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LILIES ok the valley.
[Charles A. Pilsbury in Atlanta Constitution.]
These dainty belles on fragile stem
That ring their perfume on the air
Have meiu’ries dear entwined with them
Of one as pure, as sweet, as fair.
Tis three long years, three weary years,
Since last 1 saw these lilies sweet—
My love and I did part in tears;
My heart lay bleeding at her feet.
How joys have flown, how swiftly sped;
My love and I are severed yet;
I love her still; though hope is dead,
I never, never, can forget.
Affairs In Georgia.
Waynesboro has received 5,031 bales of
cotton this season.
Mr. Alexander Murphy, of Burke county,
is dead.
The CoHnt JohanneB B Gormanne, late of
Irope, Orope, Urope and Norwegia, but now
of Talbot county, is sending oranges to his
friends. To all appearance, he has no
friends in Savannah.
A telegram from Sparta, to the Macon
Telegraph, dated the 28th, says that David
Dick- -*n, Jr., was killed by his brother,
James Dickson, the night before. It is
tj ught that David was asleep when James
attacked him with an auger and beat his
head to a jelly. Whisky is supposed to be
the caase. David and James Dickson are
nephews of Mr. David Dickson.
In oar editorial columns yesterday, uoder
the head of “Still Another Official Scandal,"
allusion is made to “a man named Stone."
This is no c*.ber than the notorious A. W.
Stone, who r sod to hold .office in Georgia
aud bam around Savannah. Bryant, with
all his taste f >r newspaper literature, isn’t
half as lucky as Stone.
Wo are more than rejoiced to hear tha^
Henry W. Grady, the editor of the Atlanta
Herald, is c mvalesciag.
The Augusta Chronicle says; We regret to
U-arn that tli6 health of Hou. Alexander H.
Stephens, instead of improving, as we had
hoped, is growing worse. A gentleman just
from Liberty Hall informs us that he is
confined to his. bed and threatened with
pneumonia. We sincerely trust that these
apprehensions may not be realized, and
that Mr. Stephens may be spared for many
years to his State and his people. The
country needs his true heart and vigorous
brain in the councils of the nation, and we
trust that the threatened blow may be
averted.
Home celebrated Christmas by nearly
having a riot between whites and blacks.
The Macon Telegraph says that Judge
>snres Green died suddenly at his real -
dunce in Upson county last Friday evening.
He had been in his usual health up to the
time of his attack, and was sitting in his
house, when he called his wife to him. Be
fore she reached him he fell from the chair
and expired instantly. The cause of his
death is supposed to have been heart dis
ease. The deceased was very well known to
the bar. Ho was formerly a Superior Court
Judge, having been appointed to that posi
tion by Bullock.
Waynesboro has gone through the trying
ordeal of a calico soiree.
A negro woman, while dancing in Fort
Valley on Christmas day, was shot through
the head aud instantly killed.
Here is an Augusta item: The latest
fraud is a man who makes a regular busi
ness of deserting his wife ADd children
among strangers. The latter usually give
them money and needed ai tides, after re
ceiving which the family joins the husband,
and they repeat the game in some other
place.
A negro was drowned near Rome recently
while endeavoring to ford a stream.
We haven’t got room for the details of
Chriutmas accidents in Atlanta.
Col. Hewitt, late of Catoosa, will take
charge of the old National Hotel in Atlanta.
The express robber recently arrested in
Atlanta has been discharged.
The Atlanta Herald says that Dr. Har
rison, of the First Methodist Church, has
perhaps the largest private library in the
State, if not in the South. It contains
three thousand volumes—some of them
very rare works.
“Colonel” VictorjHugo Sturm, whose re
cent marriage to Mrs. Eppie B. Caatlen, of
M&con, created some remark, is in San
Francisco, in the commission business.
The Atlanta Herald says that the Hon. B.
H. Hill will appear as counsel for ex-Treas-
urer Jones. He says “the reputation of
Jack Jones is the reputation of Georgia."
It is said that Colonel Jones will apply to
the Legislature for permission to be heard
be/pre that body by counsel. There is pre
cedent for the granting of such a request.
The Augusta Chronicle says there is no
valid reasou why Georgia should not be one
of the greatest sheep raising oountries of
the world. Its climate corresponds to that
■of Spain and Australia, and land is exceed
ingly cheap. Yet the census during the last
five years Bhows a Joss of over one hundred
thousand sheep, which is almost entirely
owing to the country being overrun by dogs.
The whole eheep husbandry of the State is
criDpled by the presence of over ninety
thousand dogs, which, during last year,
killed over twenty-eight thousaud sheep.
The Atlanta Constitution is apprised by
what appear to be reliable rumors that the
action to bo taken by the Governor in the
matter of the unsettled accounts of ex-
Treasurer Jones will not be deferred beyond
the coming week, at farthest. The amount
claimed upon the suits to be instituted at
this time we understand to be $110,000, but
wither this is the maximum amount oon-
sider%4 to be due from Captain Jones, we
are unable, from present information, to
state. Th* best impression, however, is
that this amount is exclusive of the $150,-
000 of bonds which it ia alleged have been
twice paid. Tho parties sued will be Capt.
Jones and all the suretiea whoie names
are subscribed to the two official bonds
giran by him and now on flit, in
the executive office. Upon the first ^f
these are the names of John Jones, John T.
-vGrant and C. A. Nutting, and upon the sec-
'ond are the names of John Jones, John A.
'Jones, Seaborn Jones, Batt Jones, A. R.
Jones, James D. Waddell, James M. Russell,
and Henry L. Benning (since deceased).
Each L'ond is lor tho sum of $200,000. The
report is that the Governor has determined,
with advice pf counsel, to (begin these suits
the counties of Bibb aud Cobb. '
upon the first bond trill be brought in Bibb
county, in which is the residence of C. A.
Nutting, one of the sureties. The suit:upon
the second will be brought in Cobb county,
■"here James D. Waddell, ono of the sure
ties, resides.
Poetess in the Newnan Star on the Brink-
ley wife murder insanity case: I believe that
he was sober, and know that he was not
insane; though he were, then it would be
unjaat to turn Lin? out again. And even if
B.huy should, my sentiments I will give: I
Oou’t believe our citizens will let the viluan
live. My feelings were aroused when Brink-
ley killed hi8 wife; if she was anything to
me, I myself would take his life. Where
there is a will there is a way, I never knew
't to tail; before this time. J would have
tried to break in jail.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1875.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
. aome time
berame Governor Smith’s duty to remove
Jone * aIld to appoint some
wn t ?>, a *? 0har ? e tho duties of the office
^ah th %P B J? laluro could fleet his suc-
cessor. The Governor filled the vacancy
.‘‘. PP ° mtment of Hon - J - W - Kenfroe",
£*“**i tom * assistant to the Comptroller-
Genera 1 . Mr. Renfroo promptly gave the
Jfty 'ant 6 *>ond required, and has ever
if? 1 m charge of the finances of
the State. He is a candidate for
the position, and his name will be pre
sented to the General Assembly next
January. We hope that he will be elected,
for we feel confident that a better man for
the place cannot be found. As we before
B-atecl, he has been an assistant to the
Comptoller General for the past three vears,
and while discharging the duties of that im
portant position to the entire satisfaction of
the Governor, the Legislature and the
people, he also obtained a perfect
knowledge of the workings of the
Treasury Department. The books of the
Comptroller’s office are similar to those
which have been, or which should have
been, kept by the Treasurer, and, conse
quently, Mr. Renfroo is perfectly familiar
with all the practical details of the position
for which he is an applicant. It is mani
festly to the interest of the tax payers of
the State that at this important juncture an
experienced hand should take hold
of the taDglod threads of the
Treasury. Mr. Renfroo is aJ so a
staunch Democrat, and deserves well of
his party. He did much to keep bis county
(Washington) firm in the faith, aid repre
sented it worthily for two years in the Gen
eral Assembly. He is exceedingly popu ar
in Middle Georgia, and we leel as .ured that
he will not only receive the vote but too
hearty support of every member from this
section of the State. We have little duubt
of his election by a handsome majority, and
may congratulate the people of Georgia in
advance upon securing the services of so
competent and faithful an official in one of
the most important departments of tho
State government.
