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(Jcor^ia Affairs.
Loop tkirt of the season has
arance on the streets of An-
• M , i be Aannounces under the
jety Notes.”
. ,,i of the Richmond county coal
- u^ht to Augusta and placed on
about $1 45 per ton.
.'i^ration hooks of Griffin were
Friday. They show the present
nation of that town to be 447—
. _ i 122 colored. The New* says,
t: at this is only about half the real
, r jiin, as the citizens were very
!. .ut registering.
itlia News is informed that there
wo colored centenarians in Sp&ld-
v. < >ne is aged 105 and the other
i are women. •
, ported at the time that Colonel
, purchased a controlling interest
-tt-ru and Atlantic Railroad lease
:.j MacRae had resigned the Su-
L’ncy of the road. This the Colnm-
* emphatically and authentically
tJ ,l pays: “The public will be
, know that General MacRae will
the ‘State’ Road. Under his su
; ee it has acquired the reputation
,!.(• of the most perfectly managed
,f the country. It was never in so
minion, and the system of its ope-
- reliable as clock work.”
,!.uor Xncs announces that the first
,-l.ich has occurred in Bulloch for
itiy years, and, as far as it knows
r occurred in the county, will tate
he 10th of December next—Drue
for the murder of Benson Brown,
g.-es on to express its belief that
doctrine to teach that the gallow 8
-t road to heaven,
ry Harris, of Meriwether county,
i nty beavers iu three nights last
t-ells the skins for one dollar and
• cents apiece.
, Duggan, one of the pioneers of
luton Baptist Association, died at
in Washington county, on Wed
niug of last week, at an advanced
or not the sale of spirituous
1 be permitted iu Rockdale county
-> to be decided at an election to
• tirst Tuesday iu December. The
i.wiiuer says the pretty girls of
. are talking right square up to
men on the subject.
uagements have resulted in Tbom-
)in sitting up and watching for
Tice’s display of heavenly pyro
man in Curnming picks cotton
ml then works on a house he
g until ten o’clock every night,
o recently bought a cooking stove,
iiidered evidence conclusive that
be contemplates a speedy visit to the Ordi-
1.7.
The Craw ford ville Democrat is informed
tint the fanners of that section are sowing
Iiytr crocs of gr»in this season than they
bve limit- any year since the close of the
The Jonesboro Xeicx very sensibly says;
Cotton may run as high as thirty cents, it
his gone higher, but • heu it may fall to five
is sold lower. Ten cents is above an
ivtrsge. When the speculators get all they
an hold, a lofty tumble will eusue.”
List week Luther Jones, colored, wi
•ETicted of the murder of his step son in
RiC-ioiph county about a year ago, and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He
d on a previous occasion, but
n*granted a new trial with the above re-
TheTv-Ty correspondent of the Berrien
wuiy Xnc.< writes that, notwithstanding
:e rains of last spring and the severe
tought of last summer, the sugar cane
to? in that section is largely in advance of
It: rear.
A curious sight was presented at La
Grange last week. In the midst of a snow
Kctoi might have beeu seen green grass
each and pear trees in bloom,
sosuicr and winter at the same time
'n the 21st last, the people of Stellaville
kid4Urge and enthusiastic meeting in favor
oad from that town to connect with
tkGeorgia K-tilroad at Harlem. Cominit-
^ w erc appointed to solicit subscriptions
-the n. w road, who are to report on the
kiof December next.
•ville fustuined a serious loss on the
*2ghi of the 21st, by having her large and
kautiful .‘■cnool house destroyed by fire. It
“s-pposed that it was burned by accident.
Tuiun: “There was a con-
uj p.t>sed over Tbomastou la t
r. We never heard such thun-
■li vivid lightning in Novetn-
i lie lightning struck in three
i near the corporate limits of
It shattered a large locust tree
t of Judge Wallace’s dwcll-
he i-ame lime it struck the
Knights of Il.mor hall, tear-
in fir 1
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^0 cal.in near the depot.
