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Newspaper Page Textjlit §ni'S No l\l ISAY 8THBBT. TKKUtU. UaJly.— .. 6 00 Tri-W eekly 2 OO o^tbV roiscBirriaw M,ua.i a Au. ps-.'OT* t>T “ e riopyea at the aryirv hm o£ tho time paid without fnrther node#. St.wcil»* will please observe the datee cm their wr&ppere. The postage on all papers Is paid at g^vannah. Per90Z - wishing the papei fnmished for any rtoe lei than one year will have their orde-r promptly attended to by remitting the smor.r.t for a« time desired. No city subscription discontinned nalew by positive orders left at the office. To Advertisers. A SQUARE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of the iloaNiNe Nxwb. Amusement advertisements and special notices • 1 00 per square for each insertion. Other advertising, first insertion, $1 00 per square; each subsequent insertion (if inserted every day). 73 c£Dt ^ P 4 * * qaare - local or reading matter notices, 20 cents per line for each insertion. Advert'--ments 'nserted every other day, twice -jrt , or once a week, charged $1 00 per square for g*ch insertion. Mo contract rates allowed except by spestgi tenement. Liberal discounts mado to large ad vertisers. > Advertisements will have a favorable place When first inserted, bnt no promise of continuous publication in a particular place can t>e givsm, as advertisers must have equal opportunities. Affairs in Ueonna. Rex, of Atlanta, has sent us letters paten^ attested by Hijim, appointing ns Coont of Chatham. A regularly ordained Count in these times ought to have a mole and a shot gun, and as these haven’t come to hand, we suspect that the whole affair is ono of Miles Turpin’s jokes. There is a man in Atlanta who has never drank a glass of buttermilk. He ought to be slung up by the heels and kicked to death by a brindle cow. The Waynesboro Expositor puts in a stopper by bringing out Col. 8. A. Corker for Congress from this district. The farmers of Washington county are planting heavily of wheat and oats. The Augusta ConstUutionaOst, with that weakness for alliterative effects that charac terizes Randall no less than Swinburne, al ludes to the Darien Gazette as the Timber Times. Kimball is a mighty ripe piece pf cheese. Both the Atlanta papers have got into trou ble about him. In Atlanta the people make nothing ef falling through the bridge over the railroad. Major James F. Smyth, of Washington county, was married recently in Jackson county to Mrs. Maggie F. Meitz, formerly of Thomaaville. A negro woman dropped dead in Americus the other day. Disease of the heart. A Fulton county man, in a fit of drunken frenzy the other night, endeavored to kill his wife, and nearly succeeded. He broke her arm, knocked her shoulder out of place, and then ripped open a feather bed. This, as yon may well suppose, occurred in the neighborhood of Atlanta. Mr. Fleming Mobley, of Griffin, is dead. Young Toombs Wright, of Rome, has had one of his arms broken three or four times. He seems to have got in the habit of it. Numerous fine specimens of copper ore have recently been found in Haralson county. The death of CoL A. P. Rood, one of the largest landowners in S:ewart county, is announced. Mr. Edward Hett, the pressman of the Augusta Chronicle, has never lost a day in nineteen years, until last Tuesday, when he followed a brass band off to South Carolina. Mr. George L. Mason, of Macon, has been admitted to the bar. Macon has already had her first shad. The farmers of Baldwin are planting i&rgely of oats. The Sandersville Georgian says : Farm ers tell us that much of the “top crop” of cotton wiil not open. Mr. T. E. Brown re ports enough on thirty acres of land to make five or six bales, not a boll of which will ever open. He laid upon our table about a foot of the top of a stalk contain ing seven bolls, large and fine, but looking as if glued together. The cotton grew af ter the rains set in—too late to perfectly mature. Montezuma has a sausage factory. It is said that when a dog is ground up you can’t^ tell the meat from genuine pork. That fact is calculated to disarm popular prejudice and reconcile the general public. Two more burglaries have occurred in Macon, and CoL Jones has locked and barred his pantry. The Americus Republican has a duck and snake story. A few Dights ago a gentleman by the name of Williams, living^near that place, hearing one of his wife’s ducks mak ing a noise as if alarmed, got out of bod and went to where she was, but could not see or hear anything. He went the seoond time, but with the same result. He told his wife he guessed the ducks had gone crazy, and again retired to bed. The next morn ing Mr. Williams went to where the old dock was sitting on her eggs, under a brush pile, and, to his astonishment, he saw a large black snake coiled up under the fowl, the snake having swallowed twelve of the eggs. Mr. Williams shot his snakeship’s head off, cut him open, took the eggs out and placed them nnder tbe duck, and oleven of tbe dozen eggs hatched. “Halifax,” writing from Atlanta to the Augusta Chronicle, says: Treasurer Jones yesterday expressed to a Constitution re porter the belief that he would arrange his bond without difficulty. I understand, how- over, to-day that he is not so sanguine. In deed, it is be.ieved by some that he will make no strenuous efforts to make a new bond. The duties and cares of the office, they sav, during the past year have caused him so' much anxiety and solicitude that thev believe he will voluntarily retire from the position. During their visit to New York Attorney General Hammond, Senator Kibbee and Dr. James F. Bozeman ascer tained beyond peradventure that Treasurer Jones had paid $150,006 of State bonds twice, and the opinion seems to prevail that Treasurer Jones, jointly with bis securities, are liable for this deficiency. Should the Treasurer resign it is predicted that Dr. James F. Bozeman will be appointed to the position temporarily until tbe Legislature Assembles in January. Atlanta Constitution : At tbe recent term of the United States Circuit Court here, tbe case of J. Nelson Tappan, trustee of Henry Clews A Co., vs. John W. Wofford, the Cherokee Railroad Company et al., reached its final trial. After a full argument of the case the court rendered a decree in favor of the complainants, suoporting tho report of the master iu chancery, Mr. Whittle, and ordering the sale of the road. The defend ants, through their attorney, Mr. B. H. Hi 11, gave notice of their intention to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the court fixed the appeal bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, giv ing them thirty days from the adjournment of court to raise’the security. Yesterday this bond wits filed with tke Clerk of the court, and approved by him. The securi ties are Alfred Austell, Samuel M. Inman and Walker P. Inman. Tho condition is that they pay complainants all damages they mav'suffer and interest that may accrue by reason of defendant’s carrying the case up. Macon Telegraph: The Timber Gazette, published in Darien, Georgia, by Richard W. Grubb, is a well conducted weekly, evinc ing in its editorials and selections much good sense and industry. Darien is on ris ing crouud once more) after experiencing as many “casualties” as ever befel anyplace •on the continent. Desolated and burnt by the Yankees, again parti*lly rebuilt, but to be revisited by the fire fiend, domineered •over for a long time by that old sanctimoni ous hypocrite. Tunis Campbell, swept many years sii.ee by yellow fever, insalubriously though beautifully located, her citizens be ing force 1 to retire to the salts for health at k S ght in the sickly season, yet she has proven 1. • '<df *. regular phoenix in energy and now' cf recuperation. This port is one of ♦hJ* ™ '+t important lumber outlets on the Atlantic ' ,oaet ’ Ever 7 timber raft on the , ’-•» Altaic aha and htr two be bosom *0/ ta ^ u i gee an( j Oconee, is 5*25"-. ‘“I -ud not unfreqneDtly . i?