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Liberal discounts made to large ad- • will have a favorable piacu . .-red, but no promise of continuous particular place can be given, as i ,. have equal opportunities. Adv. ft eD a publication rs m Gmia. We wish tbe newspaper men would let the'farmers aloao about planting corn. from the clamor that is raised one would it nine editors oat of every ten c JV ft t a barrel of corn at a sitting and get with a fuddor-stack, pole and all, in twenty-four hours. Suppose a farmer does plant all corn : what of it? The remedy is i mple. He can sell his land, emigrate to Texas, get disgusted, and then come back to Georgia aud work as a tenant. Let the formers alone. Th6 Hon. ilarceliua E. Thornton, of At lanta, is still eating hi* quail a day, but he wVg ^ef begiu to smell wonderfully like woodpeckers. It cannot be that the naughty young men of Atlanta are feasting the Hon. Marccllus E. upon log-cocks and yellow- hammers. Perish the unjust suspicion! If Fox or Miles Turpin have anything to do with the hill of fare, we know it can be re lied on. A Macon lady, who heard a suspicious noise late at night, and found, upon exami nation, that her husband was sitting com placently on the wet door-mat, was consoled by the information that he had been stunned bv striking bis head against the ceiling. Columbus has at last taken to drinking Milwaukee beer, and crime in that city is steadily on the decrease. Even the editors no longer refuse circus tickets. Since the editor of tbe Geneva Lamp has received a free pass over the Central Rail road, ho has endeavored, on two different occasions, to borrow seventy-five cents from Jim Deuse, oue of the conductors. But Jim didn’t have the money. Our Atlanta correspondent doesn’t seem to admire some of the antics cut by a few of those who tooted their gush-horns at the Western excursionist*. Major JI. Eugene Thornton, of Atlanta, is getting mighty fastidious. He says the carcasses of the birds which he is engaged in eatiDg.not only sit heavily on his stomach, but taste as though they had fed on nothing but bugs. We do not desire to discourage the Major, hut a private letter from Atlanta informs us that if he does not succumb, the twenty-seventh bird is to be killed some days beforehand. It will then be placed in the sun to ripen, after which it will be baked in a bed of bergamot leaves, for the purpose of destroying the gamey savor. We congratulate the Major upon his victory, which now seems assured. Oglethorpe couuty has but one pauper. "Americans, welcome! Gimme six bits !” is the proud motto of Port Royal, If you think this is a South Carolina affair, ask the Western excursionists. Mr. A. T. Woodward explains that his action in foreclosing the mortgage held by him on the Atlanta Courier was based on the action of the printers, who had alieady placed the office in the hands of a constable. A printer named llammoud, on his way from Savannah to Macon, fell from a high trestle, near Gordon, the other day, severely injuring himself about the bead. We had the pleasure of a visit yesterday from Mr. Eugene Speer, of the Griffin News, and Mr. J. C. McMichael, of the Barnesville Gazette and Thomaston Herald. They in tended to go to Eiorida, but the rain was so wet and Jacksonville so far, they concluded to go hom*. Anyhow, they made things pleasant while they stayed. A case of old-fashioned small pox has blossomed on a negro girl in Oglethorpe county. Dr. Andrews, of the Washington Gazelle, protests in the most eloquent manner against the odor of gnano in that town. When a man. who is a doctor as well as an editor, turns up his nose in print, you may know the perfumed gale is blowing. W e Lave received the first number of the Franklin News, a new paper started in Heard county. It is edited and published by Mr. 8. J. Johnston. The Superior Court of Berrien county con vened yesterday. The German immigrants who have settled near Eastman are preparing to make them selves comfortable. Mr. Sam. W. Small, of Atlanta, has been appointed official stenographer of the At lanta Circuit by Judge Peeples. In addition to this, Mr. Small is the proprietor of a new b&by. Mr. William L. Harrell, of Dodge sounty, was accidentally drowned the other day while fishing. The colored brethren of Oglethorpe county have renewed their religious revival. Every negro in the county has been con verted twice and now they are going in for the third time. A colored sawyer wa% caught in the belt- tog of a mill he was running near Eastman wag so sf rioualy injured that he died in & few hours. Oglethorpe county boasts of a man who has eaten two quail a day for forty daye in succession. An Atlanta man named Feree told a Mew >eans man the other day that he was no gentleman, an ^ invited him to come to time. wtin said he thought he would, and ho whereupon Feree got down to the gait Msumed by the Atlanta policemen when ia supposed to be on the war- P a *h, and made his escape. Onilia has a colored skating rink, and the negroes Lave worn all the hair off their heads trying to learn. Somebody has been writing detectiv e ones, of Atlanta, a scurrilous letter rela- Uve t0 Myram Wood affair. James Lee, a white Northern Metho- * ‘ sl l' rcac ker stationed in Atlanta, has been to outlie Gil. Haven. In the course •arecent sermon at the North, Lee let ^ seif out in a manner shameless enough Bish XC ^ eQv ^ ^is miscegenatiDg D f^ ro in Richmond eounty was fa- burned tbe other day. t.Iurieu Gazette says: “Gov. Smith, ’ ai J * rom a reliable source, is not a candidate for " Orl< senator Norwood’s place. He ‘-arm personal friend of Mr. Norwood, support him with all his might for in e popiiion be now holds." jtoglaries are quite frequent inCuthbert. 0 ff lt e h Cr * WfOrd ^ l0 says t* 10 Tanners of tQ ! orpe c °unty are making preparations amucb larger crop of cotton this 0 an aD >' year since the war. 011 the Georgia Road was 8u" Ved by fire ° n Frida y ni 6kt. £H<f 8 r BtlVe para K ra P h f rom the Crawford *° to Eexington depot, buy a ton of , 0Ur ° or8ixt y dollars on time, put it on fifteen" a8 ° D &Ud drive out oI the P lace man v ° r U 2niy milea » 8eil ik to the first the m<V mtfct fcr thirty dollars cash, pocket “IT W ‘ y . rriuicing - Washed ./. I? ,' A f6W da ? 8 ag0 W ® w ntaii,' , U Sltlc 8 lrom Ibe Geneva lamp, ^ , ilrc,aii ni i^j 7er . c strictures on the Central siding th 6 n«k cllarg i? g the officers .with jpeciaj rates . e J? das b T giving them w* line 0i ti a « d ‘SKing them from along 01 tLe mto the ci tie», * e taro matmali J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1876. ESTABLISHED 1850. being collected at the destination, from the agents who wait for them. Our attention has been called to it by the officials of the Central Road at this end of the line, and they deny that any such things have hap pened over their roads. They say that in no case will they, or have thev brought ne groes into the city, the fare to be p h id at this end, and they deny that they give 3pecial rates to negroes or agents. Camilla (Mitchell county) Enterprise : Dr. B I. A Call, of this place, has in his posses sion a stoat, knotty hickory walking cane, which was cat from the stump over one hun dred and fifty years ago, in the county of Down, near Rostreva, in Ireland, by his grandfather, and sent to his sou, Jas. Cull, by the lamented Judge Lumpkin, of Athens, from Ireland. After the death of Mr. Jas Cull—Dr. Cull’s father—at Washington. Georgia, the Doctor found this cane in his trunk, and preserved it as a memento of bis ancestry. Dr. Cull’s father was 104 years old when he died. The doctor also ha* a pocket-knife of Joseph Rodgers’s make, bought by his father in Charleston, 8. C., when he was seven years old, conse quently is over oue hundred years old. It contains two blades, both of which are worn so till they are not wider than a broom straw. Both these old relics have passed through times that tried men’s souls, and if they could speak would doubtless tell tales of wonder. The doctor will not send them to the Centennial. Florida Affairs. Pnrman seems to disremember. some how or other, that his political knavery is as elaborate and has been as long continued as that of Stearns, or Cheney, or—no, we will except McLin. John Tyler, Jr., announces that ho is run ning the Fernandina