■=» badly shocked, but :
iniurcil ”
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k lf'L
~er. down and splitting the floor, and the
pl.ici* 1’ -truck was au unoccupied ne-
Several persona
no one was sert
injured.’*
Coviatr'on Knterprise: “It does one’s
^ good to fn-e a merry, round faced far-
• er - Ni independent and yet so free from
2^7 a,1( l pride; so rich and yet so in-
: vnou-; k«, patient and persevering in his
Jet ao kind, sociable and oblig-
m are a thousand noble traits
Ms cl aracter. He is generally hospi-
t; ^’and drink with him and he won’t
* ciark on You, to sweat it outof you with
ud interest, lie will do you a
it expecting a return by way
g -~e'‘i-u-H)ii—itisnot o with everybody,
t. > L ) f ■' ril0re honest and sincere, less
Seal in low and underhanded
: many in the community. He
y its best support, It6 firmest
'■npp irts the edifice of govern-
- the lord of nature. Look at
homespun and gray ; laugh at
J'lll. but believe lie can laugh
''■u-es. Such a man we met in
•cce last Wednesday.”
“kr c.ipiion, “A Matrimonial Epi-
c / llj <‘ Ujilethorpe Echo says: “It is
Wj r< harrying is a sure index to
lor^; if this be true, we may look
next year. From every quar-
. :“ e county we hear rumors of ap-
; g uuptials. The epidemic rages
^-o:,r fury around the Glade. Three
^tir IJei J r there will shortly change
^ Jiua > Even old maids and bache-
tk’^^pven up beyond hope—will enter
^brange /{,-jxjrtcr: “This section of
fc*'} was visited Saturday night by a se-
orui of rain, wind, thunder and light-
UT. ;? 1 -'Ir. James D Hardy’s place, near
dc, " r -V> th«* ligbtningstruck a cnim-
4^ a j, a n ' gro house and knocked off the
ttfc_ er( d the chimney. Inside the house
tj 'can, who was by the hearth, was
i Wo a * u, '» the fire and severely burned.
! &n was knocked down but was not
b^j. Ano, her woman, lying on a bed, was
f °!! Hie arm and slightly cut by a
*^an tor n from the roof. An old
4je u f , r,ear the chimney was not hurt. A
WRs r , e house, just under where the
tog w i~. /‘''ting, was killed, and so wa6 a
k J!a .1 "'as in the yard about ten feet
«Vr e house.”
,^7-hah Folwer, who was probably
Sikq- in Early countv,” says the
y, t ' rs ’ “died on Sunday evening
%tyth S rt ‘ si(ler icc in this county, aged
kji/ p re ** years six months and eighteen
Vtfr,. ° r mott of the time during the last
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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
Toccoa ‘‘Cotton Is still cornice In
at a rapid rate, and the farmers seem very
hopeful of even a better crop than was ex-
pected this summer.”
t ^* e County Messenger says: ‘‘Mr.
James R. Jones sent us word last week that
he has a Felton potato that weighs l\y,
pounds. Mr. E. E. White, of Cedar Grove,
informed us this week that one of his
neighbors had sent him a Lester potato that
weighs 13 pounds.”
The Cutbbert Appeal says: “There are
more happy people to-day in Randolph
county than at any time since the Indians
gave up the territory. All the young peo
ple are getting married, cotton is advancing
lively and all the babies are boys. What
more could be desired?”
The Augusta 6treet cows are on the
rampage again. The Chronicle tells how a
few days since a little girl ran out on the
pavement, in the upper part of that city,
and in a moment her father, who happened
to be on the piazza of his residence with a
friend, heard her scream out in terror.
Looking in the direction of the child, he
saw a vicious cow, with head lowered, dash
ing toward her. The two gentlemen In
stantly precipitated themselves through the
gate, and got between the child and the
cow, but the animal, instead of moving off,
endeavored to ran over them and get at the
little girl despite their interposition, and
it was with the utmost difficulty that they
succeeded iu driving the furious bovine
away.
Atlanta Constitution: “Saturday last, about
twelve o’clock, an accident happened
on the Air-Line Railroad at a point
just this side of Rice & Mitchell’s lumber
mill, in which Conductor Nesbit and En
gineer W. H. Berry narrowly escaped with
their live**. The news of the accident did
not become generally known until Sunday
morning. Mr. Berry and Conductor Nesbit.