*? be * “ -..pH lying in the a fleet of jeisels may be . -^ero ports. Doboy roadstead loading for Nv K Sandersville Herald : Since the display and most successful fair . , Washington County Agricultural Societ>, , is gratifying to se*e the greatly increaseu interest* manifested by planters who have never before aided in any manner whatever. Now, gentlemen, if you will come up man- fally to the work, by your means, influence, etc., we will have a fair next fall such as ha* never been witnessed in Georgia before. If every planter who is able will take only one share of the stock of the company, the society will have means sufficient for all practical purposes. Again we urge the ®any action of the society in regard to making it .1. H. FCSTILL. PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1875. ESTABLISHED 1850. a district fair. Let’s get all the counties around us deeply interested, and show the world at large what a wonderful country we have around us for diversity of productions, etc. Move, gentlemen, at once, and have your premiums for field crops, so that plan ters may make early arrangements for com peting. In -the mean time let premium acres for wheat, oats, rye, etc., be prepared and planted by^as maDy as possible. All cannot get premiums, but the planter gets pay anyhow kf his increased crop. The following is published in the Atlanta papers / Executive Department, 1 / State of Georgia, > • Atlanta, Ga., November 15, 1875.) W hereas, The examination of the pbndition of the treasury thus far made under direction of the Gov ernor by joint resolution of the General Assembly, t>y James F. Bozeman, assisted by James W. Warren, Secretary of the Ex ecutive Department, discloses a Btate of things which excites grave apprehensions that the public interests may suffer injury from the failure of the Treasurer to account fully and satisfactorily for the public money which has gone into his hands since he came into office ; and whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Governor that two of the sureties upon the official bond of the Treasurer deny their liability thereon ; and whereas, information has come to the Gov ernor that another ono of tbe sureties has departed this life, and his estate will soon have been fally administered npon, and that still another of said sureties has become financially embarrassed ; and whereas tbe examination of the tax digest in the office of the Comp troller General discloses the fact that the remaining sureties on the bond of the Treasurer do not return taxable property in value to the amount of said bond; and whereas, by section 170 of the last revised code of Georgia, it is made the duty of the Governor when surety to any bond given by anv officer for the performance of any public duty shall, in the opinion of the Governor, formed upon satisfactory evi dence, become insufficient, to require of such officer a new bond and surety; and whereas it is the opinion of the Governor, formed as aforesaid, that the surety upon the bonds of the Treasurer has become in sufficient, and that the Treasurer should not be allowed to receive, have posse-sion of aud disburse public money of the State without giving new bond and surety in the terms of the law ; it is, therefore, ordered, That John Jones, State Treasurer, do exe cute a new bond with sufficient surety in terms of the law iu such cases made and provided. Given under my hand and seal of the executire department, at the capitol, in Atlanta, the day and year above written. [Seal.] James M. Smith, Governor. By the Governor: J. W. Warren, Sec. Ex. Department. Florida Affa‘rs. Stearns and his wretched coadjutors are showing their teeth to the Morning News. Well, if we don’t extract those teeth, there’s u« virtue in forceps. Wait a little and be hold the spectacle. There’s fun ahead. Thus the Monti-ello Constitution : “That fellow don’t advertise—he must bo broke was the remark of a gentlemau the other day, whilst looking over a Savannah paper to ascertain tho place of business of a cer tain merchant. And this is the usual con clusion, and almost invariably correct. The same paper says that Mr. S. A. Palmer has a j&pouica bush on his plantation, a few miles from town, for which he has refused fifty dollars. Mr. Thomas J. Moore, of Waukeenab, sends the Monticello Constitution two mam moth sweet potatoes, which were raised by Mr. E. P. Barrington, who lives on tho southern slope of this county, in full view of the “Florida Volcano.” These two pota toes weigh a little over eleven pounds, and are fair samples from a one-aud-a-half acre patch. In fact, a responsible gentleman says that Mr. B. has one hundred bushels of potatoes equally as large as the couple sent. The Constitution says that a negro was arrested and brought before Judge Bell, one day last week, charged with arson, Soon after the Jnly fire in Monticello he was heard to tell another negro that he caused the fire by pouring kerosene on Mr. Folsom’s building and setting fire to the same. A white man, Mr. James Lindsey, overheard the confession and testified to the same, but the negro to whom it was made is now living in Georgia. A further ‘nyestigation of the case has been post poned until the evidence of said witness can be procured. Here is a paragraph from the same source The local of the Union makes a startling announcement. He says that he actually eats **victuals’ Well, the neighbors are really kind. The Constitution has the particulars of one of tbe most shocking crimes of which we have ever heard. It appears that white girl between fourteen and fifteen years of age, and unmarried, gave birth to a child after dark, in the open air, a few yards from her parents’ house, and unattended; that afterward s the young mother was carried into tho house and /ter offspring neglected 1 The following morning a colored man passing the house discovered the child, with both legs eaten off by a hog, and the hog still feasting on the body. The hog was driven off and the negro went to the honse, and calling the brother of the unfortunate girl, showed him the horrible spectacle. He gazed on tho mutilated body with apparent indiffer ence, aud advised the colored man to say nothing about it. Whilst tho brother of the mother of this mutilated child was looking apon it, the negro says that the hog return ed and commenced again to eat the body— aud the monster did not even drive it away. What finally became of the remnaut of the body we know not—it may have been com pletely consumed by hogs. The colored man agreed to not say anything abont what he had witnessed ; but the affair was so hor rible and contrary to nature that he could not restrain his feelings, and re ported the occurrence to a magistrate, and tbe case was transferred to Judge Bell. Some of the parties interested were brought before Judge Bell on Wednesday, and a par tial investigation instituted, but owing t o tbe inability of the young mother of the child to put in an appearance, the case was continued—the young man only being placed under bonds. We merely give an outline of his terrible case, for the details are too h'-rrible for publication. The parents and other relatives, we understand, plead ignor ance of the girl’s condition, aud pretend they know nothing of the birth of a child. This is absurd. We trust that if there is any law to meet the case, that its extreme penaltv will be meted out to these worse than brute*—for brutes will take care of aud protect their offspring. The same paper has this : “Suppose I am nominated tor Governor, what course will the Democratic party take? Of course the party will oppose me, but what will some of my personal friends do? You know I wouldn’t want to be beateD. It seems to me if Pur- man works square, and I am inclined to be lieve he will, I can get tbe nomination, and I thinks Walls will favor me. Still, Pnrman and I ought to make it anyhow.” The foregoing is an extract from what purports to be a private letter from Senator Conover to Mr. Dyke, of tbe Floridian, and published in the 1 ist Fernandina Observer. We waive all com ment as to the propriety of a Radical Sena tor thus addressing the leading Democratic editor of the State, for beyond doubt our brother Dyke can make a satisfactory expla nation. But iu response to the query as to what the Demociatic party will do in tbe event of the nomination of Senator Conover, we have this to say, and we believe we bnt echo the sentiment of every honest Demo crat in the State : Every effort will be made to accomplish his defeat. We look npou him as one of the most corrupt and unscru pulous mountebanks that ever disgraced this State by his presence, and no greater mis fortune could possibly be inflicted upon the people than his installation as tho Chief Executive. If he has personal friends in the ranks of the Democracy who would give to him support in the event of his nomination for Governor by the Radical party, our opinion is that all such personal friends are devoid of honor. If they would sacrifice principles on the altar of perhaps n. purchased friendship, and thereby assist in the elevation of an unprincipled adven turer as ruler over a long suffering, liberty lovinit and honorable people, they would merit the scorn and contempt of ail honest men. Enough for the present, however. We merely desired to inform the presump tuous Senator what he may expect from the Democracy in the event of his nomina ion It will be stern, uncompromising and bitter warfare. BY TELEGRAPH THE MORNING NEWS. Noon Telegrams. THE ST. LOUIS WHISKY FRAUDS. SOME RICH DEVELOPMENTS AS TO HOW THE OLD THING WORKED. Tbe Nevr Alabama Constitution. A CONSPIRACY SQUELCHED RANGOON. Frightful Railroad Accident (Tania. A FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Augusta, Ga., November 18.