Observer entirely inde pendent of Hicks. We mentioned some days ago, on the au thority of the Monticello Constitution, that Mr. John H. Kearney, a Northern commer cial traveler, had taken occasion while in that town to make some very insulting allu sions to the Confederate leaders, both living and dead. Mr. Kear ney assures us that the informant of ^he Constitution is mistaken. He says he has been traveling in the South for a numbor of years, aud has always endeavored to re ciprocate the courtesy and kindness with which he has been met. He also informs us that he has written a note to the editors of the Constitution denying the statement which that paper made on the authority of an informant. This correction is also in tended to include the paragraph iu our lo cal columns of yesterday. The slurs cast at Rev. John Tyler, Jr. ; by Cheney are amusing enough to those who know the impotent bitterness that lurks behind them. A correspondent proposes Judge Charles H. Dupont as the Democratic candidate for Governor. There is not a better man in Florida than Judge DuPont, nor one upon whom the Democracy and Conservatism of the State could unite with greater harmony, unanimity and enthusiasm. McLin, it seems, does not, after all, stand very high in the estimation of John Tyler, Jr. At any rate the latter, in the last issue of the Fernandina Obsei’ver, alludes to Samuel in such affectionate terms as villain blackguard, knave, coward, scoundrel, pol troon, traitor, deserter, wretch, and bo forth. It is by the application of such little kind lings as these that the Radical pot will be made to boil over. What with the aspira tions of Purman, Conover, Steams and McLin, aud the earnestness of Tyler, we may expect a v ery exciting campaign. And how does Dennis propose to contri bute to the success of the Radicals in Florida ? At which corner of the triangle does he propose to sit ? Overby, a poor devil of a saloon-keeper- can be sent to North Carolina on warrants for his arrest, but Littlefield, the bond thief, is protected by a wretch who is Gov ernor by accident. Sir Robert Abercromby is in Jacksonville. Cessna, we presume, considers himself out of politics. We hope he has discovered that agriculture is & more honest as well as a healthier pursuit than perpetual carpet- bagism. They will all come to grief in timi —Purman, Dennis, Cheney; Steams, Glea son, and all. The Jacksonville Press says that a now dodge has turned up in tbe confidence game. A young girl of ten or twelve years of age is the usual medium, directed, of course, by male or female sharp era, who do not ap pear in ihe transaction at all. The dodge is for the girl to enter a store of any kind, and, laying down a ten cent scrip, ask to be obliged with two five cent pieces. Receiving them, she departs only to return in 4 few minutes with a leaden iac-simile of a five cent coin, which she says is “not good.’ The merchant readily exchanges it, giving no thought to the matter. In this manner a smart girl can easily earn for her mana gers several dollars per day. The educated coon, once the pride and the boast of Lake City, has gravitated to Jacksonville. Cheney states that Hamilton Jay is likely to find a refuge in the Key West custom house—but Cheney always was unreliable. Purman will do well to make his Congres sional will. That cadetship business has settled his hash. Cheney says he would be glad to see Rev. John Tyler, Jr., “properly estimated by the people of the State.” No doubt. But, so far as the rank and file of the Radical party is concerned, Stearns’s stool pigeon will not have that satisfaction. Miccosnkie had some charades and tab leaux the other day. Mr. Frank Selph, of Columbia county, died of pneumonia recently. Rev. John Tyler, Jr., nominates J. T. Walls, colored, for Governor. This is a shell in the Stearns camp, and it will not be with out effect; but we repeat here what we have already said, viz.: that the native Republi cans of Florida are almost unanimous in favor of Tyler, and we have no doubt Walls will decline the nomination. The cedar pencil mills at Tampa are in full blast, turning out 216,000 pencils a day. Jacksonville Press : A friend of ours in Pennsylvania has furnished us with a little item of Mr. Poorman’s (Purman now) past history. Hamilton first, Pnrman second, and Hicks third—all three came from the same place, like a greedy swarm of vultures to prey upon the carcass of Florida. We trust no more similar bloody-shirters will come. We will publish the item in our next issue. Tampa Tribune: Col. J. B. Gonzales, of the 7th Begiment Florida Militia, soi-ilisant phvsician, dentist and photographer, de parted from Tampa last Sunday morning. Bv an effort to take some of other people s property with him he well illustrated the tbieving iDStincts of the party and adminis tration which made him a Colonel. True, in such matters Sell-us is apt. Letter from & colored man in Monticello Constitution: Though a colored man myself I am not in favor of a white man, or rather one who claims to be such, coming among us and disgracing tbe community by walk ing out on Sunday afternoon with our col ored women—one on each side of him— through the public streots of the city. The colored people cannot respect any rahskal- lion as the partv alluded to, who came here to instruct our children, but whose course is such as to lead them astray, to the dis grace of their parents and the community. Miss B and iliBS L have done them selves great dishonor by associating with this fellow. Jacksonville Press: Furman has come out boldlv and manfully, and has demanded an inves'tigation or the charges brought against him by Governor M. L. Stearns. On the contrary he has instituted two very Berions accusations against the Governor, affecting verv intimately his private character and reDutation. The first is, that while agent of the Freedman's Bureau of this State, he swindled the freedmen out of quantities of provisions, which ho from time to time sold {hr rnonev to the planters. The other is, that he has violated his constitutional duty as Governor, in declining to convene an extra Bession of the Legislature to provide forrthe current expenses of the present year, which disregard of dnty he attributes to an inde finable fear” an 1 “guilty conscience. Now wbaVthe Governor to do in this emer- _ r 9 These are grave and damaging ?hS3e*s made against the ehief magistrate .t&toed i» -National ^Congress, and spread upon the national records. Millions of people in this great country are asking the ques tion, “are they true or false?” Neither speeches, the denials of friends, nor the contradiction of his party organs can relieve the Governor of these terrible allegations. His proper tribunal is the State Legislature, and he should at once call an extra session of that body, to com mence an investigation. His own self-re spect and official dignity, together with the fair fame of the State, demand an imme diate inquiry, and we confidently expect him to be equal to the occasion. The Jack sonville Union and the Tallahassee Sentinel, which are partly owned and controlled by tbe Governor, are impotent of themselves to check or alter public sentiment. South Carolina Affairs. Edgefield had a leap-year party Friday night last. The impeachment trial of Judge Mont gomery Moses is slowly dragging on its length. # John Bragden, who is now living on the plantation of Dr. F. J. Bethea, near Reedy creek, in Marion, is eighty-nine years of age. He is the father of twenty-three children—seven sons aud sixteen daughters. The youngest son is only seven years of age. Mr. E. J. Moody, of Marion county, planted thirty acres of corn on the 2d in stant. Messrs. Canton aud Hubbard, in Colom bia, arrested James Wadlington, from Ridgeway, in Fairfield county, on Tuesday. Wadlington is charged with having been entrusted with six watches for the purpose of repairing the same. Justice Marshall, of Fairfield county, issued the warrant for his arrest. A difficulty occurred at McLeod’s Mill, in Marlboro county, last week, between some white and colored men, resulting in the se rious injury of a colored man named Hunt. It grew out of some political mat ter iu connection with the election last fall Tho villain who burnt the stables and horses of D. E. Gilchrist, in Marion, was discovered last week in the