reached here about two o’clock Suuday
morning. Mr. Berry, who is by far the
worst injured of the two, was carried to the
residence of Mr. Moses Lipes, No. 14 Cal
houn street, and medical aid summoned
to his assistance. Yesterday morning
we visited Mr. Berry and had a
short conversation with him in
regard to the accident. Mr. Berry says that
his train was No. 2, of the sixth division,
and that he left Longview on time Saturday
coming to Atlanta. When he came to Rice
& Mitchell’s mill he shut off steam and
commenced to sleek up. As he did so Con
ductor Nesbit told him to go on, as they had
hardly euough time in which to make the
next station. He pulled oneo the throttle,
and the train moved forwurd rapidly. As
his engine rounded a bend in the road, a
short distance from where the collis
ion took place, he saw a portion of
No. 1 cut loo-e ou the main line
and the remainder of the train with tlie
engine on the sideling. He reversed his en
gine at once, and seeing that a collision was
Inevitable, he and Conductor Nesbit, who
was also on the engine, jumped off. They
were then only about sixty yards from the
motionless cars that were standing on the
main track. Mr. Berry says that the fall
knocked him senseless, and that when he
recovered his reason be fouud that he was
badly hurt, and that Conductor Nqghit was
also painfully bruised about the face. Mr.
Berry, being quite a large man, weighing
over three hundred, it is natural to think
that the fali would be serious.”
Florida Affairs.
A correspondent from Mikesville,Columbia
county,writesU5thatthe large steam atoning
aud milling establishment, of Mr. G. M. Win t-
s oue, located at that place, was totally de
srroyed by fire on the night of the 21st, with
some twenty-five or thirty thousand pounds
of seed cotton belonging to sundry* patrons
of ffae gia. Through great exertions of the
superintendent, Mr. John Lites, some thirty
or forty per cent, of the cotton Is perhaps
saved in a somewhat damaged condition.
Mr. Whetstone is a considerable loser, hav
ing recently put in valuable machinery.
There is 50 clue to the origin of the fire,
though it is Dot believed to be the work of
an incendiary. No insurance.
According to the Reporter there has been
a perfect rush of cotton to Lake City this
fall, and that paper predicts that when the
end of. the season comes it will be found
that notwithstanding the short crop the
merchants oL.that town will have handled
more cotton than in any single year before.
Oranges sell on the streets of Fernandina
at the rate of two for five cents.
General Sanford, says the Sanford Journal,
is actively pursuing a scheme of immigra
tion from Southern Europe, with which is
to be connected a line of steamers for direct
trade. It remarks: “Some one hundred
steamers[?J are now on-the way to Savaunali
from Europe,'mostly in ballast for cotton.
Ere long a regular line may (aud should be)
established that shall bring over immigrants
as well as take out cotton.”
The Cedar Key Journal says: “A stroll
near the warehouse, auy evening after sun
set, will impress one with the magnitude of
the fish and oyster trade of this place.”
The Tampa Guardian pronounces the
orange crop down that way “light and slow
of ripening.”
Many of our Florida exchanges are 6till
busy in announcing that Professor Tice’s
predictions were not verified on the 13th
instant.
Vigorous efforts are being made to render
the State Expo^tlon to be held to Jackson
ville in February next a perf ct success.
Among other things, a special premium of
fifty dollars in cash will be offered for the
be6t box of oranges on exhibition.
The Gainesville Sun is of the opinion that
“our Dennis, if he misses the honor of get
ting the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor or Congress, may find consolation in
engagiug to the exodus business.”
The St. Augustine /Vrw has been enlarged
to an eight column folio paper, and is gen
erally improved both in appearance and
interest. It is under the editorial control of
Mr. Roque V. Rogero, and its principal fea
ture will be its home and State news.
At the municipal election h«*d recently to
St. Augustine the Republicans elected Jhe
Mayor, five Aldermen and the Tax Collec
tor, and the Democrats elected four Aider-
men, the Clerk, Treasurer, Marshal and As
sessor. The result would have doubtless
been a sweeping Democratic victory but for
disaffection in the Democratic ranks, caus
ing certain “Independents” to cast their
votes for the Radical candidates. As it was,
the Republican Mayor only received a ma.
jorlty of twenty-three out of four hundred
and twenty-five votes cast.
A colored mat was killed at Mt. Royal,
twenty miles above Palatka, last week, by,
as savs the Herald, another colored man
punching him with the muzzle of his gun,
which went off. Another instance of fool
ing with firearms.
To-day the fall fair of Gadsden county be
gins at Quincy. The Herald predicts that it
will prove one of the finest exhibitions of
the kind ever seen In the county.
The Lake City Reporter says that many
strangers have appeared in that town of late
who propose to become permanent settlers.
It says: “ Unless we are greatly mistaken,
there will be more land in this county change
hands this winter than ever, and the pur
chasers will be mgn who never saw Florida
before.”