—A frightful accident occurred last night on the Char lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, near Pine House, about twenty-two miles from Augusta. After the regular passenger train left Columbia yesterday afternoon for Au gusta it was followed by a train of empty cars for Augusta. The two trains rolled along at the rate of tweoty miles an hour, one following closely on the other. The passenger train had just reached a sideling, ana was about to stop, when the second train came rushing alODg, and tho eugine telescoped tbe ladies’ passenger car, throwing it and the smoking car from the track. A terrible scene followed. The la dies’ car was filled with passengers, and men, women and children were jammed to gether, wounded, crushed and bleeding. Af ter & few minutes of confusion, the windows and doors were broken open to aid the pa— sengers to emerge from the wreck. It was discovered that while many were bruised seriously, but one life was lost—that of a Charlie Nightingale, a bright and loveabJe child, about six years old, a son of William Nightingale, of Brunswick, Georgia. The chiilhadbut a slight wound on the head aud seemed to have been steamed to death. The son of M. Hegesheimer, of the U. S. Coast Survey, who was in the smoking car, was seriously injured, and will probably lose an eye. Mr. Diskman, of Baltimore, a commercial traveler, was cut in the arm aud bled a great deal, aud seemed badly wound ed. As soon as possible the pas sengers were rescued from tho wreck. At last every passenger was brought from the train except the poor boy, whose untimely death is above recorded. A few hours later the outward train reached the spot, aud being uuable to pass brought the passengers of the wrecked train to Au gusta, reaching the city about half-past ten o’clock. The following is a list of passen gers: Mrs. F. T. Weston, of New York; Miss Rosa Walfolk and Miss Annie Watson, of Rahway, N. J.; Miss Coyle, of Thomasviile, Ga.; Mr. Hattie, of Baltimore; J. Margen- toff, of Aiken, S. C.; Z. Jacobus, of Nev York; E. H. Engel, of Macon, Ga.; H. Hoffe of Wasuington, D. C.; J. L. Atkins and W H. Douglas, of New York; Walter Powell, of Augusta; Dishman, of Baltimore; Mrs. V\. M. M< baue, of Ga.; T. Bell, of Darlington, S. C.; Jr*, aud the Misses Nightingale, of Brunswick, Ga.; Miss Fowler, of Richmond; Hills, of Loug Island; Mr. and Mrs. Heges heimer, United States Coast Sur/ey; O. C. Jordan, of Aiken. 8. C.; T. N. Rushton, Hardy Crouch, of Johnston county; Gov. Chamberlin, of Columbia, South Caro lina; A. K. Groover, of Now York; Dr. Deboit, of Philadelphia; and W. T. Sprinkle, conductor. The passouger train is not to blame, but there is great, fooling against the men on tho other train for criminal carelessness. The passengers re port that the engineer and conductor coold uot be found after tbe accident. The passengers arrived at tleven o’clock last night, aud every attention was given to the wounded. The body of little Charlie Nightingale was carried to Brunswick this morning. Mr. Dishman, of Baltimore, is doing well, and so is the son of Mr. Hegesheimer. All the other passengers escaped, some without a scratch and others with slight bruises. It is almost a miracle, under the circumstances, how any of them escaped, as the engine telescoped right into the passenger cars. CROCKED WHISKY. St. Louis, November 18—James Fitzroy, chief clerk in the Assessor’s office, testified that he knew of the coming of Agents Brooks, Brasher, Gargan and Ja- vitt some days before their ar rival. He informed the distillers; told them to strengthen up under orders from Joyce. Witness had a conversation with McDonald at the Planters’ House, in which McDonald said he wanted $5,000 to remunerate some partus in Wash ington for information received from them. Witness raised the money and threw it over the transom of the door of McDonald’s room, as agreed upon with him. Witness was present when $4,800 was given by Joyce to McKee at the Globe office. McKee said to witness : “Fitz roy, this is a sacred thing. You must keep it secret.” Witness replied that he would do nothing to injure himself. AMERICAN ELECTRICAL SOCIETY. Chicago, November 18—The American Electrical Society elected General Anson Stager President; C. H. Haskins, of Mil waukee, George B. Prescott, of New York, Harry P. Dwight, of Toronto, John Van Horne, of New York, J. M. Miller, of Chilli- eothe, E. E. Wright, of Cleveland, and J. J. Dickey, of Omaha, Vice Presidents ; F. W. Jones* of Chicago, Corresponding Secretary aud Librarian ; C. S. Jones, of Chicago, Re cording Secretary; E. B. Chandler, Treas urer. SOME MORE—“ERICK” GONE UNDER. New York, November 18—Mark M. Pome roy, editor of the Democrat, has gooe into bankruptcy. His liabilities are $40,000. Livingston & Co., real estate brokers, Seiler A Maxwell, boot and shoe manufac turers, aud Jonathan Frost, of the Spingler House, suspended yesterday. FROM ALABAMA. Montgomery, November 18.—The majori ty for the ratification of the new Constitu tion will not be less than fltty aud may reach sixty thousand. Only fonr counties in the State gave majorities against it. The re maining sixty-one are overwhelmingly in its favor. GERMANY AND THE POPE. London, November 18.—A special to the Pall Malt Gazette from Berlin, states that the Prussian Government is preparing pro ceedings before the Ecclesiastical Court against the Archbishop of Cologne and the Bishop of Treves. The object is to depose them. THE UNION LEAGUE. New Y’ork, November 18.—The Executive Committee of the Union League of America have called an annual meeting of the body in Philadelphia, December 8, to consider national politics, the public school interests and a protective tariff. THE WISCONSIN ELECTION. Milwaukee, Wis., November 18.—The official count shows that Baddington, Rep., for Governor, has a majority of 841; Parker, Lieutenaut Governor, Dcin., 1,201. The Democrats elect the balance of the State ticket. FROM RANGOON. Rangoon, November 18.—A conspiracy to "iize the arsenal and to barn the town of Rangoon has been discovered by the au thorities. A great many Burmese have boen arrested on suspicion of complicity in the affair. FATAL FIRE. Craigvalr, Ont., November 18.—Dennis Cunningham's bouse was burned last night, and four children perished in the flames. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham narrowly es caped. national grange. Louisville, November 18.—The National Grange has convened. All the States and territories except two are represented. the walking match. Chicago, November 17, Midnight.—O’Lea ry 271, Weston 247. FROM LOUISVILLE. Louisville, November 18.—The fire was confined to the tower of the City H&ll. The loss will be less than the insurance, which is $45,000. ANOTHEK. London, November 18.—The failure of the Manilla branch of the house of Russell, Sturgis & Co. is reported here. Bad seed sometimes brings forth good fruit, as was shown by a case before a court in New York on Monday. A man named Van Wyck sued one Allen for cab bages which he might have raised had the seed furnished by tbe defendant been good. The jury awarded Van Wyck $2,000 damages. An Iowa father was going to ont his boy’s nose off because the child “snuffed” at the dinner table, but an older son smashed a chair over the father’s head, and gave him all the business he oould attend to. Evening Telegrams. THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Some Important Changes Suggested by the Executive Committee. A FALLING OFF OF IMMIGRA TION. ACTIVITY AT THE GOSPORT NAVY YARD. CAPITAL NEWS AND NOTES. Washington, November 18.—J. C. Felt, of Albany, and John Lighthouse, of Rochester, were the lowest bidders for mail bags. The luteroceanic Ship Canal Commission met at the Navy Department and examined the maps and report of the survey of the Napipi Atroto route. Lieutenant Frederick Collins, who was in charge of that survey, was before tbe commission, and was ex amined at length as to the advantages af forded by that route. Adjourned till Satur day. The immigration for September at New York shows a falling off, compared with September, of 1874, of seven thousand, nearly half. The committee to investigate the Second Comptroller’s office regarding the alleged fraudulent irregularities, have commenced their session. The Secretary of the Navy will recom- meud the organization of a small naval establishment at Port Royal, S. C. Treasurer New has paid into the treasury $3,000 stolen therefrom since his adminis tration. These were two thefts, one of $1,000 and the other of $2,000. The guilty parties are undiscovered. THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Louisville, November 18.