The same paper has this : An editorial
writer of the Macon Telegraph and Messen
ger denies, “on the very best authority,”
that Governor Smith will not serve again if
nominated. The writer, who corresponds
for his paper from Atlanta, goes on to say
that Governor Smith is no candidate, in the
ordinary sense of the word, and would scorn
to degrade his high office by entering the
canvass and urging his personal claims be
fore tho people. But while he leaves the
matter to the unbiased decision of an
intelligent constituency, it is both
premature and false to say that
he would decline a renomination.
The opponents of Governor Smith, taking
their cue from the opposition to General
Grant, are pressing tho third term as a sal
ient objection to his continuance in office.
But his friends answer the argument by the
statement that Georgia has already created
a precedent in the repeated elections of
Governor Brown to the chair of State, and,
moreover, declare that the Governor has
not served two terms, but only one and a
fraction. “The general opinion is, that un
der the operation of the two-tbirds rule,
should it, contrary to the custom of the par
ty since the war, be adopted, Governor
Smith’s prospects of a re-nomination
are perhaps the best of all others. Some
even sav he has gained so much of late as
to stana an excellent chance even by a ma
jority vote.” The language quoted above
is evidently used by one who has, as he ex
plains, the highest authority for what ho
asserts. That authority is, of course,
Governor Smith himself. Whatever doubt
there may have been on the subject before
there certainly can be none now. Governor
Smith has said that he will run if nomi
nated, and, in tho ordinary acceptation of
the term, is a candidate for the position. For
ourselves we have never doubted that he
would bo in the field, and we were inclined to
think the statements that Governor Smith
would not run would prove to be mistakes.
His friends will press his claims actively,
and we shall be greatly mistaken if he does
not enter the convention with a strong fol
lowing. He has many friends, and it will
be very foolish in his opponents to under
estimate his strength. As to the two-
tbirds rule, we believe this rule will be
adopted. If it is not, its rejection may
cause divisions in the party that would
prove fatal to the nominee. Those who are
most opposed to the rule will hesitate to
insist upon its abrogation in the face of
such a risk. Our own opinion is that the
next session of the Legislature will have
much to do with answering the question :
Who will be Governor of Georgia ?
The Khedive’s Late Brother.
The Figaro publishes an interesting
sketch of Mustapha Fazyl Pasha, who
was well known in Pans, especially
among people who lived well and played
high. The writer, who visited His High
ness when he was living at Constantino
ple, gives a glowing account of the Ori
ental magnificenoe of his establishment.
“At heart he was good,” writes M. Albert
Wolff, “and he was beloved by all who
surrounded him. Fifty domestics would
have sufficed for this palace, but be fed
three hundred; some because he had known
them from birth ; others because they
had served his father. When Mus
tapha Fazyl offered me hospitality, in
spite of the sympathy which their
master showed me, none of the three
hundred scamps in his service would make
my bed, clean my boots, or do anything
for the giaour. All that has been said
about the civilization of the Turks is a
fable: notwithstanding a little European
varnish, they hate us, and religious fanat
icism dominates every other feeling. The
three hundred scoundrels lounged about
the chambers, and if the Prince wanted
a glass of water there were fifty domes
tics to hand it to him.” M. Albert
Wolff gives a remarkable picture of the
receptions to Mustapha Pasha, and
of the dignity with which he received
the decision of the Sultan; who, in spite
of the Koran, cut him off from the suc
cession to the Egyptian crown. Before
that arbitrary act Mustapha Pasha and
his brothers were deadly enemies, but
when the Khedive obtained permission
for his son to succeed him this enmity
suddenly disappeared. The Khedive had
no longer to look upon Mustapha Fazyl
as his help, and Mustapha Fazyl bowed
not only to the deoision of the Com
mander of the Faithful, but dismissed
the intriguers by whom he had been
surrounded, and entered into friendly
relations with the Khedive. Even when
the feud between the two was the most
bitter the Sultan’s Minister would not
allow any one to say a word against his
brother who ruled in Egypt.
The Cure for Gossip.
[From the Hartford Evening Post.]
What is the cure for gossip ? Simply
culture. There is a great deal of gossip
that has no malignity in it. Good natured
people talk about their neighbors be
cause, and only because, they have noth
ing else to talk about. As we write there
comes to us a pioture of a family of
young ladies. We have seen them at
home; we have met them in the galleries
of art: we have caught glimpses of them
going from a bookstore or library, with a
fresh volume in their hands. When we
meet them they are full of what they
have seen and read. They are brimming
with questions. One topic of conversa
tion is dropped only to give place to
another in which they are interested. We
have left them, after a delightful hour,
stimulated and refreshed, and during
the whole hour not a neighbor’s garment
was soiled by so much as a touch. They
had something to talk about. They
knew something, and wanted to know
more. They could listen as weU as
they could talk. To speak freely of a
neighbor’s doings and belongings would
have seemed an impertinence to them,
and of course, an impropriety. They
had’no temptation to gossip, because the
doings of their neighbors formed a sub
ject very much less interesting than those
vhich grow out of their knowledge and
th»ir culture. And this tells the whole
storj. The confirmed gossip is always
either tnaUcious or ignorant. The one
variety Leeds a change of heart, and the
other a cluoge of pasture. Gossip ia al
ways a personal* confession either of
malice or in^ecility, and the young
should not only o lu n it, but by the most
thorough culture rdieve themselves from
all temptation to inc.ilge in it. It ia a
low, frivolous, and too 0 f ten a dirty busi
ness There ere oounti.- neighborhoods
in which it rages like a p*,t. Churches
are split in pieces by it. N-ghbors are
made enemies by it for life, in many
persons it degenerates into a chrome
disease which is praotioally tnc«-»ble.
g^e young enre it while they may
* A mother took her baby ont riding on
a cold day in Rochester, N. !•> a°d
smoinered it to death in her misgmded
effort to keep it warm.
(V TEIM1PB
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
A WESTERN ZEPHYR.
TEUHIBLE TORNADO IN KENTUCKY
A LOYAL EMBEZZLER BAGGED.
Jovcifar Returns to the Ever Faithful Isle
TERRIFIC TORNADO.
Nashville, Tenn., December 30.—A ter
rific tornado passed twelve miles east of
Hickman, Kentucky, Sunday evening,sweep
ing down whole forests in its pathway. The
force of tho wind whs so great that persons
can now walk over trunks of trees where
before was dense woods. Twelve dwelling
houses and barns were blown down, anil
some shattered into fragments, the inmates
barely escaping with their lives. Worm
fences, from the bottom rail, were all lifted
aud blown away. At Mayfield two persons
were crushed to death under the ruins of
houses. A negro was killed outright, and at
another point, a man named Chuck and a
Miss Searcy were killed. Her Bister was
badly crippled. The hotel at Reel-
foot lane was blown down, the guests
barely escaping. Seme were badly bruised
by living timber. Death and destruction
left their trace along the entire track of the
tornado, which made a noise heard for miles.
BANE OF CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, December 30.—One hun
dred and fifty shares of the Bank of Califor
nia were offered at auction to-day. Twenty-
five shares sold at 15, aud seventy-five at 124
per share. The balance were withdrawn.
DELTA PSI.
New Haven, December 30.—The Conven
tion of Delta Psi Society closed with a
banquet. It meets next in Philadelphia in
June.
FATAL BURNING.
Rising Sun, Ind., December 30.—Mrs.
Rachel Garden and three of her children,
aged twelve, ten and eight, were burned
with their dwelling, tec miles above hero.
CABLE BATES.
London. December 30.—On and after Jan
uary 1, 187G, the Anglo-American Telegraph
tariff for general news dispatches will be
one shilling, or twenty-five cents in gold per
word.