The strike of the negro workmen at the
Blackwater lumber mills, near Pensacola,
remains in statu quo. The Gazette sta’es
that one mill is running with a reduced
force, while the other—that of Messrs. Simp-
con & Co.—Is Idle, the proprietors claiming
that they have sufficient lumber on hand to
meet all engagements, but that even if this
was not the case, it would pay them better to
stop their mills for many months rather than
yield to the demands of the strikers. They
attempted to get hands from Alabama, and
had engaged twenty, but the negroes broke
their engagement, having been informed
that if they came to the mills to work they
would be killed.
Palatka Herald; “The orange market is
opening briskly, though nothiug like what
It will be to a month from this time. The
crop is said to be good, and the prospect is
that erowers will be well compensated for
their long waiting for this popular event.
It is a long tim^To wait and watch for the
first budding of a young orange 8T°ve. But
when it does come there is a real satisfac
tion la the realization of the hope that it
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1879.
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ESTABLISHED 1850.
not half as remunerative In the end,
others work on and wait patiently for the
first fruits, and enter Into the field ripe
with the harvest. This is a good place for
any man that has a practical tarn for culti
vating the ground. With a small capital
he can invest, if he knows how, and make
planting and fruit growing profitable. The
orange business looks bright now, and it
continues to excite attention, and will, until
all available lands in this country are taken
up and occupied. Those who contemplate
settling in our gclden clime should take
time by the forelock, and cast their lot with
us, for we will do them all the good we can,
and not evil, as our enemies say.”
Says the Tampa Tribune: “Mr. Thomas
Jackson shipped by yesterday’s steamer
some half dozen crates of snap beans. The
same 6teamer took off also some twenty or
more bales sea island cotton. Think of it,
vegetables and cotton being shipped to
gether. What State In this broad Union
can offer a parallel to this ? Who can dare
dispute the desirability of a country where
fresh vegetables from fall gardens, cotton
recently picked out of the fields and oran
ges fresh from the trees, all go to market
together? Mr. Jackson’s Is the first ship
ment of fall vegetables, but considerable
quantities will follow sood, as many others
have planted them.”
St. Augustine Press: “On Friday of last
week, while Mr. C. Pacettl, with horse and
cart, was driving along the road, about four
•miles from the city, near Long Swamp, he
was suddenly confronted by a colored indi
vidual, who ordered him to ‘hove to,’ alight
from his vehicle and turn over horse and
cart to this gallant tramp of the King's
highway. Mr. Pacettl, after calmly remon
strating upon the uncertain tenure of life,
drew forth a huge revolver, which he point
ed In the direction of this modern Claude
Duval, who then took to the woods, leaving
ttie old gentleman in rightful possession of 1
his property.”
“We are informed,” says the Pensacola
Advance, “that two thousand fig trees, jua%
arrived from a port in France, are being
planted at the Faimie Hill place. They com
prise many varieties. There are already fif
teen hundred fig trees growing on the place.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON T£L£GfiAMS.
EXTENSIVE AND DISASTROUS
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Plans of the Co-Operative Colony
Association.
THE PTE OUTBREAK,
The Virginia Miscegenation Case.
THE IRISH ARRESTS CONDEMNED.
Annual Conference of the A.
Zion Church.
M. E.
many of which were imported from Europe,
Asia and Africa. We doubt if there is an- ’
tnf LilC UUJU UUIIUK me *«■*
kis life be was confined to nuu m me - in
**y a cancer on the face, and the brings a reward for patient industij. It
int*» fra i ,tle ® of old age. Hi® remains is too Jong to wait,’ says some, and what
St 4inlf. rre , (i in the cemetery at this place I good will it do?' Just so, T®* 1
l*6t. Peace to his ashes." J are waiting and tolling at something else,
other fig orchard in America—perhaps there
is not in the world—equal to that at Penea-
cola, which Mr Stoddart has had planted—
containing three thousand five hundred trees
of so many varieties. Iu a few 3ears it will
be the greatest ‘show’ in Florida. The trees
are planted at sufficiently wide distance
apart to allow them to grow their best for a
century to come, on the beautifully situated
land that slopes to the banks of Bayou Texar,
which fences oue side of the plantation with
its sparkling waters. For weeks past Dr.
Rutherford, manager of the place, has bad
a force at work, carefully preparing the
ground and ‘holes’ for setting the expected
fig trees. We believe there are about ten
thousand fruit trees of different kinds on the
place.”