—The report of the Executive Committee was discussed iu regard to the business of the dif- erent agencies. The report says some cities are doing a very large business, and have in the aggregate millions of dollars, while in other respects they are unsatisfactory and fall snort of the benefits which ought to be realized. The commission system of the Order is said to be false in theory and tmjust to members, and therefore in the minds of tbe commit tee another method of selling iB deemed necessary for the good of the Order. Such a system, the committee beg leave to sub mit the plans of at a future day, and is satis fied will meet with general approval. Iu conclusion, the committee recommends the employment of lecturers to canvass the country and make known the true aim and objects of the Order, thereby correcting the wrong impression* which now exist in tbe minds of many worthy people concerning the Patrons of Husbandry. WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET. Washinot<3n, November 18.—Probabili ties : For tlie South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States, lower barometer, southeast to southwest winds, warmer and partly cloudy weather will prevail. For tbe Western Gulf 8tates, Tennessee and tin Ohio valley, falling barometer, south to west winds, warmer, partly cloudy and occasional rains, followed by rising barome ter and northwesterly winds. For tbe Upper Mississippi and Lo wer Mis souri valley, rising and stationary barom eter, north to west winds, colder, partly cloudy weather and occasional snow or rain. For the Middle States, falling barometer, southeast to southwest winds, warmer, cloudy or partly cloudy weather, and, in the former ana northern portion of the latter, rain or snow. FROM NORFOLK. Norfolk, November 18.—The New Ma sonic Temple was dedicated to-day. Gen eral Taliaferro, Grand Master, officiated. Considerable activity prevails at Gosport Navy Y ard. Orders have been received from Washington to thoroughly fit out the moni tors Lehigh and Montauk* with all possible dispatch. FOREIGN NOTES. London, November 18.—Tho insurgent victory at Gatschke is fully confirmed. In consequence of the interruption of the cable between Madras and Penary, there is no intelligence from that quarter. The crew of the ship Agamemnon, Greenock, has been picked up. FOB LIVERPOOL. Philadelphia, November 18.—Tbe steam er Illinois took a quantity of dressed beeves, sheep, poultry and oysters, which she pro poses to deliver fresh iu Liverpool by means of the refrigerating apparatus. the death sentence. St. Lous, November 18.—Henry Hollins- hoeld aud his wife were sentenced to death in Gasconade county for tho murder of their son-in- law. explosion. Gorham, Me., November 18.—Two mix ing mills of the Oriental Powder Works ex ploded. No one was hurt. ONE MORE. Boston, November 18.—A. and A. Jacobs & Co., wholesale provision dealers, have suspended. THE OKEFEXOKEE—WITHIN AND WITHOUT. Sketches of Incident and Adventure. for Married In the Snow. A writer tells a story of a runaway couple who reached the parson’s house in the dead of night, when the snow lay on the ground and the winter winds howled an anthem for the wedding march. They succeeded in arousing the parson, who had been snugly tucked in his warm bed for several hours. The good man reluc tantly raised the window and asked “who was there?” With chattering teeth the would-be-bridegroom announced his er rand. Not even the piety of the parson prevented him from uttering a few im patient growls at this unreasonable in terruption of his dreams. He did not tarry to put on the wedding or any other garment, but in thun dering tones ordered the shivering couple to stand well off in the moon light and clasp hands. Then he de manded their names. “John Williams,” he said, “do you swear in the presence of God, as you will answer in the day of judgment, that yon will take Eliza Cathe rine to be your own, your only aud true wife, and that you will freeze to her so long as you both shall live ?” The prom ise was given, but the cold was growing so intense that the lady was spared the question that had been given to the man. “I pronounce you man and wife, and the biggest fools I ever met,” concluded this brief and all-sufficient ceremony. The banging of the closing windows intimated to the loving pair that they had nothing more to expect from that quarter, ant? they soon disappeared, wondering at the strangeness of the situation, and doubt ful if they were as much married as they might have been under more favorable circumstances. BY M. B. GRANT, (PAUL TRANSIT), CIVIL EN GINEER- How a Woman Hade a Fortune. [From the Laramie Sentinel.] Six years ago Mrs. Mary Aharl was liv ing in a little tent on the edge of town. Her whole worldly possessions consisted of this tent, a straw bed, two or three boxes which served as chairs and table, a little seven or eight-year-old girl, and two cows and calves. She sold the spare milk of these two cows, carrying it around town with a tin pail, and with the product, and from work which she did for her neighbors, supported her self and child. When she could get $3 or $5 fthPA/t she would buy another calf or yearling. It is not our pur pose, adds the Sentinel, to trace her pro gress up to the present time minutely, but the result is she dow, in less than seven years, has several hundred head of cattle, a line farm with nice buildings and improvements, a comfortable, even luxuriant home—and, instead of carrying milk around by hand, rides in her own carriage. Her daughter is a young lady, educated and accomplished. To-day Mrs. Ahart’s property is valued at from $40,000 to $50,000. And she has made it all by honest industry and good man agement. She has had no ootside help. She never had a government contract or fell heir to any property. Oxensteim did wrong in calling his son’s attention to the fact that the world is badly governed. Ever since that it him been nothing but grumble, grumble, grumble, until now a decent man has to be connected with a church, a railroad company, a banking institution, or some thing of that sort, before he can steal and be respected. —Brooklyn Argus. It is estimated that the amount of money paid for frait in Niagara county, New York, during the present season will be about $1,000,000. PART II. Everything being prepared, on the 3d of December we left Milledgeville for the swamp, amid the prognostications of our numerous friends for good and evil, in anticipation of hair-breadth escapes, rencounters with boars and alligators and unnumbered other “varmints,” and, as some suggested, to be scalped by Indians. An amusing appearance our party must have presented, equipped as we were— the Colonel mounted and the rest of us walking, all arrayed in red flannel shirts, with high top boots over our pants, glazed caps, and by way of ornament pis tols and Bowie knives attached to our belts, which latter adornment to our per sonal appearance our vanity induced us to display at the outset. We were strongly urged to make a requisition upon the Governor for arms, but we con sidered ourselves sufficiently armed and equipped, and ready for any emergency. An inventory of the guns, rifles and pistols, belonging to the members of the party, showed a pretty heavy armament. By agreement, we called for Stepney, and found him awaiting us in front of his house, standing beside the chests previ ously referred to. “ Well, Stepney,” said the Colonel, “ what have you got there ?” “My chist, sar.” “ For what ?” “To carry to de swamp, sar.” “Why, man! none of us have more than a valise with a few changes of clothing and one blanket each. Impos sible ! you can’t take those.” “Wal, de blessed Lord ! All my trouble for nuthin. For six weeks I been collect in’ ob dese tings to take to de swamp, expectin’ to trade dem off. Now my spectations is all gone. Well, well, here goes!” and suiting the action to the word, he commenced unloading this huge receptacle of old clothes, hats, shoes, trinkets, beads, jewsharps, in fact, a little of any and everything— such a collection as would have put to the blush the ingenuity and tact of the most consummate pedlar. A perfect mania had this fellow Stepney for spec ulation. and, though deprived at the start of his stock-in -trade, he neverthe less managed, throughout the survey, to indulge his fancy for trading, and where there were no outsiders to prey upon, he managed very successfully to victimize the members of the party. He was very shrewd in a trade, and seldom came out second best. Stepney’s traps having been arranged, we again took up our line of march, and at sundown, having traveled thirty miles, we halted and prepared to pitch camp. In a short time our tents were up, wagons unloaded, ffres made, and oooking operations commenced by Jeff. Never shall I forget this first night in camp. To the Colonel, Beau and myself, it was but a recurrence of old and familiar scenes, a return to camp life, but to our tyros, our un fledged braves, Langhom, Lucknow and Rover, all was new, and aa we sat or lounged around the blazing lightwood fire, in attitude and limb as best suited furniture and feeling, I know that mem ory was busy with our young friends, re calling home scenes, familiar faces and surroundings. Visions of cosy beds and other home comforts were dancing through memory’s halls, in striking con trast to our surroundings, and