act of burning another building on the premises. Tbe in cendiary is a negro boy on the plantation about eighteen years old, by the name of Joseph Green, who pretends that he did it to destroy the horses and agricultural im plements, so that ho would not have to work. Speody justice will be meted to him. The court room m Marion has been con siderably improved in comfort and appear ance. In the month of February 991 bales of cotton were shipped from the depot at Ches ter. Total shipments for the six months, beginning September 1, 1875, and ending February 29, 1876, 13,081 bales. Anderson has a fine brass band. Strawberries have been seen in the Charleston market at seventy-five cents per quart. Thieves entered the smoke-house of T. C. Moody last week, in Marion, and stole sev eral hundred pounds of bacon, a hundred pounds of rice, about half a barrel of su gar, and several other articles. They en tered by prizing off tho boards with a crow bar. A considerable hail and wind storm passed below Anderson on Sunday afternoon. Corn planting has commenced in Marion county, aud will bo general there by the 20th. The March term of the court iu Marion was held last week. Judge Townsend, iu his charge to the grand jury, attributed the iucrease of crime to the large number of vagrants, and suggested an active crusade against them. The Town Council of Marion were commended for their refusal to grant liquor licenses. The Barnwell Democratic Convention meets at Barnwell Court House on the first Monday in April. A colored man in Marion, having lost a front tooth, carved out a wopden one anil fitted it accurately in place, thus getting the dead wood on the dentists. Capt. E. W. Ferrin, Collector of Internal Revenue, has appointed S. C. Whitehearte Special Deputy for Marion. The Lexington Sunday school is in prosperous condition. Henry T. Veitch, printer by trade, died at the .residence of his brother-in-law, Dr. Hazel, at Great Cypress, on tho 26th ult. Mr. Veitch served his apprenticeship on the Charleston Evening News. The Sumter Watchman learns that a Mr. Lee, who lives near the Marion and Wil liamsburg line, was recently robbed of a large sum of money while returning from Georgetown, where he had carried a large raft of timber. He aud a r.egro wero asleep, when the ruffians came up and demanded their money or their life. N. B. Goddard, of Marion, has built a modern gin house, one feature of which is the location of six tanks of water, holding one hundred and tnirty-five gallons each, on the roof, for use in case of fire. The Barnwell Sentinel says the bill passed by the Legislature repealing the charter of the town of Brunson, on the Port Royal Railroad, has been vetoed by the Governor, and the same has been sustained by a vote of 46 to 18. Tho total amount of past indebtedness of Marion county, as registered by the County Commissioners, is #1,267 74. Senator Swails, in his paper, the Williams burg Republican, nominates Governor Chamberlain for a second term, and argues that the Republicans have in him the only available candidate. Columbia Register: A warrant was issued yesterday at Chester, for the arrest of F. B. Lloyd. School Commissioner of that county, for purchasing school certificates, which is prohibited by the act of 1873. On an affidavit made by W. B. Burnett foreman of the grand jury of Chester coun ty, Deputy Sheriff W. E. Walker arrested Treasurer Yocom, on the cars last Sunday morning, as he was returning from Colum bia, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the county of Chester in the matter of teachers’ pay certificates. Treasurer Yo com has given bond for his appearance at the next ensuing term of court. A ku-klux raid upon the place of Colonel S. S. Tompkins, in Edgefield county, recent ly, was found to have been instigated and participated in by negroes exclusively. Green Dickson, Major Boulware and Hyder Crockett have been arrested in Lan caster for stealing cotton from Mrs. M. J. Wvlie, of Chester, last December. While Justice Ragsdale was in search of tbeso rogues he found Wade Rosborough and Lee Chesnut, of Chester, who stole two bales of cotton last January from Major Mills, of Blackstock, and are believed to have stolen eight or ten bales from Mr. Wm. Caldwell, of Chester, two vears ago. Chesnut escaped. Rosborough confessed and im plicated five other persons, one white, in the areeny of Mr. Caldwell’s cotton. They have been arrested. The following extract takes a sanguinary hue. It is from the Marion Star : “Mr. J. D. McLucas, in the last issue of his paper, intimated threats against us. We take them to be intimations of personal violence, as he knows we are under bond. We shall pursue the even tenor of our way and shall always be found where duty and business calls* us, and when Mr. McLncas makes a personal attack on us, that moment will de cide whose wife will be left a widow and whose children will be orphans. Neither the pen nor the sword of Mr. McLucas can intimidate us.” The Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad have received the much-talked-of dumping machine. Tbe object is to fill up every trestlework on the road between Co- nmbia and Wilmington. The fiist place to be filled in is Hampton’s mill pond—Colum bia’s bunting, fishing and bathing resort. The labor the machine performs in twenty- seven minutes, bv actual test, it would re quire eight men forty-eight hours to per form. BY TWIN THE MORNING NEWS. LETTER FROM ATLANTA. Noon Telegrams. THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION Bristow and Bontwell on the Ragged Edge. DANA DOESN’T WANT TO FACE THE SENATE COMMITTEE. Mount Vesuvius in a .state of Eruption. THE COBBUPTIOSISTS. Washington, March 20.—Secretary Bris tow will appear before the Committee on Ex penditures of the War Department and ask for an investigation of all the details of the Kentucky mule claim. Bontwell calls for a copy of his letter to Henry Clews, asking for $60,000 for the Pennsylvania campaign on corrapt con ditions. VESUVIUS. Rohe, March 20.—Vesuvius is in a state of eruption. The lava flows toward Pompeii. A column of vapor from the summit reflects the flames beneath, and vast quantities of lava are discharged. The scene is magni- cent. DANA. Boston, March 20.—Dana writes Boutwell that he does not wish his nomination with drawn, but he will not go to Washington to submit a question touching his honor to a committee which has taken the coarse the Committee cn Foreign Relations has. YOUTHFUL THIEVES. St. Louis, March 20.—James Little and Wm. O’Malley, aged 16 and 18, have been arrested, charged with stealing several thousand dollars from a business house in New Orleans. They had $4,000 when ar rested. FBOH BEBLIN. Bkblin, March 20.—Von Moltke goes to Italy for his health. He has iufluenzi. The Bishop of Paderboru has suddenly and secretly quitted Holland. BUBNED. Scbanton, March 20.—The Catholic con vent connected with St. Vincent Cathedral is burned. The Western Men—The ii ushers .Meet the Excursionists and They are Theirs—Joej B. Rises to Explain—How He Risked His Life and .Made His Fortune—“De mosthenes” as a Comedian—Load Ap- plnuse in Pit and Hallcry. [From an Occasional Correspondent.] SHOT DOWN IN 11 IS TRACK*. A Colored Prisoner Fatally Wounded by a Work-House C.aard—What Came of an Intuit to a Young Lady. Wednesday evening a negro man named W. H. Spencer, thought to have been crazy, was arrested by policeman Arnold and placed in the station-house. Yester day a State's warrant was issued against him as being a dangerous man in tbe community, by a prominent citizeD resid ing on North Cherry street. Spencer was subsequently removed from the station- house and arraigned before Justice Bas kette. The evidence brought out in the investigation was as follows: Early iu the afternoon of Wednesday, when the daughter of the gentleman who swore out the warrant was returning from school, she was followed by Spencer until she reached her home. Spencer en tered the house, and without saying a word took a seat. When the young lady hesitatingly asked to know what the man wanted, he told her not to be afraid, as he did not intend to harm her, and after a moment insulted her. The young lady, becoming alarmed, went to her mother and told her of the man’s being in the parlor and of his insolence toward her. After the mother