Mariauna Courier: “Mr. B. B. Barkeley,
of Greenwood, ou Saturday last had an al>
tcrcation with one Gainer, a colored man,
who has borne the character • f a desperado.
The facts, as we could gather them, were :
That on the evening of the day mentioned,
this negro was on the stoop df~ the 6tore of
Mr. Barkley, curstog and making threats
against some one, when be was Qn&RuljQjtL:
by Mr. B. Soon after he came intotpn6tore
in a like boisterous manner, when he was
pushed out of the door. He drew his kni£A
and attempted several times to cut Mr.
and inflicted an ugly gash on the wt^st
the gentleman. Mr. B kept him off fey tb
use of a stick, which no doubt saved his
life. Gainer received several blows from
Mr. B , but not until the negro saw he was
to be overpowered by superior force did
cease in the attempt to take the life of Bark
ley. He left for parts uuknown.”
D1SASTBOUS FIRE XX NEW YORK.
New York, November 96.—The depot
andstofeleaof the Eighth Avenue Railroad
CampMgr, on Eighth avenue, between
FlftjJfirat and .iFifiyoecond streets, were
discovered on fire this morning. The
flames spread so rapidly that in a short time
they were beyond control, and soon the
whole structure was doomed. The walls
have commenced falling, and it is reported
that several fireman are injured.
When the fire broke out, but few employes
were about the stoblea. Heroic efforts were
made to rescue the -horse®, tntt out of seven
ty-five on the sefpnd floor but thirty-five
sred. There were about two hundred
on the third and fourth floors, of
only forty were brought out. The
■gs of many horses saved from
flames,** either scorched or burned,
terrible to witness. - Oh the
h. street side the flames spread
;with lightning-like rapidity, owing
the fact that immense quantities of ha)
and feed were 6tored there. It was here
that two gallant but unfortunate firemen
were terribly mangled, and another badi)
injured. A ladder had been run up the
wall, and three members of Engine Com-
tpany No 1, of Harlem, were at work,
'without a moment's warning the wall fell in,
carrying the ladder and firemen with it.
About MhC hundred horses perished in
the Himes. The company estimates its total
loss at about $250,000, fully covered by in-
teuraace.
LETTER FROM CEDAR KEYS.
School Exhibition and Picnic —A
Cold Snap—Fish and Oysters—Bust*
ness A flairs. Etc.
Cedar Keys, Fla., November 23.—Editor
Morning Xocs: Your correspondent and
others had the pleasing opportunity of wit
nessing the examination (the closing) of
Miss Maggie Cottrell’s school at Atsena
Otie. It was quite enjoyable. The general
decorum, good lessons and good manage
ment of the school reflects much to^thfe
credit of Miss Maggie, her determined will
and untiring enenry.for through hot or cold,
rain or shine, she was continually at her
post, ever ready, jver willing, to impart to
the youthful minds the knowledge they so
anxiously sought.
On Saturday, the 22d, a picnic was given
to the scholars by their teacher. The.
weather being cool a sunny spot wa6 select
ed, and the bountiful repast was put upon
tablecloths and spread upon the ground.
The children gathered around and were
waited upon by the teacher and Mrs.
White, who gave every attention, seeing
that each aud every one was cared
for. After eating to their utmost capacity
a romp was next in order, which
was indulged in for two or more hours. I
must say, Mr. Editor, that a more beautiful
picture could not have been painted by the
brst of artists. I never witnessed anything
more lovely than these children In their In
nocent sports. At about three o’clock p.
m. the party broke up, all seeming well sat
isfied and pleased with the day’s enjoyment.
For the past seven or eight days we have
had it quite cold. The change in the tem
perature coming unexpected!)' upon us, we
were unprepared for t, consequently felt it
very keeuly To-day while I write the
weather is more moderate and more like the
“Land of Flowers ”
Oj’cters and fish are at this season very
fine, aud we ship them to 8avannah and
Charleston, and other markets, in abun
dance.
Business is good, and our merchants are
doiug well. The mill business is not so
good. Both mills, the one here and that at
Atsena CRte, are waiting for logs, and have
I11 *t run for over a week. Cedar Mill, as
usual, is still running.
Tue Cedar Ke)S Journal is doing a good
business. Colonel Gore, the editor, ia ever
ready and willing to promote anything that
promises good to the place or the State. He
Is a live man, and his paper should receive
a liberal support. More anon. Very truly
yours, Percy.