I doubt not they contemplated with serious mis givings the prospect before them, and the time that must elapse before they would again see home and sweethearts. After a hearty supper, to which all did full justice, and to which our day’s pe destrian efforts gave additional zest, we again collected around the fire and whiled away the hours until bed time, with con verse of past, present and future—our hopes and fears. It was astonishing how soon Stepney’s originality began to display itself, and with what confidence he assumed the role of valet de chambre and chief of the waiters. Stepney could not resist the opportunity for a little fun at the ex pense of our tyros, even on this first night in camp. “Stepney,” said the Colonel, “are the beds and blankets down ? The young gentlemen are tired after their day’s tramp, and wish to retire.” “Yas, sar. Massa Ned, when you git into bed, youT find a pretty sizeable pad die of water at de head ob it, so when you git up in de mornin’, you kin wash your face beedout leaben de tent ; and, Mass Kildare, you’l find a stump under your bed, but if you sorter scrough around arter you git in, you’l miss um. It ain’t berry sharp on de pint, dough it might do some damage.” “Stepney,” said the Colonel, “you should be ashamed of yourself. Could you not find a smooth place and a dry one to lay the beds on ?” “Trute ob it, mass Colonel, I mught a done so, but den dey might as well git used to it from de fust. From all ac counts dey got to rough it anyhow.” The absence of any light in our tent prevented my seeing the expression on Langhorn and Lucknow’s faces, which, under more favorable circumstances, I doubt not, could have been distin guished as decidedly blue. As my eyelids closed in heavy slumber, I heard Step ney’s salutation: “Well, boys, we might jes as well git seasoned to it fum de jump, and if dem white gentlemen can stan’ it I reckon we kin. So let’s hab de melancholy cho rus.” It would be unnecessary to recount each day’s journey towards the swamp, passing in succession without anything to vary the monotony, except the memor able day on which, for the sum of one dollar, hard cash, we added to our party our canine copartner, yclept Boots—with a surname. No dog of whatever blood or training, New Foundland, St. Bernard, Blenheim, terrier, pointer or setter, could have &toou us in such good dog- stead as our poor, foolish Boots. Boots, old fellow, it was neither thy blood, nor thy pedigree, nor any boasted dog-learn ing that rendered us such signal service. It was thy immaculate folly, thy.in tracta bleness, thy indiscretion, which led thee into so many unfortunate and inimitable scrapes as to engage our sympathies and endear you to our hearts. Had Boots, in his dog folly, been less like men in theirs, he would have profited by experience. Bat, alas! poor Boots, so far from gain ing wisdom by his sad mishaps, only augmented his misfortunes by his im petuosity and indiscretion on every occa sion. Besides all this, gentle reader, Boots was a most egregrious liar. A dog lie ? Yes; believe it or not, he did lie. At one time he would arouse us all from sleep, to find that he was barking at the moon; at another time he would be barking at bis shadow, and on numerous other occasions giving false alarms and creating disturbances in camp; but, like the boy who cried “wolf,” we learned his failing, and frequently left him to his fate. We continued our journey towards the swamp without interruption, and, on the 12th of December, arrived at Waresboro, the county site of Ware county. Here we halted for dinner, and immediately after resumed our line of march. By night we had reached the residence of Dr. Randall McDonald, an old and highly esteemed citizen of that section, who had been residing here for years, and who was surrounded by a numerous progeny of children and grand-children. We found in Dr. McDonald an intelligent and most hospitable gentleman, who, during our brief stay in his neighbor hood, showed us every kindness. We here met in camp a corps of engineers who were engaged in the preliminary sur vey of the Brunswick and Albany Rail road, and together we had just such a jollification as only engineers do have when they meet under similar circum stances in the wild woods, “with nary soul to hinder.” After a night and day most agreeably spent at Dr. McDonald’s, we again push ed on to the goal of our expectations, the Okefenokee. On the evening of the suc ceeding day we landed on the borders of the swamp, in what is known as the “Cow House,” situated in the northeastern por tion of the swamp, this having been previously determined on as the best point from which to commence our opera tions. This “Cow House” is a body of pine land, almost surrounded by an arm of tbe swamp. It is about seven miles long and averages a mile in width, but is not over one hundred yards in width at the entrance or mouth where the arm of the swamp approaches very near the main body. It derives its name from the fact that the Indians, during their occupancy of it, were in the habit of stealing cattle from the whites, driving them into this natural enclosure, and there securely holding them by simply guarding the en trance. Upon our arrival in the “Cow House,” we made the acquaintance of a Mr. Short and family, near whose house, or cabin, we encamped. It did not take us long to pitch camp, and after a hearty supper, we settled our selves around our accustomed fire, for a most enjoyable smoke—and where, may I ask, is a smoke more glorious than be side a lightwood fire in the wild-woods ? So here we were, actually at the Okefe nokee, the veritable spot which we had conjured up in our childish imaginations as the abode of every dreadful creeping thing, with the stealthy Indian prowling through its murky mazes—this the Oke fenokee, which, upon our geographies, occupied so large a territory, and whose unpronounceable name had taxed the in genuity of many a boyish brain. Yes * here we were at the Okefenokee and soon to enter it. Bnt I must not anticipate. During the evening Mr. Short called to pay his respects, and to extend a welcome to the “strangers” upon their arrival at the “Cow House.” Now, Mr. Short and his family, which consisted of his wife and three grown daughters, were the sole occupants of the “Cow House,” and were, to all intents and purposes, isolated from the world, of which fact they seemed proud, and in truth they could well have claimed to be “exclusive,” and under the circumstances they should be excused for being so. Mr. Short was a veritable specimen of unadorned humanity, standing six feet two inches in his bare feet, with dark shaggy hair and beard, and an old slouched hat drawn down over his face. His pants, or what was left of them, seemed as if they had clung to his lower limbs from boyhood, and his coat gave evidence of a tenacity bordering on the miraculous. He had a tremendous stride, and when he slung his arms around in gesticulating, we were gently reminded to “stand from under.” Upon a better acquaintance, he improved considerably, and before we left the “Cow House” we discovered a degree of good nature and originality about him that was very en tertaining. As he approached us on this first night of his visitation, Langhorn incontinently exclaimed: “ What hempen homespun have we swaggering here ?” “Good evening, strangers.” “Good evening, sir. Won’t you have a seat ?” “I wouldn’t choose any; I’ll stand around awhile.” tc You live iu a secluded spot, Mr. Short. We found «ome difficulty reaching the Cow House.” “Not so powerful to them that’s ’quainted. I know every pig track in this range.” “Have you been living here long?” “Nigh unto ten years or tharabouts. “Do you go into the swamp often ?” “Not particular. Sometimes I goes in after bars that’s been arter my hogs.” “Who is your nearest neighbor, Mr. Short ?” “Why, Stog Morris. ” “Where does he live?” “Why, at home with the old ’oman, just whar he orter, and if you want to know any more you better go and ax him; and I jest tell you oue thing, siran gers—old Stog Morris kin roll more logs, drink more whisky, and outfiddle any man in Georgia.” Whereupon we all gave three cheers for Stog Morris. The Colonel informed Mr. Short that early in the following week he proposed making an exploration into the swamp, and expressed a wish that he should ac company us, to which he assented. The day succeeding our arrival in the “Cow House” being Sunday we literally made it a day of rest and remained in camp, that we might be prepared for active operations the following week. Our experience up to this time had been of a very agreeable and entertaining character, but we were on the eve of very decided change in this particular, as subsequent events will show. Are We Safe in the Streets I Great and well-founded anxiety is felt in very respectable circles in this city as to the fate of Mr. George Griswold, a gentleman of mature years, of easy for tune and