had driven him from the house, he returned. He was driven away by* a gentleman who lived in the next house. By this time the father of the young lady, who was not far off, had been called in. He followed the negro until he found the policeman who ar rested him. Iu the search at the station but one article was found upon Spencer’s person —an account book, containing a few small entries by the secretary or book keeper at the Fisk University, at which place he was a student. During the trial the negro said that he had a secret mission to perform—that of entering the premises of families where there was any discord and of reconciling such discords; that he had heard that the gentleman, whose house he had entered, did not get along well with his wife, and he wished to make everything right between them. Justice Baskette found nothing in the charge upon which he could bind the prisoner over, bat sent him to the county work house for safe keeping. The keeper of that institution soon afterwards made arrangements to carry Spencer out to the County Asylum and put him to work w ith other prisoners at that place. Some doubt arising as to whether Spen cer ought to work or not, the mittimus was returned to Justice Baskette, with the inquiry whether he had sent Spencer there for the purpose of workifig. The justice answered in the affirmative. The mittimus was then taken to Judge Ferriss to find out what he thought of placing the man at werk. He answered that since Spencer had been sent to the work-house for that purpose he most be put with the other hands. On the way out to the asylum the prisoner showed a great deal of uneasiness, saying that he had done nothing to be put to woik for, and that he intended to see “that woman yet,” referring to the young lady. He was put to work, and instruction were given to the guards to keep a strict watch upon him. After working, per haps half an hour in the quarry, he came out and said that he did not intend to work afiy longer, and that that sort of business was more than he bargained for. The guard, Robert Marshall, ordered him back, but he refused, however, to go, but started off in a run. When he had gone sixty yards, and still refusing to halt, Marshall fired at his legs. Just at that momeht Spencer jumped into a small ra vine, causing the shot to take effect just above his thighs and back, two of the buckshot entering on either side of the spine immediately above the hips. The wounds were thought to be fatal. Spencer is a bright mulatto and can hardly be distinguished from a white man. He is thirty-six years of age and has recently come to this city from Ar kansas to attend the Fisk University.— Nashville American. The fact that the people of New Mexi - co polled a nearly unanimous vote lately against the establishment of common schools in that territory, is held to de monstrate their unfitness to come into the rights and privileges of State citizen- The Diffebence Between a Bbotheb and a Wife.—Mr. Marsh traded with Mrs. Belknap for a post-tradership. Mrs. Beflfciap is the wife of the Secretary of War. Mr. Belknap is forced to resign his office. A guard is placed over his house. He is subjected to the ignominy of a criminal arrest, and is now out of jail only because he has given heavy bail. Other parties traded for post trader- ships with Mr. Orville Grant. He is the brother of the President. The President notified him in advance when there were to be vacancies. This afforded brother Orville a chance to speculate out of them. The President must have given the notices on purpose to afford brother Or ville a chance to speculate out of the ap pointments, because there is no other ob ject he could have had in view in furnish ing this information to Orville. Yet the President remains in the White House at twice the salary paid to George Washington. He does not resign ; he is not arrested ; he is not molested. It would seem to be much safer for speculators and dealers in office and ap pointments to deal with a brother than with a wife.—N. Y. Sun. A Highlander who died recently left directions in his will that his coffin should be covered with a sky-blue cloth edged with white, and instead of the usual mort cloth a Highland plaid be used. He also wished his executors to provide plenty of “good Highland whisky, with bread and cheese,” for those attending his funeral, and that not more than one dram of whisky be given to the children who might attend. Atlanta, March 18, 1876. THE EXCUBSIONISTS. This has been a gala week for the Gate City. The unselfish patriotism of its people was stirred to its profoundeat depths by the presence of the North western excursionists, and an amount of gas was let off which would exhaust any other city except Atlanta. Fortunately, however, it has a supply of that article always bottled up to meet any emergency that may arise. The Atlantese are a wonderful people. They have no rivals in the art of making a sensation. It was a happy thought in Dr. White to project this one. He has been here long enough to learn how to touch the pulse of his neighbors. His scheme of introducing his friends from the North w’est was quite a success, and no doubt it will result in some good. It has brought into our midst persons who before knew very little of our people, and they will probably return home with their prejudices somewhat softened and possessed of information which may be of advantage to them as well as to us. But there was a great deal said at the grand reception given to the honored guests at De Give's Opera House which to a sober listener was, to say the least, not altogether consonant with good taste and becoming dignity. After inviting these people here hospitality required that they should be received and entertained in a proper way. FLUNKEYISM. But to make such a parade over them as was made, surfeit them with long- winded, turgid, adulatory speeches, in which their virtues were held up to our disparagement as a people, was carrying the thing a little too far. If tbe people they represent are a great people, they know it without any pompous deelama tion by our orators on that subject; and if we are a great people, and have a great country, they will find out these facts during their sojourn amongst us, without dinning their ears with the re frain. All the speakers dwelt upon another fact, which really seemed to assume that they were addressing men little acquaint ed with the events of the day. Every body of ordinary intelligence knows that “the war is over,” and yet this fact was repeated over and over again, and dwelt upon with an earnestness which implied that there was great doubt entertained about its truth, and that we were ashamed of the part we took in the war, and were ready to cry out. “peccavi !* The speakers also seemed very anxious to convince our Northern friends that slavery had been abolished, and some of them came very near admitting, if they did not quite admit, that it was right to abolish it in the manner it was done. What sensible man, North or South doubts the fact that slavery at the South is extinct? But what truo Southern man doubts that our people were right in defending the institution in the last ditch; that slaves were their property under the constitution as much as their houses and lands, and that the war waged for its destruction was in vio lation of that compact, and an unmiti gated outrage ? Are we now to go back on our record and admit that we were wrong and our adversaries right ? A gener ous adversary would not ask us to do this. Ex-Governor Brown said to the honored guests of the city: “ You very natu rally concluded it (meaning slavery j ought to be abolished, and that we did wrong to maintain it.” According to his ethics, it was very natural for our Northern brethern to take from us property to the amount, in value, of our present national debt, without compensation, and leave us A NATION OF PAUPEBS. Very complimentary, indeed, to the Northern people ! “But,” said the ex- Govemor, “we will be a more self-re liant, hardy, independent people in fu ture.” This is our compensation for tho blood of the brave and the loss of mil lions of property.’ If such sentiments as these are to be the staple of the speeches of men who assume to lead pub lic opinion, how long will wo retain our own self-respect or love for the memory of those who fell in our defense ? Ex- Governor Brown knows as well as any man that, in endurance, and prowess on the field of battle, our soldiers were not inferior to the North ern soldiery. He knows, further, that they maintained an unequal contest in numbers, and in all the appliances of war, for four long years, and that equality in these respects would have insured our final triumph; that it was not until our ranks were thinned to a shred that our flag was lowered. Did this show a want of self-reliance, only “French chiv alry and dash,” as he and his admired hero, Sherman, would have us believe? Or was it necessary to the entertainment of our visitors that one, who had risked his life and fortune like he did in the Lost Cause, should make a contrast derogatory to the character of our people for man hood? We have had enough of this sort of stuff furnished us by the Northern press and Northern books, without promi nent speakers here retailing it to flatter our late enemies, friends now, it is to be hoped. It is neither true, just, nor manly. We are, and always have been, the equals of the people of any section of this Union, in all the elements of true man hood—physicial, moral, and intellectual, and he is false to the truth of history and the traditions of the past who his the hardihood to assert the contrary. IE “DEMOSTHENES OF THE MOUNTAINS.’’ Ex-Senator H. V. M. Miller deserves a passing notice for the part he took in this performance at DeGive’s. It would re quire too much space to comment fully upon that gentleman's remarks. It was evidently his object to amuse his audience by a display of wit and humor. And the ex-Senator did make some “good hits,” if they were rather coarse for a refined audience. But his hearers laughed, and that was what the speaket wanted. The “Demosthenes of the mountains” descended to the arts and tricks of the comedian, and “brought down the house. ” This was glory enough. Old Virginia was even made a butt for the occasion. He had something to say, even at the expense of that noble old commonwealth, for the amusement of his guests, and he selected her F. F. V.’s for this digni fied part, and in tracing their lineage to refugees from justice, and the servant girls, who were brought over and sold to them as wives for tobacco, in colonial times, he excited great laughter and ap plause. It was a “decided hit,” and took so well that he next choose a nearer neighbor—poor down-trodden South Carolina—and made fun of her chivalry in former times. He assumed that such things would delight the honored guests, and they did laugh long and loud. The home of secession, and the soil where the cause was fought and lost, famished, he thought, subjects of ridicule fit for the occasion. Well, de gustibus non dieputandum. THE OTHER SPEAKERS. No comments will be made upon the speeches of the other gentlemen on the occasion referred to. While they were not very entertaining, they were not very ob noxious to criticism. The old song, “The War is Over,” “ Let the Dead Bury the Dead,” formed the basis of all the varia tions that were rang, from base to alto. What a pity it has not been set to better music! Your correspondent acquired a distaste to “Old Hundred” in his younger days, and this is the tune “ Old Joe ” sung, but he pitched it too low. WHAT NEXT ? The Atlantese, however, were satisfied. The excursionists looked happy, the speakers looked equally as happy, and Dr. W. H. White looked the happiest of all. He said, after the ceremonies were oyer, that he would insure the Atlanta people all at reduced rates. What next ? Perhaps a sermon. Quidlibet. LETTER FROM MADISON, FLA. Three Strolling Kegroes—The Refunding of the Cotton Tax—How It *bo«Id Be Done—Weather and Crops—Minor Notes. From an Occasional Correspondent. J that are ’ of the enough Madison, Fla., March 16, 1876. Were an angel to descend and affirm the existence of a way unknown to the carpet-baggers and their dusky allies, by which a man could make (steal, properly,) a living—sometimes a fortune—his alle gation would not be accepted unques tioned. With the many “ways dark and tricks that are vain” former, you are already well posted. Of the latter there is A BAND OF THREE, traveling through the country, hiring themselves at any price whatever, draw ing their rations and leaving during the night. These remind one of the recent atrocities at Eden, as your correspondent stated there were still three not arrested. While remaining several days with their employer, two of them never took off their coats, even while working, beariqg pistols, as was learned after they left. During the greater part of Sunday they remained iu the woods. These actions, together with the complaining one, who is now believed to have been wounded, has aroused suspicion of some dark deed. They represented themselves fiom Leon county, in this State. THE COTTON TAX. The bill introduced into Congress by Mr. Wells, intending to make a perma nent school fuud of the illegal cotton tax, should it pass, would indeed be most dissatisfying to a large majority of the payers of said tax, who, not only the Morning News and the Hon. A. T. McIntyre, but every sensible man knows, were the producers. Several have ex pressed their opinion in regard to it, and not one would give a three-pence for his share—which was from $100 to $1,500, should Mr. Wells’s bill become a law. From the present bill many old men, who either have no children to send, or never send to public schools, would derive no benefit at all; and moreover, what right has Congress or any other power to dic tate the use to which private property shall be applied ? Every thinking man can at once see that a majority in Con gress, who had nothing to do with raising said cotton, could dictate the application of said tax if they were disposed so to do. And if Congress has a right to vote it to the States which paid it—which would give half of it to those who paid not a cent of it—then it has an equal right to vote it to the whole Union. As far as private opinion can be ascer tained, MOST ACCEPTABLE RULING would be to give each individual the amount paid, as far as he could prove, and let the balance unproved go to dis charge the public debt of the several States. This, of course, would inflict some injustice on the small number of planters who could not prove the tax which they actually paid. Some time ago there was organized in this county a Farmers and Ph.nters' Club, for the purpose of promoting a better condition of labor (which is sadly need ed), and for exchange of views, making crop reports, etc. To it belon g the most substantial and successful farmers of Madison eounty. The regular time of meeting is the first Wednesda y in each month. All farmers and otht rs inter ested are invited to attend. CROP PROSPECTS. We have this day probably had the heaviest rain which has fallen iiR this vicinity for a year or more. It whs much needed, as many places in the fie Ids had become very hard and could not be well broken, which is very essential y 1 «o corn making. Many farmers are abou t half through planting corn, while others Lave hardly commenced. Probably one >-half has been planted. The present prospect indicates a small decrease in the acrt'ftge of cotton. But, lo! I have fallen i uto the channel of the Constitutionalist and Financial Chronicle—estimating. NECROLOGY. Recently five deaths have occurred j within the borders of this county, among them Mr. Rufus Dickinson, an old and estimable citizen of Madison, of pneumo nia. Among them, also, was a colored woman, who is said by her friends to have been poisoned by her legal husband and Hannah No. 2. Their plan succeeded well. DROWNED. Friday night last a negro man and bis little son started out fishing on a lake near Belleville, Hamilton county, in n. boat nearly filled with water. The so.u seeing the boat sinking, jumped out ana.' swam ashore. His father was drowned, leaving five or six children and wife to mourn his untimely loss. THE NEW PAPER. The young, clever and enterprising Messrs. Mosely have established a Demo cratic weekly in Madison. I hope the Democrats will not, as has too often been the case heretofore in this State, fail to bestow their patronage upon a deserving press at home. Runnymede. The Political Outlook in Florida— Who Shall be the Democratic