a crop in this county. = Effects of Alcaliol. Tho effects of alcaliol have recently been tested in London, by experiments upon a healthy soldier. The course of treatment was as follows: For the first six days no alcohol was . given; for the next six days from one to eight ounces of alcohol per day were giv en, in divided doses; for the next six days water alone; and then for tlireo days twelve ounces of brandy containing four per cent, of alcaliol. The results are re ported to be as follows: No appreciable difference was perceived • in tho weight during tho course of experiments, but the temperature of tho body was slightly raised. The pulse was materially affect ed, raised from 77.5 beats per minute be fore taking the alcohol, to 94.7 after tak ing the largest dose. Estimating the normal daily work of the ventricles of the heart as equivalent to the lifting of 122 tons of a foot, it was found that during the alcoholic period, the heart was compelled to lift an excess of 15.8 tons, and during the last two days of 24 tons. The conclusion arrived at was. that alcahol is utterly useless in health, and positively injurious in larger . quantities than two ounces daily. There, however, seems to be indicated an advan tage in its use if employed in raising a feebler appetite or exciting a feebler heart. The Next Step.—Another amendment is looming up in the future, and an ad vanced situation to be accepted as an ac complished fact. The Wesleyan news paper, published at Syracuse, New York, declares that the only remedy for differ ence of races among American citizens ia amalgamation. “The white race must to reform the civil service by inaugura- 01 a bloody conflict must endure ‘“as — * long.as America shall exist.” It maybe doubted whether that can be aecomplish- ting a system of competitive examina tions for certain minor offices. No ex amination committee lias been appointed, and no steps taken to carry out the pro visions of the act, which was passed long before the Ku-Klux bill. The President was very fierce for civil service reform in his message, but in practice, continues to dispense patronage to personal favorites, ed by an amendment of the Constitution ; but wliat ore doubts in the presence of the great humanitarian party, which can mako that straight which God has made crooked, with as much ease as it can steal and pray and pray and steal, which Donn Piott says is its great forte.^ Tho as usual. He is certainly placed in rath- legal difficulty will be made to yleldto er » bad light by his neglect. j ufS readers, and advise the young ladies to seek dusky husbands and the young men to choose colored -.vives. This, we reck on, is to be the tail to tho “new' depar ture” kite.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The prospect for a plentiful peach crop j is extremely favorable. From 300,000 to 400,000 new trees were planted this sea- and the crop from tho old trees in j md Maryland is expected to | ' 000 baskets, or about half a ! vicinity. of Eatonion. '—Paiouton Press, cinity! million more than were gathered ip that j Xk? Suu Job offiea d 1 champion year of peach-growers, xbOO, 1 than any other office. does work cheaper