of an excellent social position, who has been missing ever since 10 o’clock on Saturday evening of last week, at which time he was left standing at the corner of Washington square and Uni versity Place by some friends who had driven up to that point with him from a dinner down town. At this place he was within two or three doors of the resi- dence of a member of his family where he proposed to pass tbe night. No cause whatever is known which could account for his voluntary disappearance. He had about his person one or two personal ornaments of great value, and a con siderable sum of money drawn by him that day for expenses to be incurred be fore sailing on Wednesday last for Europe. He was in good spirits when his friends parted with him, and had agreed to meet one of them early the next morning. It is well known that the vicinity of Washington square south is infested with haunts of vice of a deplorable and dangerous character. Bat there is a police station and court in the immediate neighborhood, and the north ern side of the square is well lighted, more than commonly well protected by the police, and frequented till late in the night by an excellent class of citizens, many of whom reside in the square it self and in the streets adjoining it. A more painful and mysterious case, or one provoking more searching and unpleasant questions as to the condition of our tfioroughiares and the prospect before us during the severe season now just begin ning, can hardly be imagined. It is to be hoped that some relatively satisfactory sointion of the mystery may soon be reached; but if this does not come to pass the so-called guardians of the public peace ought to find themselves confronted with a storm of public in dignation tbe like of which has not yet been aroused in this long suffering city. N. 7. World. THROUGH TO THE PACIFIC. What the Trxu Prraa Think* the Pro posed National Highway Should Be- The Days of the Week.—According to the ancient Egyptian astronomy, there were seven planets—two, the sun and moon, circling around the earth, the rest circling round the sun. These planets they arranged in order (beginning with the planet of the longest period), as fol lows: 1, Saturn; 2, Jupiter; 3, Mars; 4, the Sun; 5, Venus; 6, Mercury; 7, Moon. The seven days in order were assigned to the planet which ruled the first hour, and thus the days were named as fol lows : The Sun’s day (Sunday); the Moon's day (Monday, Lundi); Mars’ day (Tuesday, Mardi); Mercury’s day (Wed nesday, Mercredi); Jupiter’s day (Thurs day, Jeudi); Venus’s day (Friday, Veneris dies, Vendredi); Saturn’s day v Saturday, Italian II Sabbato). Dion Cassius, who wrote in the third century of our era, gives this explanation of the nature of the Egyptian week, and of the method in which the arrangement was derived from their system of astronomy. In England they are going to give a married woman her own property, and, as an offset, make her responsible for her own debts. [Prom the Galveston News.] The News contended for a terminal point (of the Texas and Pacific Railway) inside of Texas, not in the interest of Galveston peculiarly, but in the interest and for the dignity and prestige of the collective State as a commercial, indus trial, social and political community. In urging this claim the News made no reference to the enterprise in any other character than that signified by the name which it assumed, and by the iarge favi rs which it asked and received from the State. If the Texas and Pacific Railway is not satisfied to remain in that character, and to abide by its logical and equitable implications, very welL But then, if the special advocates of the enterprise insist on presenting it in the light of a national institution, and renounce the idea of its being eminently Texan, with what reason can they claim the eminent bounty of Texas in continued liberality of legislation ? The immense extent of the public domain of the State granted to the road on conditions which have failed, would be acceptable, and probably efficient, aids to many projects of inter nal improvement which do not pretend to be national first, and Texan afterward or not at all. The coast towns of the State would be glad to have some of it to assist them in building breakwaters and di^es. The people of YVestem Texas, who justly com plain of her practical exclusion from the benefits of the bounties lavished by the State in helping to develop a railway system which is thus far confined to the eastern and central portions of the State, would gladly see all of it devoted to the speedy extension of that system into their section. Such an amend for past neglect might go fAr toward healing the disaffection which threatens an ultimate division of the State. But what internal jealousies and troubles could be delayed, what dangers to the unity of the State could be avert ed by the continued lavishing of Texas bounty on a railroad enterprise that pro posed to traverse merely the extreme northern border of the State, to make its terminal points, east and west, out side of the State, and to entertain no proposition to modify such an arrange ment by consenting to have at least one terminus on the coast of Texas ? Per haps when this matter is better under stood, the Texas and Pacific Railway will see that it can afford to be a Texas insti tution so far us to engage to subscribe to a reasonable condition, in behalf of the common interests of the State at large, to its continued enjoyment of the State’s liberality. The San Antonio HcraLl does not think well of the convention at St. Louis to make influence in favor of Colonel Tom Scott, and remarks : If the South is to be benefited by the completion of this road, it can only possibly be at our own expense in building and operating roads that may become branch roads, leading to the several commercial marts in the South. These expenditures may be in apparatus for changing the gauge of the cars upon the Texas and Pacific road, so as to adapt such trains as the South may be enabled to control to the different gauges of the Southern roads. In crossing the Mi: ns- sippi river, in making SL Louis the east ern terminus, as designed by the pres* uc machinations, they possess a noble bridge to pass their railroad; whereas, at their own expense, Southern cities will have to cross what trains they can divert from the main lines on ferryboats. Thus, it will be perceived, that if Congress ac cedes to the petition of Tom Scott & Co., what would be claimed as a boon to the South would enure to her serious detriment, and almost exclusively to the benefit of the North; going to swell the otherwise vast resources of the North at the expense of the South. We have given to our readers the letter of Sena tor Johnston, of Virginia, against these intrigues of Tom Scott. We have given them the strictures of Gen. Beauregard upon the Johnston letter and in favor of aid to Tom Scott to build the road in the manner he suggests. We have more recently published in extenso the speech of Mr. Bond, the Vice President of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, the salaried advocate of its peculiar interests, so that ii will be seen we have presented to our readers a fair aud candid opportunity to judge of its merits and demerits. Our own worthy Governor has complied with the wishes of Tom Scott «fc Co., and ap pointed delegates to attend said conven tion. The East Texas Patron, under the heading, “Monopolists at Work,” thus speaks of the schemes of CoL Tom Scott and his coadjutors in the Texas Pacific Railway Company: “The Southern people and Southern influences are to be won over by naming the thing Southern, and Texas, by call ing it the Texas Pacific Road, when the truth of the matter is, it would only be an extension of Col. Scott’s great mo nopoly, the Pennsylvania Central Rail road, with its true termini in Philadelphia or New York, and its pretended eastern terminus at Shreveport, where close con nection would be made with the lines ex tending North, which are nnder the con trol of CoL Scott. While we would be benefitted by any arrangement which is perfected, so the road is pushed through from Fort Worth to the Pacific, we cannot indorse a scheme which pretends to be furthered for the interest of the whole South, and which is so far from it. We want a di rect route to the Atlantic seaboard through the Southern States, if you are going to tack Southern Pacific to the scheme as its name. Shreveport is a Western city herself ; then why make it an eastern terminus of the road ? The obstacles which have been thrown in the way of the completion of the gap between Shreveport ana Mon roe. so as to prevent even a connection with Colonel Scott’s Texas and Pacific Railroad, shadows forth plainly that it is Colonel’s Scott’s intention to divert the business of the proposed road over his northeast connections. What we want is a purely Southern air-line road, which will benefit the whole South and assist us in rebuilding our shattered resources. We are glad to see Governor Coke has appointed dele gates to the Railroad Convention in St. Louis, and we hope they will act and speak out for equal and exact justice to the whole South. The road has such great inducements to offer capitalists over any line of road now in contempla tion that it . would doubtla«a have been long since completed but for the machi nations of these same railroad monopo lists. We shall look with interest to the proceedings of the 8t. Louis Convent! ->n and see if might will prevail over righ , nature against scheme and intrigue, and just legislation against the monopolists. Murder for a Nickel.