SPAIN AND CUBA.
Madrid, December 30.—The Imparcial
asserts that Spain will shortly address a
communication of importance to the various
European Cabinets on the subject of Cuba.
FROM PARIS.
Paris, December 30.—The Press bill has
passed tho Assembly. Tho clause to raise
the state of siege in Paris failed by a vote
of 273 to 381.
A LOYAL EMBEZZLER.
New York, December 30.—Charges have
been made against Peter R. Carll, United
States Marshal for the district of Connec
ticut, of perjury aud embezzlement.
WHISKY SEIZURES.
Chicago, December 30.—Eight whisky
establishments were seized yesterday,
mostly rectifiers.
burned.
Northampton, Mass., December 30.—E.
G. Southwick & Co.’s dry goods store is
burned. Loss $50,000.
NOT CHARLEY.
Boston, December 30.—The boy fonnd at
St. Alban’s is not Charley Ross.
JOVELLAB.
Madrid, December 30.—General Jovellar
left for Cadiz, where be embarks for Cuba.
Evening Telegrams.
SPENCER, OF ALABAMA,
llow He Controlled His Retainer*.
CASSIUS M. CLAY FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES.
Mrs. Moulton Change* Her Counsel.
SPENCER.
Montgomery, December 30.—The Spencer
Investigating Committee reported in the
Senate, which was crowded with spectators.
The reading of the report occupied ninety
minutes, and was listened to with profound
attention. In summing up tho committee
says : “He (Spencer) during tho election of
members of the Legislature used means to
secure to himself their votes, and that lie
abused the army, tho Post Office and Inter
nal Revenue Departments of the govern
ment. Ho brought evils of war on the peo
ple, and caused them to flee their homes and
abstain from voting. He prostituted
his office to the purpose of
bargainings and briberies to secure
votes for re-election. Ho corrupted United
States officials, for whom he procured
Federal appointments and forced appointees,
under threats of removal from office, to pay
money, and some of them to commit crimes
too black to aid him in his election. He
raised men to be appointed to ?inecnre posi
tions in the Custom House, Post Office and
revenue offices with the intent and under
standing that while In office they would not
be required to render service to the govern
ment, but would get their pay, and while so
paid they would employ their time in secur
ing pledges of votes and influence to
re-elect him to the United States Senate.
He paid and caused to be paid money to mem
bers of the Court House Assembly to secure
their votes. He paid and caused to be paid
money to members of the Legislature to de
feat a quorum at the Capitol, and thereby
prevented the election of a Senator by that
body; and his most trusted agent, J. J.
Hinds, caused a member of that body
to be drugged aud almost killed to prevent
his attendance, and dealt in United States
offices as in merchandise to secure money
and gain votes for Senator. His managers,
with his concurrence, caused a State
Senator for a money consideration to break
his pledge of honor to another Senator,
having prearranged the scheme, thereby to
secure a scat in the United States Senate.
Through his said managers he procured
the presiding officer of the Senate to con
nive at this fraud, and to rule in viola
tion of all parliamentary law and usage,
so as to unseat a Senator elected by the
people, and seat in his place a partisan of
Spencer, who was not elected by the people,
and who held no certificate of election. He
caused the lobby of the Senate to be filled
with armed retainers to overawe Senators
and sustain by force and violence, what he
bad achieved by fraud. He contrived
through his position as Senator, to
debauch men in office and out, so
that, in his conduct he was working evil
continually.” The repor was received aud
ordered to' be printed with evidence, and
the committee were given time to prepare
a memorial to the United States Senate
against Spencer’s further occupancy of a
seat in that body. The report was signed
by the whole committee, on which both
parties are represented. It fills fifteen
columns of the Advertiser of December 31st.
WASHINGTON WEATHER FROFHET.
Washington, December 30.—Probabili
ties: For the South Atlantic and East Gulf
States, stationary barometer and tempera
ture, southerly winds, partly cloudy weather,
with occasional rains.
For tho West Gulf States, Missouri val-
levs, falling barometer, southerly winds,
followed by cold northerly wind*, rising
barometer, cloudy and clearing weather.
For Tennessee and the Ohio valley, fall
ing barometer, northeast to southeast
winds, cloudy aud possibly rain, followed in
western portions by risinglbarometer and
colder northeast winds.
For the Middle and Eastern States, rising
followed by falling barometer, southeast to
southwest winds, warmer and clear fol
lowed by cloudy weather.
In the canal regions, from New Jersey to
Virginia, the temperature remains above
freezing.
The rivers continue to slowly rise from
Cincinnati to Memphis without overflowing
danger line.
TEAM AND TARGET.
London, December 30.—The National
Rifle Association of Great Britain accept the
challenge of the New York Association to
take part in the match for small bores in
the United States during the Centennial.
Sir Henry Hatford is appointed Captain of
the English team.
Philadelphia, December 30.—Major Gen
eral Shaler, commanding th6 New York State
Militia, General Woodward, Adjutant Gen
eral on Governor Tilden’e staff. Geo. W.
Wingate, Secretary of the American Rifle
Team, and Gen. K. Knox, Chief of Ordnance
on Governor Tilden’s staff, are in the city
as Executive Committee of the Rifle
Association of New York, and are
trying to get ground for a rifle
match at the Exposition. They require
1,000 vards for a match, in which all foreign
teams' are expected to join. Prizes reaching
$25,000 in value are to be offered.
jobbers and receivers.
New York, December 30.—The confer
ence of jobbers and receivers of grain
adopted a resolution requesting thirty days
P°£>oneinent G f the increase in the ele-
1 yutin,. an d weighing charges.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, December 30.—The com
mittee consisting of Hon. D. D. Pratt, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, D. W. Ma
hon, First Auditor, J. H. Robinson, Assist
ant Solicitor of the Treasury, and John W.
Porter, Acting Chief Clerk of the Treasury
Department, submitted their repert to the
Secretary of the Treasury yesterday in the
matter of the Witowski and Sugg-Fort
claims. The committee savs both claims
arc fictitious and fraudulent, and that they
were passed through the offices of the Third
Auditor and the Second Comptroller with
out such examination as law requires; that
the Third Auditor and Messrs. James F.
Allen and George Doolittle, a clerk in his
office, and the Second Comptroller, his
Deputy, Mr. Cnrtis, and Mr. John C. Wilson,
clerk in his office, failed to give such
claims proper examination, and are there
fore chargeable with culpable negligence.
The Secretary submitted his report to the
President this morning, and on his return
to the department showed it to Messrs.
Brodhead, Rutherford and Curtis, who
promptly agreed to tender their resigna
tions. The report was also shown to the
three cferks above named, who will sever
their relations with the department in like
manner. Comptroller Broahead has been in
office a long time. Third Auditor Allen
Rutherford was appointed from North Caro
lina about three years ago.
In view of the labor and hazard incurred
by .the Treasurer of the United States and
oiher independent treasury officers by the
receipt and collection of drafts and checks
received by them from National Banka, pub
lic officers'and other parties having pay
ments to make into the treasury, the Secre
tary has ordered these officers that he thinks
it better they should receive, in all official
transactions, only lawful and proper moneys
of the United States, as provided by law and
tho regulations thereunder. This will pre
vent the National Banks from paying their
semi-annual duties, the banks and other
parties from paying for fractional currency,
and the collectors of Internal Revenue from
making deposits in the offices mentioned
by means of drafts and checks, thus doing
away with a practice which seems to have
crept into government transactions without
any special authority of law or regulations,
and which has become a burden to the offi
cers who voluntarily undertook to collect
for parties their checks and drafts trans
mitted for the purpose of making the pay
ments mentioned.
Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, writes to a
gentleman of this city that his State will
present his name to the National Democratic
Convention in 1870 as the nominoe for Vice
President.
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, December 30.—Judge Vancott
succeeds General Pryor as Mr3. Moulton’s
counsel.