Nomi nee for Governor ? Jacksonville, March 18, 1876. Editor Morning News : Dear Sir—As the political campaign, national and State, is approaching, you may desire to be advised of the “outlook in Florida. The Democratic prospect of success is decidedly encouraging. Not only does the recent developments of fraud and corraptiq*i in “high places” at Washington favor this hope, but the criminations and recriminations of Steams and Cowgill on the one hand, and Conover and Purman on the other, in State matters, aid to de stroy confidence in all Radical rule and honesty, and cause us to believe that day light is breaking. But, to insure success, the Democracy of Florida must be vigilant and united— muat not be ashamed of their party nanlef'must eschew “Conservative” and “Reform,” and fearlessly inscribe “Dem ocratic” on their banners. The voters must register and come to the polls. Apathy must vanish. Each man must be a committee of six hundred iu himself to storm the Balaklava of Radicalism, and victory will be ours, now and forever. Who shall be our Gubernatorial candi date ? Who shall be our leader ? Let sectional jealousies disappear—let per sonal preferences be sunk. Many excel lent names are suggested. For instance, Colonel J. J. Daniel and Mr. Columbus Drew, of Duval county; Colonel Robert Bullock, of Marion county; Mr. George F. Drew and Hon. E. J. |Vann, of Madi son county; General Barnes, of Jack- son county, and perhaps others— all good men and true. No one doubts that either of those gentlemen named would make an honest and effi cient Governor. But who is the best ? is the question. On whom can wo con centrate ? W ho will carry most strength into the field ? My own impression is, that some one not yet prominently con sidered! will carry off the prize. If a young man, it may be Davidson, of Gads den. Or, if an old man, it may be ex- Chief Justice Charles H. Dupont, also of Gadsden county. Shall I tell it, of all men in the State, this grand old man is my first choice ! With an un sullied and enviable record of more than half a century, he still stands “the noblest Roman of them all!” Born in South Carolina, educated and married in Georgia, a Floridian by adoption since early manhood, identified with the weal and woe of his foster-mother, from territorial times and throughout the vicissitudes and changes of a State exis- tence, until thfr present. True to her under all circumstances. Filling, with honor to himself and credit to her, many- of her highest offices and trusts, in bet ter days—not deserting her in her adver- si»y and humiliation—awakening hope and energy in her desponding ones in the days of darkness. Setting an ex ample of fortitude and courage in the midst of despondency and gloom. Seizing the handle of the pfow, Cincin- natus-like, when the State no longer needed his services, demonstrating by voice and pen and action her vast re sources, and calling attention to them, and attracting healthy immigra tion to her borders, and inaugurating an era of better things and better times for Florida, who so pre-eminently fitted for the occasion as the Hon. Charles H. Dupont? O. K. A CONTRACT PURCHASE. Men’s Wives at Washington. When an ambitious woman undertake® the role of a politician in Washington she is almost certain to attain some meas ure of success. If she is married, she can do things which her husband could not or would not dare to do. If she is single, she can be even more audacious and reckless. Women who love power and the emoluments which political in fluence secures, find Washington an ex cellent place for their activity. Even those who were supposed to know no thing of business and politics, after livingin Washington a while, begin to take an interest in contracts, claims, and bills for improvements. Moreover, a woman of consummate tact has certain decided advantages over the male politi cian. She is not held accountable for what she does. Pray, when was a woman ever arraigned for attempting to bribe or corrupt a Congressman? She disburses money, appeals openly and privately to legislators to support her bill, and hardly ever gets a point blank refusal. The chivalry of men shields her from open rebuke and often from a blunt denial. She extorts promises, appeals to sympa thy, argues her case well, and with the advantage of knowing after awhile all the ins and outs of politics. She is often reckless, because in Diany instances she has nothing to lose. She is not to be a candidate for any office, and often her social position will rather be helped than prejudiced by her success in pushing through her enterprises. The female politician is brilliant, per - suasive and often triumphant. But on the whole she is not a success. She is dashing and reckless, lacking secretive ness, reticence and the sagacity to oblit erate evidence which may, at some future day, be turned against her. It would be far better if she would set up as a “sole trader." A domicile stored with fulmi nating powder can hardly be more dan gerous than the wife of a Congressman or Cabinet officer who subjects domicile and husband to the dreadful explosives of schemes which she has secretly man aged. Williams and Belknap are not the only victims.— San Francisco Bulletin Babcock Alleged lo Have Secured the Job of Building the Potomac Bridge ia Con- ulderatlon of a Promised Two Hundred Thouimud Dollar*. New Haven, March 13, 1876.—The commotion in the War Department at tendant upon the Belknap exposure and the revelations in regard to the whisky ring has “brushed up” the memories of numerous individuals, and facts are com ing to light which have long slumbered in obscurity. For instance, it is now re membered that some three or four years ago the government advertised for pro posals to build an iron bridge across the Potomac, to take the place of what was known as the chain bridge. Among those who figured in the job, it is alleged, was S. R. Dickson, theu of this city, now of St. Louis. Mr. Dickson had had much experience as a bridge builder, and went to Washington to secure the contract. Congress had appropriated one million dollars as a starter, and it wan given out that tnere were other “millions in it.” While in Washington Mr. Dick son became acquainted with General Bab cock, then and until lately the President’s military secretary, and through him secured the contract to build the bridge. It seems that Dickson, at first, had no piospect of getting the contract, and was about retiring from the field iu disgust, when, it is alleged, he was given to un derstand by General Babcock that he could secure it, provided he would pay him i*W£N'Tr per CENT OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, or $200,000 of the $1,000,000 appro priated. This Dickson agreed to do, whereupon Babcock told him to put in his bid and go home, promising that the contract should be awarded to him. And it was, as the papers on file in the proper department will show. Notice of the award was sent to Mr. Dickson, and soon thereafter a person representing General Babcock came to this city to “perfect the arrangements.” Among the papers signed by Mr. Dickson, in the presence and at the solicitation of Babcock’s agent, was one which assigned to Bab- tock twenty per cent of the amount \ Thich Dickson was to receive for build- ii ig the bridge. This and the other papers w. use drawn up in due legal form; and to the' bond, which Dickson was required to giver for the faithful performance of his coniat ct, several prominent citizens at tached their names. Their names could be giveib but it is not necessary. Suffice it to say that Dickson, through impecu- niosity, failed to fulfil his contract, whereat B. abcock was greatly disappoin ted. A POTENT WEAPON OP DEFENSE. When it became known that Dickson had failed to beep his engagement* a rep resentative of the government came to New Haven and threatened to sue Mr. Dickson’s bondsmen, but on being shown a copy of the paper wherein it was agreed that General Babcock should receive twenty per cent of the contract price, a ccomp&nied by an intimation that the Bh me might be made public, the represen ts ive departed. It might be worth while for one of the House investigating com mit tees to inquire into this matter, as it ia ai iderstood that the papers in the case can be easily obtained. Besides, there are Ii ving witnesses to the transaction, of whom reside in New Haven. LIVELY DEVELOPMENTS. "VTe6 tern Democrats on the War- Path.