A Man Who Saw Napoleon I. Die.—
Lieutenant General William Crokat has
just died at EdinbuTg, aged ninety one.
lie fought at Vimtera, Corunna, Wal
cheren, and Vittoria, where he received
a wound, from the consequences of
which he suffered till the day of bis
death and, after the peace, was for five
years at St. Helena. He saw the death
of the Emperor, being the original of
the “Officer on Guard” in Stuben’s well
known engraving, and brought home to
England news of the event. General
Crokat possessed numerous relics of the
Emperor, aojong which may be men
tioned the silver plate and knife used by
him during his exile, and which bore the
imperial arms; a portrait of Napoleon
as a boy by Isabey, which, encircled
with diamonds, originally formed the
lid of the Emperor’s snuff box; the
wooden spatula used bv Napoleon to
clean his spade when working in his
garden at St. Helena—an implement
formed of a peculiar kind of fir, as light
as cork; the cordon worn by the Em
peror during the “hundred days,” and
sent to him by his son at Vienna, who
wore it till his death; Napoleon’s silk
stocking and garter, and a beautifully
carved spirit case formed of a cocoanut.
There is at last a probability that the
long-talked of international par^i at Ni
agara Falis wilfsoon be an accomplished
fact. The New York commission have
practically decided to secure for the
purpose a strip of lan.4 varying in width
from one hundred to six hundred feet,
and about two miles in length along the
American bank of the river, and to plant
it with trees to shut out the factories,
booths, bazaars and other predatory
establishments which at present disfigure
the scenery. It is also proposed to pur
chase Goat and Bath Island*, which
would certainly be an act of charity to
wards the wretched tourist. If the
commissioners will now devise a plan for
handcuffing the hackmen and muzzling
the guides, the Falls may yet become
visitable.
People cannot be too carefpl about
giving general recommendatory letters
to persons whom they do not thoroughly
know. Exceeding injury, alike to the
easy going, good natured writer of such
certificates and to the public, has often
been done by this kind of carelessness.
When such a letter is required it is
usually better to send i» direct to the
proposed patron of the applicant. Such
a possible boomerang should never be in
trusted to a doubtful person.
T1B9T.COLONY OF TOE CO-OPERATIVE COLONY
/ ASSOCIATION.
| New York, November 25.—It is an
nounced that the co-operative Colony Asso
ciation, among whose members are several
prominent clefgymen, have determined to
establish the tfret colony in the Cumberland
blateau of East Tenuessee. The associa
tion expects to purchase a suitable tract
before January lt>t and send a pioneer
force to prepare for the coming of the main
body in the spring The plan is for the asso
elation to buy land and furnish capital
for building, stock and implements, and
{let-d the property .to the colonists in sepa
rate tracts as fast as it advances, to be re
paid with a low rate of interest. Experi
ments In farming will be encouraged, and
there will be a reservation for pasturage and
fuel, which will be the common property of
the colony. A village will be established to
the centre of the domain, with a co
operative store, school and machine shops.
THE VIRGINIA'MISCEGENATION CASE.
; Washington, November 25.—Chief Jus
Bee Waite yesterday granted a writ of error
to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
m the case of John C. Tinsley, colored, vs.
the Commonwealth of Virginia, involving
the validity and constitutionality of; the
statute of that State which prohibits mar
riages between white and colored persons.
Tinsley, the plaintiff in error, came to the
District of Columbia about a year ago and
married a white woman. Upon his return
to Virginia he was arrested, tried for the
offense, found guilty aud sentenced to the
penitentiary, where, pending this appeal,
he remained. Persons interested in the
final settlement of the question of the con
stitutionality of the State law prohibiting
the intermarriage of the races have brought
the case to this court for its decision.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE A. M. B. ZION CHURCH.
Petersburg, Va., November 25.—The an
nual conference of A. M. E. Zion Church in
America, which has been in session here for
several days past, adjourned last night to
meet In Hertford. North Carolina, on the*
third Wednesday in November, ISSO. Be
fore adjournment the delegates to New
York, Pniladelphia, Baltimore, New Eng
land, AUrghany, South Carolina and Ten
nessee Conferences were elected. Antone:
the appointments made was that of A. Cart
wright to Liberia, Africa.
the utk outbreak.