Tho police found Myers, his wife and
child in bed. Myers and his wife were in
sensible from pistol shots. The child was
dead from a pistol wound through the right
eye. The theory is. that Myers shot his
wife and child and then himself.
Jno. E. Grant, convicted of publishing
and sending through the mails an obscene
sheet known as tho Toledo Sun, is sontencod
to eighteen months imprisonment aud $500
fine.
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in double eagles were shipped to Liverpool
tc-day.
ANOTHER ONE.
Buffalo, December 30.—Joseph Book,
city Treasurer, has decamped. He is a de
faulter for one-fourth of a million dollars.
His bonds, filed with the city Clerk, amount
to three hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
and are signed by some of the most promi
nent and wealthy citizens. Before nia de-
E arture, Book made a general assignment of
is property, to tho amount of six hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. He has been a
very extensive real estate operator, and built
up the- eastern part of the city.
TWEED.
New 1’obk, December 30.—Judge Dono
hue's order declaring Tweed’s sureties on
seven criminal indictments recently found
to have forfeited their recognizances was
settled and signed to-day. A writ of cer
tiorari was taken out on the spot, which has
the effect of a stay.
SWINDLER ARRESTED.
Boston, December 30.—Charles A. Dela-
gardere, a teacher well-known in the schools
here, is arrestod for swindling about fifty
people by a bogus Masonic Lodge. He
pocketed all fees.
THE RED MEN.
San Francisco, December 30.—Tho Nex-
perce Indians of about eighty warriors,
threaten to drive the settlers from Walla-
Walla Valley in Oregon. Gen. Howard has
ordered his cavalry to protect the settlers.
thayer’s successor.
Albany, December 30.—Hon. Geo. W.
Schuyler is appointed Auditor of tho:Canal
Department, vice Thayer, suspended.
VANDERBILT.
New York, December 30.—Commodore
Vanderbilt is elected President of tho Cana
da Southern Railroad.
ARRESTED.
Chicago, December 30.—Dr. E. P. Wilder,
implicated in the recent examination, has
been arrested.
THE FIRE AT STARK, FLA.
A Correct Account of the Affair.
Stark, Fla., December 30.
Editor Morning News :
I see by your issue of the 29th inst. a
telegraph dispatch from this place in re
gard to a fire that has just passed over
our little town, and we now desire to
make such corrections as are necessary,
both for the public at large and particu
larly for the interest of those who were
immediately concerned.
The fire first occurred in the
back room of Sherwood & Son,
at about 12 o’clock at night. The
fire spread so rapidly that very few goods
were saved out of this store. They were
partly insured, but not entirely, as the
dispatch states. Their loss will be, as
near as our estimate can be made, about
fifteen hundred dollars. The building in
which Sherwood &. Son were doing busi
ness belonged to John L. Smith. He had
an insurance upon it, but the writer does
not know for what amount.
The citizens worked nobly trying to
save the buildings, but in vain. The
consuming monster marched on, and
nothing remained in his path bat the
blackened spot where only a few moments
before stood nicely constructed and val
uable buildings. The next that burned
was a small doctor’s office containing a
few drugs and the wearing apparel of the
physician. The contents, however, of this
office were almost entirely saved. A build
ing owned by W. S. Rice, andoccupied by
E. P. Smith, was the next to catch on
fire, and if the citizens of Jasper had had
water facilities this building could have
been saved, but there seemed to be such
an utter confusion and excitement among
the people that the only thing they
worked most strenuously to save were the
stocks of goods, to the detriment of the
houses. The last of all to catch was
the building of Mrs. L. Hateley, and
occupied by W. R. Yates. There need not
have been one dollar’s worth of his goods
burned, as a sufficiency of time elapsed
during the burning of the other build
ings, to have removed all of his goods,
and that too, without interfering with the
efforts made to save the building. The
origin of the fire is entirely unknown,
and the people can only conjecture. The
train arrived here about 12 o’clock, hence
the building must have been burning on
its arrival or in a few minutes after leav
ing. It is thought that the losses sus
tained will amount to nearly four thou
sand dollars, but no correct estimate can
yet be made. It is a very sad affair,
iadeeed, and not only deprives the citi
zens of Hamilton county of a profitable
aud enterprising trading place, but those
who were burned out will feel the effects
of this great calamity for years, for there
was not one sufficiently able to lose the
small amount they have lost and again
commence business perfectly easy. How
ever, these misfortunes often visit our
pebple, and regarding, them as dispensa
tions of Providence, they must again ap
ply themselves to business and try and re-
aocumulate what they have so suddenly
Leen deprived of.
Citizen.
Chemically, black is the absence of all
color, and white is the presence of all
colors in their original combination
taking the hue of ray of white light.
Pat in ordinary parlance both are colors.
According to the dictionary, black is “the
color of night,” and white is “ the color
of pure snow.”
Nobody will disagree with the Boston
Poet that “cheek wins in the world, espe
cially if it is dimpled and rosy.”
THE LAND OF FLOWERS-No. 18.
The Upper Ocklawaha River — Sumter
and Hernando Countie* — Important
Town* in These Counties—The Great
Fruit Growing Region—What It Is, and
What It Is To Be—Will Orange Cnltnre
Pay In the Future.
[Special Correspondecce of the Morning News.]
Sharp’s Ferry, December 4, 1875.
In my letter of the 2d, dated on the
steamer Tuakawilla I informed your
readers that the present low water in the
Ocklawaha river made it impossible for
the steamers to go beyond this point,
which is four miles above the junction of
this river with the stream that flows into
it from Silver Spring. The steamer Oka-
humkee now lands her freight for Lees
burg and other points above here at
Silver Spring, from which place it is
hauled to its destination. The steamer
Tuakawilla, however, discharges her
freight for those points at this place,
from which it is taken in barges up the
river to the regular steamboat landings.
It is a slow and laborious way of navi
gating th^ river and lakes above this
point. Still, nothing better can be sub
stituted at present. It has been sug
gested that a system of locks iu the river
might be able to provide steamboat
communication the year through, but
doubts are expressed as to the de
sirability of the plan. As rapid transit is
most needed in a great fruit region, the
people favor the building of a railroad to
some point on the St. John's river. I
fear, however, that this project, like a
hundred other similar ones in adjoining
counties, will be long delayed in its con
summation by the depression in financial
circles.
SUMTER AND HERNANDO COUNTIES.
A glance at the map of Florida will
show you that Orange, Sumter and Her
nando counties lie alongside of each
other, and are emphatically a region of
lakes and rivers. The YVithlacoochee
extends from the gulf coast of Hernando,
near Cedar Keys, through the entire
county and finds its source in Lake Pan-
soffkee, in Sumter. The Ocklawaha river
extends from the St. John’s, near We-
laka, to Lake Harris. The distance be
tween the former lake and the latter, at
the most desirable point for a canal, is
less than fifteen miles. With a steam
boat canal completed, and the Ocklawah..
made navigable the year round, steamers
could be run from Jacksonville, by this
route, to Cedar Keys. I cap only say
this, of any of these projects for in
creased or more rapid transit, that some
thing will certainly be demanded
in the way of quicker trans
portation for marketable fruit and vege
tables. These two counties are rapidly
settling up, and already immense orange
groves are in bearing, while hundreds of
others will yield their first fruit next
year, so that some river improvements or
railroad facilities may be expected.
Sumter county already has an Agricul
tural and Fruit Growers Association in
successful operation, aud is destined to
become one of the best fruit growing
sections of the State. Hernando lies on
the Gulf coast, with Levy on one side
and Hillsboro on the other, and many
persons would prefer that county for this
reason. Others would choose Sumter
because it is at a desirable distance from
the coast, aud, like Hernando, abounds
with fine lakes, around which are large
and thrifty orange groves.
IMPORTANT TOWNS IN THESE COUNTIES.
I do not propose, in these brief outline
letters, to describe lands and give sta
tistical information, my purpose being to
simply direct attention to the points
where immigration is most marked.