- -A number of Western Democrats % iho rel use to worship the golden calf set i hy tl i© caucus last night at the dicta tion of the New York money-bags are talking ot some move that will show that the peopl© of tbe Western States will no longer 6ubm.R to hoodwinking by hard- money men. There is talk of calling a mass convention of citizens at Cincin nati on the 1st of June, to lay down m plain English some views on the financial state of the country that accord with the sufferings of the people, and if neither the Republican or Democratic Convention pay attention to their demands, it is pro posed to meet again in July and put a ticket in the field. The call will be issued for a convention, signed by prominent greenback men in Congress.—Cincinnati Enquirer. An Iron Trade Association has recently been formed in England, in part designed to supply what the London News calls an astounding meagemess and insufficiency . of detail in the returns of our iron pro duction. The United States, it adds, have been beforehand with ns in arrang- Jlore or Orville nnd Bnb.’n Rancalities in Connerficn with tbe Post Trnderships. Washington, March 17.—Ex-Governor Campbell, of Wyoming, now oneof the As sistant Secretaries of State, was before tbe committee in the War Department to-day, and read a dispatch published in the New Y'ork Herald, dated Bismarck, including him with others in the sale of post trader- ships, and said he appeared here volun tarily to deny, under oath, every state ment concerning him in that article. He had never in any way, directly or indi rectly, been concerned in the sale of post traderships, or in any bargain in any way affecting post traderships, and no one for him had been authorized to use his name in connection with the sale or barter of post traderships. He said he did not know of any post trader having paid money to the Secretary of War, or to any other person, for the privilege. He had heard such charges in Wyoming, but nothing definite, nor coaid he say who told him. C. K. Peck, of the firm of Durfee & Peck, who were post traders at Forts Sully, Rice, Stevenson and Buford, testi fied that the tradership at Fort Buford was taken from the firm aud given to A. C. Leighton. Gen. Hedrick was a partner of Leighton. J. W. Vaughan was designated to succeed the firm at Fort Stevenson. The firm was put out, as Mr. Peck understood through Orville P. Grant, though J. P. Pierce succeeded the firm at Fort Rice. Fitz attributed the appointment to the fact that he (Fitz) had been attentive to Mr. Tomlin son, an invalid, who had been placed in his care, and a brother of Mrs, Belknap. Mr. Athey was appointed to succeed the firm at Fort SiMIy. Mr. Peck said he had a conversation with the Sjcretary of War, who told him the appointment had been given to Athey by order of President Grant, and that was the reason why his firm was put out. Athey had been a clerk for W. C. Babcock, Sur veyor General of Kansas, and a brother of General Babcock, late President’s pri vate secretary. It was a valuable post when the firm had it, netting about $10,- 000 a year. The firm entered into a con tract with Athey, who had no means. W. C. Babcock came to see the firm about a contract to employ Athey at the rate of $1,500 a year, until he could furnish means to purchase the stock and supplies of Durfee & Peck. Athej’ subsequently ob - tained such means. Witness supposed the appointment was procured through the influence of Surveyor General Bab cock. In fact, it was understood between him and Athey. Witness said the proclamation of the President extending the great Sioux reser vation, enhanced the value of the posts of that reservation. Cheyenne and Stand ing Rock were on the great Sioux reser vation. The effect of the proclamation was to drive away all competition. Q. Do you know the reason which in duced the issuance of the proclamation ? A. It was generally understood out there that it was through the influence of Or ville Grant. Q. To close out all competition? A. Yes, air, which it did. It further appears from the testimony that Durfee & Peck were Indian traders at Cheyenne, under a license of the Inte rior Department, and were succeeded by Geo. Felt, to whom the firm sold their stock at satisfactory prices. Witness un derstood Peck’s appointment was through the influence of Orville Grant. The post was worth from $8,000 to $10,000 a year. The trade at Standing Rock was worth about $10,000 a year; witness attributed the removal of the firm at that place to Orville Grant, having understood that a revocation of the license of Durfee & Peck was issued from the Indian Bureau; witness asked the Secretary of the Inte rior about it, and the Secretary informed him the order was issued by direction of the President. The Secretary said that if he did not cut off a head when he was ordered to do so, the Prqpident would cut his head off. There was no complaint whatever against the firm of Durfee & Peck. Wit ness detailed the character of the contract with Athey. In consideration that he would buy up the stock of Durfee & Peck he was to receive a salary at the rate of $1,500 a year until he should do so. This was done to protect the interests of the firm, as they had $40,000 worth of goods at the post, and as Athey might have the goods at any time, and until Athey should buy the goods of the firm, they would pay Surveyor General Babcock $750 a quarter. This they did for three quar ters, making a sumaf $2,250. This was in consideration of Babcock’s having pro cured the contract. MORE IMPORTANT EVIDENCE IN THE BEL KNAP CASE. Mr. Clymer having completed liis in vestigation of the newspaper attack upon himself, will begin to-morrow with re newed vigor, and the first witness will draw him nearer and nearer to the devel opment of the crowning scandal- Peck, of the well known firm of Durfee *fc Peck, who controlled most of the post trader- ships on the frontier before Orville Grant’s palm itched for them, will take the stand in the morning. He arrived to day from Leavenworth, Kansas, having traveled five days and nights. Peck was formerly of Keokuk, Iowa, and it is shrewdly suspected that it was he who was mainly instrumental in bringing Belknap, his townsman, from obscurity to the President’s notice. The following private information, obtained from the highest sources, foreshadows distinctly what Peck’s testimony will be. Its importance is obvious. When Dur fee, his partner, lay on his death-bed, two years ago, in Leavenworth, Kansas, he was attended by Rev. I. S. Kalloch. A letter was one morning received from a neighboring city, written by C. W. Bab cock, brother of General Babcock. The letter, in distinct terms, said that the brother of the writer (Babcock; was anxious to receive the customary $5,000, which had been due now several months. Kalloch, being the dying man’s amanuensis, asked what it meant, whereupon Durfee, with death in his face, stated that the firm were accustomed to pay tribute to the administration at Washington for their control of the post-traderships, and this was one of the instalments. The reply was written to Babcock (the brother) to come up to Leavenworth and get his money, and he did so come and did get the money from Durfee before he died. The reason these men (Durfee and Peck) were thrown out, it now appears, was their delay in sending on the royalty on Hie post-traderships. and their complaint^fc) Delano that Orville Grant was poaching on their domains. Several witnesses of the most responsible character are now on the way to sustain this evidence. SWINDLING MAIL CONTRACT. Fisk, the editor of the Republican newspaper of Montana Territory, testi fied before the House Post Office Com mittee to-day that the Walla Walla and Missoula, or Huntley mail contract, which extends over a route more than five hundred miles in length, and to continue which costs, as estimated, eight dollars on each letter, was renewed by the de partment upon a petition bearing forged names, in the face of numerous protests made by responsible individuals. He also states his belief that the service on that route cost the contractors not more tLan $5,000 per year, for which the gov ernment pays about $190,000. That mail route has been so continued since 1870. “Murder Will Out.”