—In New Or leans, on Monday night last, a man by the name of John J. Dowling entered a street car driven by John McNamara and refused to pay his fare. The driver. Mc Namara. slackened the gait of his mule, demanding the payment of the niokel. Upon tbe arrival of the car at the stable, on Chippewa, between Soraparu and Philip streets, Dowling called the hitcher, Logan, and told him he had a complaint to make about the driver, who turned around and told him if he diid not pay his fare he would put him out. Where upon Dowling answered, “Do not lay hands on me, or I will shoot you. ” The driver answered that he would run the chance, and going into the car from the platform, pushed Dowling out. As he cleared the cir Dowling staggered and fell, but soon got np, and drawing his revolver fired the fatal shot, killing the driver instantly. When taken to the station he was so intoxicated that he could give no account of the affair. THINGS ARE WORKING. A New Impetus to the Third Term tlovp- mrnt — *M*niflcant Grinding from u (•rant Organ. [Washington Special (Nov. 14) to the Cincinnati Commercial.] The sudden impetus that the third term movement has received since the fall elections has been commented upon. There are ten open and avowed advocates of the project to be met with now, where there was one prior to the elections. Many Republicans apparently accept the result as indisputably establishing the fact that the party cannot be successful next year if Grant is not their candidate for President, and among those who are most positive in this belief is General Grant himself. There is solid founda tion for the statement. In the Sunday Gazette of to day it is asserted that For ney’s Sunday Chronicle has been bought by Secretary Chandler, to be used as an official third-term organ. As if confirming the truth of this state ment, a long article in Forney’s Chroni cle to-day is devoted to advertising Grant’s renomination. The following extracts show the drift of the argument: “If the Democracy deem it no wrong to history, no injustice to the govern ment, to elect unrepentant traitors to high places in official life, what, we ask, can or dare be said of the Republican party if it concludes to accept Gen.Grant as a candidate for a third term ? Would that be more impolite than sending the rebel Vice President to Congress, or elect ing a number of ex-rebel Generals *o the same body ? The calm view of this ques tion, when put in this light, divests it of much of the repugnance with which the sensation press has surrounded it; and now that it is evident that the old issues of the late war, and the new issues about to be forced upon us by an oligarchy as intolerant as that of slavery, command popular attention, we are compelled can didly to admit that we can not see how the Republican party can secure victory next year without Grant as a candidate for re-election.” In speaking of Grant’s candidacy in 1868 and 1872, the Chronicle urges : “That if he had not been the candidate of the Republican party it would have been defeated,” and continues : “He saved it on two occasions, and what is most singular is, that the men from whose base machinations he rescued it are now the most blatant opponents of his third nomination. Look over the first eight years for the corroboration of what we assert. We are now inditing history—not a puff of the President. Here we are again in precisely a condition similar to that in which the Republican party was placed eight a**d four years ago. It needs to be saved. It can only win a great victory on the personal in* r its of its candidate for President. It coold not win with Gen eral Sherman, because his Ro man Catholic identities are against him. It cannot nominate Sheridan because his foreign birth excludes him. It has not got a civilian who could carry Pennsylvania,Ohio or New York. Charles Francis Adams is the only civilian who has anything like a clear record and personal or historical prestige to help in case he were nominated. But he could arouse no enthusiasm, and would be as dead a weight to carry as was Judge Pershiag, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. There is no escape from this view of the question of electing a President, end the masses of the Republican party, no longer affrighted with the absurd cry of Caesarism, are now looking to Grant as confidently aa they ever regarded him. Indeed the Democracy in Ohio and Pennsylvania actually made a third term on issue against the Republi cans, but it failed to excite the repug. nance it was calculated it would arouse, while without a doubt the position of Grant on the educational question aided the Republican party in securing victory. Gov. Hayes, after the oampaign was over in Ohio, stated in the Executive Mansion in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, while guest of Gov. Hartranft, that the educa tional question had given the Republi cans the victory in the Buckeye State. It was Grant who made that question a Republican issue, in a speech delivered a few weeks previous to the Ohio election. " The last two sentences are printed in italics and capital letters. It is known that the article in question was inspired by a prominent Republican politician, whose home is in the vicinity of Harris burg. It is noticeable, in this connec tion, that John S. Mosby has recenty moved here from Virginia, and appears to be at the head of a number of third termers from the South, who are busily engaged in palling wires to secure the consummation they so ardently desire. Mosby is known as the original third- termer. TTPl.inCIfl TO GRANT. Tke Cum ef tke Be»«kU*«k A Duluth girl married a young man be cause he lifted his hat so beautifully as he passed her. She got a divorce because he lifted the table so beautifully when the dinner didn’t suit him. Untrue to Himself.—He is a second hand clothier, and holds forth in South St Joseph. It was about the hour of ten yesterday morning when he reeled into an adjoining establishment, fell into chair, weaved his hands into the tangled locks of his gray hair, and rocking back and forth, moaned out: “Oh ! dear, oh ! dear, I ieh ruined.’ “Vat is der matter, Jacob,” asked his sympathizing brother in the trad*-, bend ing over him. “You remember dat coat vot I paid six bits for on yesterday ?” “Yes, I remember him.” “Just now a man from the country comes in and asks me how much for dat, I tells him dree dollar; and would you believe it, Moses, he pats his hand right into his pocket and pays de full price without a word—” Here he lowered his voice to the lowest whisper— “so help me gracious, Moses, I believe he’d paid me five dollar, just the same.” “Jacob, how you vas swindle yourself.” “Dat vas vot makes me hate mine self so much as never vas.” And the old man limped back into his own establishment, and doubled all his goods at first call.—St. Joseph Gazette. “Two Dollars ox the Jack.”—The cadaverous spectre of Gr *k Gulch was in town last week, and brought enough gold dust with him to afford an excu^tj for Chaparral Joe to open his faro ba k The spectre lost seven ounces, and after announcing that he was “clinched” asked permission, in his usual polite manner, to “play two dollars on the Jack.” “Can t do it,” retorted Joe. “PuU,” was the sententious remark of the spectre. “ ’Twon’t do,” firmly answered Joe. Quick as thought the spectre drew a derringer and thrusting it down on the card, yelled in tones that would have done credit to a crazy Digger Indian : “Two dollars on the Jack, make it or bust; pull, yon scavenger, pull, or this bank’ll suspend payment right here.” 'The effect was instant famous. Joe straightened up with the remark : “All right, mister, all right. That’s good fur two dollars,” and slipping a card from the bottom, won the derringer. The spectre had asserted himself, however, and departed perfectly satisfied with the result.