Brooksville is the county site of Her
nando, and is on the stage mail route
from Gainesville, via Ocala, to Tampa, a
distance of one hundred and sixty-five
miles. Leesburg, the county site of
Sumter, is so located that it has a landing
on Lake Griffin and another on Lake
Harris. During the past five years the
place has grown rapidly, and is now the
centre of a very large trade. Dr. S. J.
Bauknight, the owner of the beautiful
new steamer Tuskawilla, is a leading mer
chant of Leesburg, and parties wishing
to locate in that section can write to him
on the subject. Hacks now run to Silver
Spring, but when the Ocklawaha river ia
high enough for boats to run up to Lees
burg, that is the route for passengers and
freight, the distance to Jacksonville
being two hundred and seventy-nine miles.
Okahumkee, the highest point reached by
the steamers, is seventy-five miles beyond.
A very large amount of freight goes up
and down the river on these steamers,
and for tourists it is a very delightful
trip. There are now fifty thousand
orange trees about Leesburg, and the
number is constantly increasing. Lakes
Griffin, Eustace and Harris, with their
sandy beaches and fertile lands, offer
great inducements to immigrants, who
can find State and government land in all
parts of the county. I should also men
tion Sumterville, which is a growing and
thriving town near Lake Panasoffkee. All
about in that section are fine lands, with
good society and a healthy climate. Let
ters can be addressed to Mr. J. E. Bar-
wick, of that place, who, being a very
public-spirited gentleman, will no doubt
give all desired information to persons
who desire to settle there. The stage
from Gaiuesville and Ocala passes through
Sumterville to Tampa, and affords tri
weekly mail communication with the
outside world.
A GREAT FRUIT GROWING REGION.
Lying together, as you will see by a
glance at your map of the “ Land of
Flowers,” are the great fruit growing
counties of the State. Chief among these
are Orange, Volusia, St. John’s, Putnam,
Marion, Sumter and Alachua. These are
the counties into whioh the tide of im
migration seem to pour just at this time,
and with constantly increasing vigor.
Marion and Sumter counties abound in
immense wild orange forests, and within
the past few years thousands upon thou
sands of these wild orange trees have
been “budded” with sweet orange “cut
tings.” And yet thousands upon thou
sands remain to be thus transformed into
fruitful sweet orange trees. This is one
great inducement to settle in these coun
ties to men who desire to go extensively
into orange culture. For myself, I do
not believe it will be a profitable branch
of business in a few years. I am confi
dent the orange trade will become a snare
to many ambitious investors here; but no
thing I might say in these letters could
convince the very persons who most need
to be advised on the subject. Yet I doubt
not that the prudent men, with a good
supply of energy and practical sense,
and money enough to carry them throu,
the formation period, can make for thi
selves desirable and profitable homei
any of the counties named. Some
tions are new and undeveloped, and im-
migrants will be obliged to provide their
own society, schools and churches, and
for a time enduie the hardships and pri
vations of a Western frontier life. Other
sections are old and long settled, having
the best of society and good schools and
churches, while other parts are dotted
with thriving new towns, where the
sound of the axe, saw and hammer pro*
claim the onward march of civilization.
The court house, school house and church
are soon erected at such points, and the
immigrants who come in at the eleventh
hour are spared much labor and expense,
as well as many hardships and privations,
through the pioneer efforts of those who
“came before” them and made the forest
give place to the town. Everywhere,
within these counties, this work is going
on, and ono who is not near by to outline
its operations can .form no just idea of
its magnitude. Of Atechua county, to
which I go from this point, I shall speak
more in detail in my next epistle.
Sidney Herbert.
P. S.—The editor of the Jacksonville
Press, who is good authority in such
matters, in answering the question,
“Where to settle ?” for general fanning
purposes recommends from Lake City
south, via Gainesville and Ocala, down to
Brooksville, Hernando county. For or
ange culture he reoommends Orange, Vo
lusia, Putnam, Sumter, Marion, Hillsboro
and Polk counties (which latter joins
Sumter) as excellent locations.
WAKING UP THE WRONG MAN.
How a
Party of Miners Frightened a
“ Snoozer.”
[From the Territorial Enterprise.]
An evening or two since some of the
employes of the Ophir Company found
an intoxicated man sleeping off liis over
allowance of “tarantula juice” among the
shavings in one of the temporary sheds
near the works. They had some trouble
in getting the fellow aroused, and more
in trying to make him comprehend
where he was, or rather that he was not
in a place where he legitimately be
longed.
It was determined by the men who
found the boozy party that they would
give him such a fright that he would
never again venture within a mile of the
works. Therefore, they told their man
that they had positive orders to kill any
person found lurking about the works
after dark. They said it was a thing
they did not like to do, but the works had
lately been destroyed by fire, and the
company were not in a humor to take any
more chances—their orders were impera
tive.
The man tried to beg off, saying that
he did not know how he came into the
shed, and swearing by all that was good
and bad he meant no harm, bat all would
not do.
He was seized and dragged some
distance np the hill toward the Masonic
Cemetery, to a place in the open country,
where five or six rifled cannon, belonging
to the Nevada Artillery, have been stand
ing since the day of the fire. Two stout
men then seized the trembling “snoozer,”
and placing his head in front of the
muzzle of one of the guns, told him he
had but three minutes to live, as they
were about to blow his head off.
Again the man begged for mercy, say
ing that he had only taken a drop too
much and got into the shed he knew not
how, but certainly without any evil in
tention.
Said a man who had taken his place at
the breech of the gun, and was taking
some matches from his vest pocket: “If
you have any word to leave for a wife, an
old father or mother, or any friend or
relative, you will do well to make known
your wishes.”
“I reckon I hain’t got airy wife, or old
father or mother, or anybody else as cares
a chaw of tobacker about me.”
“Well, but have you no dying wish, no
dying request?”
“Wall, now you talk. Mout I make
request?”
“You may, and be quick about it
(lighting a match), as when I apply this
match to the touch-hole of this gun, off
goes y our head. You have a request to
make?”
“Stranger, I hev.”
“Out with it, then. We can’t fool
with you all night when there may be
other fire-bugs prowling about the
works.”
' T kin hev my last request, then ?”
“You can.”
“You won’t go back on me ?”
“No.”
“Whatever I ax you’ll grant?”
“Don’t I say so ? Let’s hear your dy
ing request, or dab goes a match into this
powder, and off goes your head!”
“Well, then, as I have your word as a
gentleman, my last and only desire is that
you’ll put me at the other end of the gun
before yer stick that match inter its
touch-hole.”
“Too thin,” cried all hands. “Good,
but too thin. You can’t get off that
way.”
“Oh, ho,” said the snoozer, “you go
back on yer word, do yer? Yer don’t
know who I am, I reckon. You don’t
know you've picked up Bill Slicer, from,
the Muddy Fork of the Mohican.” Ana
suddenly shaking himself free of the hold
of the men who held his arms, he reached
down into the top of his right boot and
brought out a revolver nearly as large as
a Gatling gun.
“Oh, ho,” cocking the formidable
shooting iron, “go back on your word ?
Go back on my dyin’ request. Now I
know the kind of men I’ve got to deal
with—infernal liars and murderers.”
Half this speech had not been con
cluded—indeed, the pistol had hardly
clicked—before there was a wild scatter
ing of the little party of practical jokers.
They ran behind the groups of oannon,
bounded over the cemetery fence toward
the shelter of the tombstones, and, in
short, rolled and tumbled in all direc
tions.
“Oh, ho.’” cried Old Bill, “why don’t
yer stand by yer gun ? Come out of yer
boles! You’ve got a bigger gun nor I
hev, but I’ve got the most shots, and I’ll
give yer a fair fight and die game ! Wall,
here’s some for you at random ! ” and Old
Bill let off a couple of shots among the
cannon and tombstones.
The jokers were mighty glad when
their old snoozer ceased to rage about the
spot, and took his way, mutteriugly,
toward the distant lights of the town.
The Prince of Wales as a Gift Taker
and Maker.