—The discovery of the alleged murderer of Mrs. Keys, of Stewartsville, N. J., is a startling vindi- cation of the old proverb. The crime was committed nine years ago, and the husband of the unfortunate woman, who had been arrested on suspicion but final ly released, has unjustly borne the stigma ever since. A few frantic words uttered by thevmistress of a miscreant who was keatiag her in Cleveland, Ohio, have led to th^ discovery, and John Cunningham nowTies in jail to stand face to face with Jersey justice.—AT. Y. Hi Iti.nl TW# ®*P°I>UC*. republic to the Alc « nc *« vitality of tha* of and yootofnl bow * the French - Wo are from many of 0ur “Biennial year, old and corrur,f h l that affect government of th« p 8pot !f ms ’ whi >e the the rosy hues of v P n , C , h Blent of France hs£ now* 6 ' ^ 8°vem- the severest triak rt paS8ed throu B h ^hadUirfo^fer^ the commune- it H«*o 1 war Wlt “ vinces taken°“way°f valuabl . < ; f ,r °- disorganired industrial system^ to to restored ha^h 7”’^ “Kneulture eminent*; it has had a deprecfatld currency to deal with-and it h“«1 stin^7V tnpeDdous difficulties, and standi, to-day on the entrance of an era of greater splendor than she has known since the d ay*° f ^ Napoiecnic “ late, the Republic is now stable, be cause the Struggles of the rival monarchio factious neutralized each other, and each preferred the Republic to any other than itself. Many of the most ardent friends of monarchy have been converted to moderate Republicanism by the educa tional influences of free debate and by a contempt for the mean- ness and selfishness of the schemers for monarchy. The very mobility and instability of Frenchmen now favors the perpetuation of the re public, as water, that most unstable and mobile of thiugs, Is steady when it has reached its level. Everything that can be d me to overthrow this government has been tried in vain, and it has come out of each victory stronger than ever. It took upon itself the odious duty of making the humiliating treaty of peace with Germany, and yet it did not lose the respect of the people. It quenched the Commune, but it was made stronger than ever by its cocfliot with red Repufc, licaansm. It had a debt of three thou- sand millions of francs to pay to Ger many, aud it not only paid the instal ments as they fell due, but even antici pated them—the most splendid financial feat ever accomplished. It had a re dundant and depreciated currency, and it called in the redundancy and funded it, and brought its paper to par almost immediately ; and now to-day, in spite of the exhausting war, the great war debt and the financial disturbances, the commerce and general business of France are in health .er con dition than that of any State in Europe. All these things have taught the French people to believe in the republic, and well they may. Now, what is the secret of all these splendid successes ? It is to be found in the high character of the men at the head of affairs. The country can trust to their guidance, because they know them to be incorruptible, devoted to their country, and proud of serving it with all their talents and energy. Thiers, Gambetta, Grevy, Due d’Audifret Pas- quier, Gen. Cissy, Leon Say, Dufaure— these are all men of splendid abilities and of the highest character. Now, when we turn from this picture to our Cabinet the contrast is painful. There is not one single man in the whole administration, except Bristow, that the country believes to bo possessed of com mon honesty. The endless “jobs,” “rings,” “pools,” and “crooked” things of all kinds render the administration powerless for good, and almost omnipo tent for evil. It is no longer possible for the meu now in power, even if they wished it, to institute any wholesome re form, for the whole country, without distinction of party, would believe it to be only a new “job.” Not only do they lack honesty, but they lack ability. There never was a period in American politics so sterile in great men as this one. What a confession of intellectual poverty is made when “Jimmy” Biaine is the leader in the House, and Morton in the Senate, and Fish at the head of the Cabinet, and Grant at the head of the whole. Now if anybody wants to know what it has cost this country to have such men as these in power, let him look at the differ ence between France aim America, and mark how France has t.rimphed where we have failed, altho’^gh her diffi culties were far greater than ours, because she had honorable, trustworthy and capa ble men at the head of affairs. Leon Say, a splendid financier, had charge of the purse of France. He /had a depre ciated paper currency to deal with, and a stupendous war debt to pay. What is the result? French paper is at par, the whole of the war debt pa:d, and the busi ness of the State in perfect health. We have had no Leon Say. Wo had McCul loch, Richardson, Boutwell. Who can wonder that we have our finances in such condition ? Suppose that these gentlemen had been obliged, in addition to their self-imposed duties, “easing the market,” “moving the crops,” “issuing reserves,” and the like, had had a war debt of three billions of francs to pay, where would he be ? This is only iu finance; but the French have shown equal ability in the organiza tion of a splendid army; no Belknap could have done it; of the navy; co Robeson could have done it; of internal affairs; no Delano or Zach Chandler could have done it; of judiciary; no Williams or Pierrepont could haves done it; in diplomacy; no Fish or Schenck could have done it. They have stimulated agri culture, revived commerce, awakened manufactures—ours all languish. Their MacMahon is an ignorant soldier, as ours is; but he is an honorable gentleman, whom taint cannot touch; who makes nia government loved at home and respected abroad. Ours—well, upon the whole, ours isn’t.— Baltimore Gazette. Grant Receives a Fair pf Ponies for an Indian Post-Tradership. A Washington letter says; “As soon aau the committee can get at it, a well-known gentleman of unimpeachable integrity will testify to a fact which places the Presi- dent in a* hardly less disgraceful position 3 than that of Belknap. The gentleman 3 to whom I refer holds himself ready to swear that, on a certain occasion, he went to the White House and introduced to the President a gentleman who wanted a post-tradership on an Indian agency. This gentleman made his applica- j tion, and, after having made it, y then remarked to th6 President, I in tho hearing of the witness, i that, in traversing the Indian country, he / had come across the finest pair of Indian I ponies which he had ever laid eyes upon, and if the gift# vould be accepabie, he would like to make a present of them to the President’s boys. Thereupon, with- if out any hems or haws, the Fr undent ac- » cepted the gift, and at once sent a tele- W gram to the Commandant or the Pose ( where the ponies then were, ordering them to be immediately forwarded at his j fGrant’s^ expense. Shortly after, the j applicant received an appointment. not, j ,nd P eed, to the post or agency for which j he had applied, but to another equally as • lucrative. A market woman well known as Mother 3 M^sTed recently in ninety-seven years, in the Rue St. Gems, y where she had lived for fifty years. She I was the daughter of the Marquis de JuxU | Z ,7 who was guillotined during the * a ™’of te*“ and of madame de 1. E Morte Valois, whose histoiy is told m the , 11 ‘.Tv,,1 “Gueen’s Necklace.” Oneof l. f handsome mh J & a , ned. oBe tbe mar k e t peo- [ I ° ETIL Tte Ve E w YorkA'Xaysa bJinSs » siss.-TheNe ^ which Orville Grant, , partnership n was to receive the P re8lde “ j or b bi3 influence, has jam , §100 s month tor n nrtofBaakrapt _ . bee “ Br^Uyn iB the adjudication of the ci oym Brooklyn :b00re a- Co., robber affairs of Geo. ^ articles of 1 affairs oi The ftrt i c le3 of pai nt msn^T, 1 fact that Grant A agreement re ^ ^ busi ness, but in coil- ; j putnomon ^ influence m sideration o 8 b wa s to receive $100 3 obtaining contracts rtcdved flberal S Post Office . - V-THampshire eiector was paidj}5 }•] - V lTmibliciui Committee for his vote, B b - T , a wasn’t enough to pnr- 8111145 of coal for his family, he chase a ton lon cherished wish of lua ‘ CT3tl laid out S3 of it in consulting