—Toulumne Democrat. [Memphis Avalanche.] Her. H. B. Rerels, ot FI Miss., who enjoys the d “ tu,etl A ° I ° ing the first colored man ever elected to the United Statea Senatc, haa “ opeo letter to President Grants ing the probable situation m that btate and the recent overwhelming defeat, lie begins by saying that sinoe rec<3 tion the colored masses in Missnaappi have been enslaved in mind by PT~" cipled adventurers “who, caring nothing for country, were willing to • fS anything, no matter how iufs^ to secure power to themselves petua.e it.” He remarks that ! oolored)' people are naturally cans, and always will be, but grow older in freedom so do ta wisdom. And he thus explains th^ inwardness: . There are many good white Rep cans in the State who will unite witJ and who have aided us in establi ourselves as a people. In Almost instance these men who have aidea^ have been cried down by the 80 < Republican officials in power in theStai My people have been told by thei 1 schemers when men were placed the ticket who were notoriously corrup and dishonest, that they must vote foi them; that the salvation of the party de-i pended upon it; that the man who scratched a ticket was not a Republican. This is only ono of the many means these unprincipled demagogues have devised to perpetuate the intellectual bondage of my people. To defeat this policy, at the late election, men irrespective of rw®* color or party affiliation, united and voted together against men known to be incom petent and dishonest. The ex-Senator does not recognize as Republicans, nor do the colored masses, “the majority of the officials (carpet baggers) who have betn in power for the past two vears.” He concedes that the great mass of the white people have aban doned their hostility to the government and Republican principles, and to-day accept as a fact that all men are free and equal, “and I believe are ready to guar antee to my people every right and privi lege guaranteed to an American citizen. He adds: The bitterness and hate created by the late civil strife has, in my opinion, been obliterated in this State, except perhaps in some localities, and would have long since been entirely obliterated were it not for some unprincipled men who should keep alive the bitterness of the past and inculcate a hatred between the races, in order that they may aggrandize them selves by office and its emoluments to control my people, the effect of which is to degrade them. As an evidence that party lines in this State have been obliterated, men were supported without regard to their party affiliations, their birth or their color, by those who have heretofore acted with the Demo cratic party, by this course giving an evi dence of their sincerity that they have abandoned the political issues of the past, and were only desirous of inaugurating an honest State government and restoring a mutual confidence between the races. I give you my opinion that had our State administration adhered to Republican principles, and stood by the platform upon which it was elected, that the State to-day would have been on the highway of prosperity. Peace would have pre vailed within her borders, and the Re publican party would have embraced within its folds thousand* of the best and purest citizenS*of which Mississippi cau boast, and the election just past would have been a Republican victory of not less than 80,000 to 100,000 majority; but the dishonest course which has been pursued has forced into silence and retire ment nearly all of the leading Republicans who organized and have heretofore led the party to victory. A few who have been bold enough to stand by Republican principles and condemn dishonesty, cor ruption and incompetency, have been supported and elected by overwhelming majorities. If the State admAnistration had adhered to Republican principles, advanced patriotic measures, appointed only honest and competent men to office, and sought to r store confidence among the races, bloodshed would Lave been unknov,n, peace would have prevailed, Federal interference been unthought of, harmony, friendship and mutual confi dence would have taken the place of the bayonet.” Ex-Senator Revels concludes by saying that his duty in behalf of his people boa impelled him to “present these facts, in order that they and the white people (their former owners) should not suffer the misrepresentations which certain demagogues seemed desirous of en— oouraging.” A LITTLE GIRL'S LETTER. What She Sees la Kavpt usd Experi enced od Her Journey Thither. The latest European mails represent the commercial and financial depression in Germany as exceeding that which ex ists in Austria, which is generally known to be bad enough. A Vienna correspon dent of the London Economist states that a list of prices of “the safest railway and bank shares and debentures” shows a loss of $90,000,000 sinco January 1st. When to this is added the heavy losses on Turkish and Egyptian investments, in which some of the German bourses share, it is not difficult to understand the uneasi ness felt at London about the possibility of trouble in the Continental money markets. Dispatches received on Satur day reported that, so far, there have been no failures of important hous s; which is in some measure assuring. It is to be hoped, under these circumeta a- chs, thai nothing further of a senoug nature m.ty arise out of the “East-ro try who can rise up with a*ohtJrch° choS" question as the European money mar- notice that th* r« a * . » kets are ia an exceptionally exposed con dition as agamat a shock from influences of that character. —Son York Bulletin. The Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican prints the follow mg quaint letter, writ ten from Cairo, Egypt, by the little daughter of CoL S. H. Lockett, formerly of that place, who has recently entered the service of the Khedive: “Wo reached here on the 11th of Au gust and went to a very large hotel called the Grand New HoteL It was very large, and oue of the finest hotels I ever saw. It belongs to the Khedive. Opposite the hotel is a very large and beautiful garden. It also belongs to the Khedive. Well, in fact the Khedive owns everything here that is pretty. Our trip waa quite pleas ant. One of the prettiest parts was from Paris to Geneva. We had the Alps on both sides of ns nearly all the way, and you can imagine how splendid that was. That was the hardest thing to realize. I had often seen pictures of the Alps, but never thought that I would bo near enough to climb them. Geneva was a funny looking old place! Onr trip from Geneva to Alexandria was quite pleasant. We staid at Naples one night, and half the next day, but all our party did not go ashore. Papa did, lowever, and brought us some ice that came from the top of Mount Vesuvine. I was dreadful sick coming across both the ocean and the sea. We staid in Alexan dria only one day and one night. It was very cool there in the evening—a great deal more so than I expected to find it. I do not find it very warm here at Cairo in the house, but it is dreadfully warm out doors. I do not dare to go out until the sun is down. It gets very cool late in the evening. We only staid at tho hotel six days, then papa found ns a house for which he pays $400, or £80 a year. Papa is higher than any American officer here, except General 8tone. He has gotten his uniform. The coat is white and tbe pants a dark navy blue. Officers have to wear a cap called ‘taboosh.’ They are not allowed to go out on the streets with out their swords. Mamma does not like Egypt very mneh. She is considerably homesick, I think. I am homesiek my self. I sigh all day long and wiah I was back in America. The dirty Arabs run me distracted. I can’t bear them. I hate the very name of Arab. Edith is trying to leant to speak Arabic and French. I studied French all of last year, but I can t speak oue word of it now. I get go frightened that I forget what I was going to say. I am very mticu in hopes that by tho end of this year I will know how to speak it right welL I am going to study at home this year with Edith and Henry, real bard, so I will not ■ e home - sick. It is too lonely for any use. Papa goes away early in the morning and does not come home until in the evening. The only thing we have to laugh at 18 the donkeys. It looks pSZ fectiy ridiculous to see great big men riding on them with their feet dragging the ground. The Arabs have donkeys to nde instead of street cars, and yon see them running behind them to get their money and their donkey when they stop Every now and then they have to pnJh them to make them go faster. Yesterdav evening Mrs. Stone wrote a note asking msmma to let her little girls go out on the desert with her children riding I went, and enjoyed myseif very much! I saw two of the Khedive’s palaces. They were not pretty, but Miss Eettie Stone said they were magnificent inside. It is about breakfast time in Jackaonvihe now while I write, and it is evening here We have eaten onr lunch, and are ready to eat.dinner when papa comes. He is iuat Mhappyascan be, and we are so gLd H , e “ “ good health, and so ur£7li aU n^“ 18 SeemS “ eTee with There are only a few men in the coun- y who can ruse up with a ohnrch choir notice that the rest of the congregation 8 tend there five minute! without bemmng that bis coat doesn’t fit him, —Detroit Free Prete,