[Bombay conTespondent London Telegraph.]
As yet I believe the Prince has not
given away any of his fire engines or or
gans. Whom they are intended for re
mains yet to be seen. For the present
books, swords and rifles have mainly
represented His Royal Higness’s gifts.
Of course, these gifts have been selected
with a view of suiting the particular
tastes and needs of the recipients. Thus
the Rajah of Kolapore, aged fourteen,
has a gold snuff box, with the Prince’s
monogram on the outside of the lid, a
silver medal commemorative of the visit, a
large sword and some English books of
pictures. The Maharajah of Oodeypore,
aged eighteen, also gets a snuff-box, a
book of English coronation ceremonials, a
sword, a rifle, a medal and a riding-whip.
The Guicowar, aged nine, has a particu
larly large snuff-box, a sword longer
than he is tall, an album of photo
graphs, a book of engraving, a medal and
watch and chain. A very irreverent
person suggested that a handsome whistle,
a top and a box of the best building
bricks would have been more suitable;
but he was very properly suppressed.
Somehow or other the Nizam of Hydera
bad’s representative has received no snuff
box, but in place of that got for his royal
but youthful master a huge silver flagon
of the time of Marlborough (teetotalers,
mark that), three rifles, a zing, some
valuable” books, and a scabbard belt.
The Maharajah of Mysore, who has nearly
reached the mature age of fourteen, finds
himself the proud possessor of a snuff
box, a silver flagon—also of Marlborough’s
—a sword and scabbard belt, three
books (“valuable,” of course), a riding
flniip, and a pair of field glasses—at which
• extraordinary miscellaneous assortment
“"is Highness seemed somewhat amazed.
&The presents made to the PriDce
already would fill a large museum ad
mirably. Daggers, Cutchee guns, tea
services, rhinoceros hide shields, swords,
lances, glass necklaces, anklets, bracelets,
shawls, carpets, ancient guns, suits of
armor, jewels, and cups only represent
part of the things—they are almost as
diversified as the selection the Prince’s
advisers have made, and almost as use
less. A white elephant, a mongoose, and
a box of snakes wotild complete the col
lection. The Masonic ball was a failure
in many senses; the receptions at Parell
House were not much more satisfactory.
On the Monday night this was especially
the case, when, after a long procession
through the streets and a state dinner,
His Royal Highness was marched into a
saloon and compelled to stay there for
nearly two hours. Fortunately the Prince
was possessed of more good sense than
those about him, and declined to remain
longer. I believe I am echoing the senti
ments of nearly all present when I say
that the whole ceremony was lifeless and
dull.
Geo. L. Ruffin, a colored lawyer, has
been elected a member of the Boston
Common Council. He is the first citizen
of African descent who has ever been
elected to a municipal offioe in that city.
THE WHISKY I BAUDS.
A Searching Investigation by
After the Holidays.
Co
[Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati En
quirer.]
Washington, December 23, 1875.—
It may now be stated that one of the first
acts of the House after the holiday recess
will be to institute an investigation of the
whisky frauds, with a view to establish
ing the long-supposed complicity of the
President with the ring. The highly-vir-
tuous-and-in j ured-innocence-denial-busi-
ness has about spent its force. From time
immemorial the practice of Radical ras
cals has been, whenever their villainies
were exposed by the press, to rush to the
front with an indignant denial, and then
calmly await such exposures as the inge
nuity of whitewashing committees or
the subserviency of partisan judges and
packed juries could not prevent. This
rule has held true of the whisky
ring. From the beginning of the raid to
the present moment the regular plan of the
defense has been, first, sweeping denial of
charges; second, unlimited blackguarding
of the prosecution; third, silent submis
sion to conviction and imprisonment.
This was the plan in Joyce’s case; it was
faithfully followed up by McDonald and
Avery, and now the first stages of it have
been inaugurated by Babcock, Morton
and Grant. The facts in all the cases
thns far have come to light by degrees
and with painful slowness, albeit with
destructive sureness. Now that Joyce
has been convicted and sentenced, Mc
Donald and Avery convicted and Babcock
indicted, Grant and Morton are accused.
If the regular arithmetical progression of
the past is observed in the future, the
next stage of these interesting proceed
ings will be about as follows : McDonald
into requisition again. It was foreshadow
ed in Morton’s resolution for an investi
gation of the recent election in Mississip
pi, and is suggested again in this particu
lar cant about the “blood of murdered
American citizens," and the “ disfran
chisement of thousands of Republican
voters." Time was when the pretense of
Southern outrages was a sufficient con
donation for the actuality of Northern
theft, but that is of the past, and not
even Morton can revive it. The Ku-Klux
have bad their day of tribulation. The
thieves will now take theirs.
A DOUBLE MURDER.
An Exasperated Husband Kills His Wife
and Then Cats His Own Throat.
Kingston, N. Y., December 26.—The
injuries inflicted on Mrs. Martini Ritte
by her husband last week have proved fa
tal, and that tragedy becomes a doable
one, Ritte having cut his throat immedi
ately after he had killed, as he supposed,
his wife. The circumstances of the
shocking affair are as follows :
Mr. and Mrs Ritte were a middle-aged
couple, and roomed in a house where
there were several other occupants. Mrs.
Ritte was a strict member of the Method
ist Church and a prominent worker in the
Flatbash congregation. Mr. Ritte was
not a member of any church, but was
regular attendant upon the services of the
Reformed Church of the place and
warm defender of the tenets of that de
nomination.
As the sayiDg was, Mrs. Ritte “had
tongue in her head,” and the difference in
the religious belief of her and her hus
band was a source of frequent and bitter
controversy between them. For some
time past the Methodists have been hold-
o ing a series of prayer meetings in the
and Avery sentenced, Babcock convicted, houses of different members, and upon
-- ..... — them Mrs. Ritte was a regular attendant.
On the night before the affair one of
these meetings was to be held at tho
house of a neighbor, and Mrs. Ritte was
very anxious for her husband to attend
the services with her. This he refused to
do, and she went alone, highly displeased
with him. He went to the house of a
neighbor, a member of the Reformed
Church, and spent the evening there.
His wife returned home before he did,
and going to bed, locked the door of their
apartments, and when he applied for ad
mittance she refused to let him in. He
was compelled to go into the garret and
pass a very uncomfortable night.
When the two met in the room in the
morning his wife began to upbraid him
for his carelessness in regard to religion
and other subjects, and a very hot dis
cussion between them was overheard by
the inmates of adjoining apartments.
Suddenly screams were heard in Ritte’s
room, and a man named Ephgrave rushed
in to see what the matter was. Mrs.
Ritte lay on the floor, her head and face
covered with blood, and over her stood
her husband with a hammer in his hand,
raised to strike her, he clearly having
already strnck her with it several times.
Ephgrave threw Ritte one side, and
asked him what he meant. He said: “14
is better that we should die than live this
way any longer.”
Ephgrave took Mrs. Ritte to his apart
ments, leaving Ritte in the room alone.
He returned in a very short time, but
during the interval Mr. Ritte had cut
his throat from ear to ear with a razor,
and had fallen partially on the bed, over
which the blood was streaming from the
wound in his throat. Ephgrave lifted the
man upon the bed, bat the man died be
fore a physician arrived. Mrs. Ritte’s
wounds were found to be very serious.
Her head was smashed in several places
by the blows from the hammer, and she
was cut about the face. She was con
scious but a short time. The parties to
this tragedy were sadly iii-niated.—New
York Times.
and Grant and Morton indicted. The
succeeding stage will suggest itself.
But it is not at all probable that this
charming progression will hold good.
And, notwithstanding the existence of
proof that Grant was repeatedly advised
of the frauds, and not only ignored bis
advices, but punished his advisers by dis
missing them from the public service, it
is altogether improbable that any prose
cuting official who is his appointee will
ever dare to present his case. There is,
in fact, but one tribunal that can prop
erly take cognizance of Grant’s connec
tion with these frauds, and that is a court
of impeachment. Morton might come
within the purview of the grand jury’s
jurisdiction, but as his offence at the
worst cannot be more than the solicita
tion and use of whisky ring money for
political purposes in a State campaign, it
may be found more practicable
to proceed against him as a Sena
tor unworthy of his position than
as a citizen unworthy to remain at
large. In this event Morton’s case will
become rhore properly the subject of in
vestigation by a Congressional committee
than of consideration by a grand jury.
It may be considered certain that his case
will be examined by a committee possibly
of the House, but more probably of the
Senate, for in the course of a few days
information will be developed which will
render it impossible for the Senate to ig
nore the matter any longer, no matter
what its reluctance to insert the investi
gatory probe. I do not by any means
assert that it will be impossible for Mor
ton to vindicate himself. But it is sus
ceptible of proof that Joyce raised from
the whisky ring in 1872, $17,000, which
fonnd its way to Indiana and was used in
the October campaign. It is further sus
ceptible of being pretty strongly estab
lished that this money was raised at the
instance of Senator Morton. The only
missing link in the chain of evidence is
as to whether Morton knew the exact na
ture of the means by which the money
was raised, and on this point hang hu
chances of vindication.
As for Grant it can be shown that he
was apprised of the existence of the ring
and of the nature of its operations long
before any movement was made to break
it up; that, with full knowledge of its
operations, he interfered and prevented
Commissioner Douglass from making
changes in the Supervisorships, the effect
of which would have been to break up
the ring, and that, knowing that the
government was being defrauded by
certain individuals, to-wit: McDonald,
Avery, Babcock and others, now under
sentence, conviction or indictment, he
did not remove the individuals from
office nor cause them to be prosecuted,
as it was his duty to do. These facts
will be made the basis of an investiga
tion, the result of which will, in all
likelihood, be the presentation of articles
of impeachment. This matter has been
gravely discussed in Democratic circles
here for several days, and there has
been considerable diversity of opinion
among leading members of Congress
in both branches as to the policy to be
pursued. Some of the more cautious
and conservative incline to the opinion
that it would be better for the Democratic
party to let these revelations run their
course in the public prints and allow
public sentiment to become fully fixed as
to the complicity of the President before
any movement is made looking to im
peachment. These gentlemen take the
view that if a premature movement
against the President should be made,
and fail wholly or in part, the reaction of
public sentiment would be very disas
trous to the Democratic party, and for
this reason they counsel the utmost cir
cumspection and deliberation. There are
also a few men on the Democratic side of
the House who believe that, in his pres
ent position before the country, Grant is
a most effective ally of the Democratic
party, and that, if he should be im
peached and tumbled off his third
term pedestal, the Republican party
would be relieved of an incubus, in
stead of the Democratic party acquiring
greater strength thereby. But the ma
jority of the Democrats, particularly in
the House, are disposed to move imme
diately upon the White House on the
strength of the evidence above alluded to,
and trust to Divine Providence for the
outcome. These enthusiasts are likely to
carry the day and secure the appoint
ment of a Presidential Investigating Com
mittee immediately upon the reassembling
of Congress. This committee will be
composed of the very best legal talent in
the House, and will probably be made to
include Blaine and Foster, of Ohio, from
the Republican side. Its work will be
the overshadowing event of the session,
and it may precipitate the gravest conse
quences in case, as is likely, an attempt
shonld be made to resist its authority in
summoning witnesses and demanding pa
pers. That the Republicans and the re
tainers of the administration are not un
mindful of the danger that threatens
them may be inferred from the following,
which was printed recently at the head of
the editorial columns of the White House
semi-official organ here:
“The latest Democratic resolve is based
upon the presumption that General Bab
cock will be convicted at St. Louis, and
that the evidence on whioh the oonvic-
tion will btf procured will so circum
stantially implicate the President as to
insure his impeachment. Mr. Lamar,
whose certificate as a member of the
House from Mississippi is sealed by the
blood of murdered American citizens,
and Senator Jack Brown Gordon, of
Georgia, whose seat was only made
secure by the disfranchisement of thou
sands of Republican voters in his State,
are said to be the leading intriguers in
this plot.”
The semi-official organ is in error only
as to the names of the prime movers of
this programme. Lamar and Gordon are
not at the head of it. They will have
nothing to do with it for the most
obvious reasons. But it will be engineered
by such men as Clyiner, of Pennsylvania;
Cox, of York; Randall, Sayler and
Banks, on the part of the House, and
Kernan, Bayard and Eaton on the part of
the Senate. As the St. Louis organ of
the W. R. once said in its haste: “There’s
Music in the Air.”
The concluding sentence in this ex
tract from the semi-official organ betrays
the programme by which the Administra
tion proposes to fight off this new dan
ger. The dernier ressort of scoundrels, as
old Sam Johnson said, is to be brought
Ireland.
An abstract of the recent census of
Ireland contains some interesting facts.
The population of the island is set down
at 5,412,397. Daring the last ten years
849,836 emigrants have left the country.
The religious denominations hold very
nearly the relative strength of former
years, although the Catholics have de
creased about one per cent, since 1861
and the Episcopalians and Presbyterians
slightly increased. The Roman Catholics
number 4,150,857, the Protestant Epis
copalians 667,998, the Presbyterians 497,-
648, and all the other denominations
95,864. It is a fact at variance with
generally received opinion that the
Catholics are in a majority, even in the
greater part of Ulster. It is very clear
that although the educational statistics
compare favorably with the showing of
former years, the religious dissensions of
the country and the embarrassment of the
government in endeavoring to please all
seots, are retarding the progress of the
people. The Scotch Census Commis
sioners having remarked, in their report
on Scotland, that it was “painful to corn-
template what may be the ultimate effect
of this Irish immigration on the morals
and habits of the people and or. the
future prospects of the country,” the
Irish Commissioners take up the gauntlet
—when did an Irishman shun a row?—and
analyze the Scotch census, to show that
in those counties in which there are very
few Irish immigrants the proportion of
illegitimate births ranged up to fifteen
per cent., while in districts where the
Irish element is large the percentage of
illegitimate birth drops to less than one-
half that figure. Which facts go to show
that in one respect at least the Scotch
need not dread contamination from
their neighbors. Less lively but
more important are the estimates given
of the proportion of different races in Ire
land. If the abstract be just to the repor*,
however, the commissioners have not done
justice to the subjeot Too much im
portance altogether is given to the Scot
tish colonization in Ulster. That part of
the island, even in Spenser’s time and
before the plantation, had the Caledonian
tinge which characterizes it in oar day.
Too little weight ia often given to the
influence of English blood, which in
parts of Ulster, Leinster and Munster is
almost the prevailing element, and too
little importance is attached to the Dan
ish settlements and the Norman infiltra-
traiion which went on for generations,
giving the race its most powerful charac
teristics.
“Bob."—He was a magnificent Scotch
dog, of great size, braver than a lion. He
had but one bad habit when I had lam—
to see a cat was to fly at it. This ended
in his worrying to death a favorite
grimalkin belonging to a neighbor, and
the catastrophe raised a fearful commo
tion. So, with many regrets, I sent him to
Brechin, fifteen miles off. There, early
on the following Sunday morning, “Bob”
was observed, with head and tail
erect, and a resolute purpose in every
look and movement, taking his way to
ward home. Whether he had kept the
road, or gone by some path across the
country, I know not; but when I was
leaving the church, about one o’clock, I
was met by the beadle, with his old face
lighted up with an unusual expression of
glee, and exclaiming—for my dog and
Johnny had been always fast friends—
“You mauna pat him awa’. minister,
though he should worry a’ the cats in the
parish.”
On going to the manse I fonnd Bob.
outsidefthfe gate, as flat and motionless as
if he had been stone dead. It was plain
he knew as well as t did that he had been
banished, and had returned without leave,
and was liable to be hanged, drowned, or
shot, or otherwise punished at my will. I
went up to him and stood over him for a
while in silence. He lay as if he had
been killed and flattened by a heavy rol
ler, only that,with his large, beautiful eyes
half shut, he kept winking and looking
up in my face with a most pitiful and
pleasing expression. Thougn I might
not go the length of old Johnny in
making free of all the cats in the parish,
there was no resisting the dumb but elo
quent appeal. I gave *way, and exclaim
ed in cheerful tones, “Is this yon, Bob?"
In an instant, knowing that he was for
given, he rose at one bound into the air,
circling round and round me, and in his
joy leaping nearly over my head.—Re
markable Animals.
“THE Jt£W BOI. 1
A UnrUt Fra PlclMrc-.il. <»■»<* ** ***
Uctr.lt Free Pre»-
Hr made his appearance at one of the
Union schools the other morning, and,
arriving ahead of time, he prevented any
feeling of Ionelinesa from seizing him Dy
licking three boys and riding the gats on
its hinges. He went in with the crowd
when the bell rang, and. finding no emp
ty seat, he perched himself on the wood-
bo I. When the children repeated the
■‘Lord’s Prayer” in concert, the new boy
“kept time” with his heel, and when they
came to sing he argued that variety was
the spice o* song, and attempted to sing
one of hi. own—one about a gentleman
named D*uuel Tucker, who dreamed that
he was dead, and so forth. The teacher
warutd him to keep still, and he replied
that he wouldn’t come to that school if
his musical qualifications were to be over
looked. When school finally opened the
teacher secured his name and began ask
ing him questions in order to find out
how he sfipuld be graded.
“Can yftu spell ?” she asked.
“What kind of spelling ?" he cautiously
replied.
“Spell ‘house,’ if you please."
“Frame or brick house?” he asked.
“Any kind of a house.”
“With a mortgage on it ?"
“You may spell ‘man’ if you will,” she
said, giving him a severe look.
“Man ?"
“Yes."
“I don’t care much about spelling
‘man’ this morning, but I will this after
noon. Tve spelled it with my eyes
shut.”
“Do you know your alphabet ?” she
asked, changing the subject.
“Never had any!” was the prompt
reply.
“Do you know anything about read
ing?”
“I read like lightning !” he answered.
She handed him a reader, and said:
“Let me hear you read.”
“Read right out loud ?"
“Yes.”
“I’m afraid it would disturb the chil
dren, " he whispered.
“Go on and let me hear you read.”
He looked carefully at the page, scowl
ed his brow and read :
“If I wa? a lame boy and didn’t get
any peanuts in my stocking Christinas,
dum my eyes ! but I’d makt things jump
around that house next morning!"
He handed the book back and the
teacher asked:
“Richard, how many are three and
three ?”
“Three and three what ?” he inquired.
“Anything.”
“It’s a good dea 1 according to what it
is,” he replied as he settled back. “I
know that three and three cats don’t
make a dog!”
“Did you ever study geography, Rich
ard ?"
“Yes, mam.”
“What is geography?”
“It’s a book.”
“Is this world round or flat?”
‘‘Hills and hollers!” he replied.
“Richard, can you write?”
“Write what?”
“Can you write your name?”
“I could, I suppose, but Tve got my
name without writing it.”
“Can you write a letter?”
“Who to?”
“To any one.”
“Yes, I could, if I had money to pay
the postage."
“Well, Richard,” sh6 said, in despair,
“you’il have to go into the lower room if
you want to come to school here.”
“I wan ter stay here.”
“But you can’t.”
“I'll bet you this knife agin ten cents
I oaa.”
She took him by the arm to remove
him, but he laid his hand on her shoulder
and said, in a warning voice:
“Don’t get me mad, now, or I’ll let
myself loose.”
She called the principal down, and as
he approached the boy, he commanded:
“Boy, what are you doing here?”
“Gitting eddicashun,” replied Richard.
“You go right down stairs now !" con
tinued the principal.
“Well, don’t sass me, for I was never
here before!” replied Richard, slowly
moving his legs as if he meant to get
down.
The principal took him by the collar
and jerked him around, got kicked on the
shin and bitten on the wrist, and finally
landed the young student on the walk.
“Now, you go home!" he shouted as he
tried to recover his breath.
* ; Am I educated ?” inquired Richard.
“You seem to be.”
“Gimme a diplony then.”
“Y’ou clear out or I’ll have you ar
rested.”
iH’Hain't I a scholar in this school no
more ?”
No, sir.”
Who owns this school-house ?” de
manded the boy.
"No matter; you clear out.”
Will you come out in the yard here,
wnere you can’t hang to anything ?”
asked the boy.
“Begone, I say.”
“Don’t draw no darringer on me,”
warned the boy, as he backed off; “nor
don’t you think you can scare me
with any of your bowie knives.”
The principal walked in and shut the
door, and after the now boy had stood
there long enough to show that he wasn’t
afraid, he turned and walked off, growl
ing to himself:
“I’ll git the foreman of No. 6 to pound
that feller afore he’s a week older. ”
The Dirtiest Man in Montana Falls
Heir to 850,000.
[From the Helena Herald.]
For the past five or six years there has
been around the streets of Helena a dirty,
degraded-looking specimen of humanity’
Robert Nelson by name, yet universally
known as “Mountain Dew.” He couid
not be called a vagabond for he was al
ways ready to clean streets, saw wood, ox
any labor where a dollar was in sight.
He was suffering from a chronic disease,
yet he managed to earn enough to keep
hunger from the door. Many wondered
that long ago he did not fall back upon
the county for support. His chief ambi
tion seemed to be known as the “dirtiest
man in Montana.” Wretchedly filthy,
from the crown of his head to the soles
of his feet—so dirty and greasy that a
stranger to see him once would always
remember the apparation. Robert Nel
son is now wealthy. It seems that in
early days Robert found himself in Boise,
Idaho. Times were flush, “Mountain
Dew” was lucky, and from his earnings
he sent home to his father ia Missomi
$8,000 to invest for him. Luck turned;
Nelsjn got broke and came to Montana^
For several years he has been trying to
realize something from the money
he sent his father, yet he never
eonld get any satisfaction, and he
was too poor to go East to see about it.
However, a short time since a letter
reached him stating that his father had
died, and that real estate and other pro
perty to the amount of $50,000 had been
left to him. Thursday a draft for $400
came on for the heir. Yesterday was a
great day for Robert He bought a suit
of fashionable clothing, took a bath, got
his hair cut and moustache dyed, it
is a fact that not one in ten knew
transformed figure and features of
“Mountain Dew.” A through ticket to
Omaha was procured, and this morning
Nelson left Helena on the Overland for
his old home in Missouri.
In a Lion’s Den.—Poor old. Lee Belk,
who lost his life here on Saturday at the
hands of Reason brothers, had been in
numerous tight places during his eventful
and chequered life. The younger Rob
inson, who was managing the show which
was here on Saturday, related the partic
ulars of a frightful scrape old Lee got
into once during the term of several y«ars
he traveled with his father's show it
was in Texas. Lee had got into trouble
with a body of Texas ruffians who
come *c the show at, we think, Austin.
Furious with anger and whisky, they set
upon him with revolver and bowie knife
The case was hopeless but in flight and
successfully eluding pursuit. Luckily fi®
escaped the firs*, onset and threw them
off the track for a moment. He could
hear their howls and vengeful threats
Time was precious, and a desperate deed
for safety had to be done quickly. Ho
approached the keeper of the lion’s case
and, upon peril of his life, bade hinTde!
liver him instantly the key. Belk un
looked the door and entered, seeking <h«
safety inside the lion’s den he well
-as not outside. The ruse successfully
threw them off the scent. He rode in
the hon s cage seventeen mdes, and the
noble brute nobler than the humrn
brotes who pursued—treated him with
kind indifference. It ia doubtless the
only mshmee on record wherein mortal
sought and obtained safety from tosh?
funate fellows by taking refuge in a lion’s.
dtn—Mtrtdm (ifira.) jfereu^. *