Denver, Col., November 25.—A Los Pi
nos dispatch states that the hostiles who
were to have appeared on Saturday had not
arrived at Sunday noon. Ouray told the
commission that Johnson’s brother (shot by
Frank Dresser) told his brother before he
died that he was responsible for the entire
outbreak and massacre, and shot the mail
carrier and teamster. Ouray seems, disap
pointed at Schurz’s answer to his proposal.
CONDEMNATION Of THE IRISH ARRESTS.
London, November 25.—A great demon
stration took place at Dundee, Scotland,
last night. Three thousand were present
Resolutions adopted condemned the arrest
of the Sligo prisoners.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
THE IRISH AGITATION.
Great Excitement in the West of
Ireland.
meeting of the General Assembly of
Sooth Carolina*
THE IRISH AGITATION—GREAT EXCITEMENT
JN THE COUNTRY.
London, November 25 —A dispatch from
Dublin to the Times says : “While the Irish
agitators tell the public that they are en
gaged in a legal and constitutional agitation
and ostensibly advise the people to keep
within ”the law, the country abounds with
evidence that a different interpretation has
been put upon their language. Threaten
ing notices and acts of violence are practical
comments upon their words. These are
evil omens for winier.”
The Press Association says that the ex
citement throughout the west of Ireland
snows no sigu of abalemeut. Large meet
ings are being held in all populous places
in the counties of Mayo and Sligo. Mr.
Parnell, to addressing a large meeting last
nig t in Sligo, asked the people to persevere
in the agitation, and remember his advice to
keep a firm grip on the land. Great
crowds assembled in the streets of Sligo
to day. The examination of * Davltt is pro
ceeding. There is some fear of a riot, as
the municipal elections are being held, and
the Mayor is veiy£unpopular. One hundred
and twenty soldiers are under arms; in bar
racks, and one hundred additional police
are in readiness. All the western districts
are being strQngly garF^qued.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF * IGXAL OBSERVER,
Washington, D. C.. November 25.—Indica
tions for Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, rising fol
lowed to western portion by falling barome
ter, nearly stationary temperature, variable
winds, aDd clear or partly cloudy weather.
In the Gulf States, rising followed by fall
ing barometer, stationary to rising tempera
ture, southeasterly winds, partly cloudy
weather, and probably followed in the
southwest by local rains.
In Tennessee and the Ohio Talley, rising
followed by falling barometer, westerly
winds shifting to south and east, falling
fqlloWed by rbing' temperature, clear or
partly cloudy weather, and in the western
portion of the former district local rains.
In the Middle States, rising barometer,
diminishing westerly winds, slightly cooler,
clear or partly clqudy weather and falling
barometer, and winds shifting to south
easter^-
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA-
Columbia, S. C., November 25.—The
General Assembly convened to-day. Ihe
impression is that the session will be a short
one.
The papers in some of our large cities
are publishing letters from young ladies,
which show that it is impossible for a
good-looking, well dressed girl to pass
quietly and modestly along the streets,
in broad daylight, without being rudely
stared at by* crowds of men, sometimes
flowed and occasionally spoken to in
aa insulting manner. This is a most dis
graceful showing, and presents a con
dition of social a$*irstf ot easily remedied.
We have'been accustomed to b last qf
our chivalrous regard for ladles* bqt if
this goes on we shall have occasion for ]
changing that strain to one of shemeand :
regret.' Perhaps a healthy arousing of
public opinion may check the insolence
of the male creatures who thus degrade |
the name of man.—Washington Pok. I
LETTER FROM BULLOCH COUNTY
Awtamn In the Country—Recollec-
of Home—Candy Pulling-
Town Improvements — The Tax
Gatherer—Newington Church Fes
tival.
Correspondence of the Morning News.
Arcola, November 17.—The breeze, soft
and caressing ms & kiss of love, will tempt
jny eyes away from the crocheting of bright
colored zephyrs out Into the sunlight and
the picture framed by the window near
which we love to sit these dreamy days of
autumn. The picture is an attractive one,
for all nature is
“Aglnw with a mystical splendor.
That riv& s the brightness of spring;
Aglow with a beauty more tender
Than aught which fair summer could bring.”
Leaves of a hue so brilliant they seem
“drippings from some wrung and broken
rainbow,” gleam amid the dark green foli
age growing along the bank of a winding
stream whose clear waters whisper a low
farewell to the drooping boughs as it leaves
them there in silent loneliness and glides
away “to join the brimming river.” Tali
pines throw shadows cool and still in the
brown grass, whose myriads of insects
chirp lowly a requiem .to the fleeting
days of sunshine and warmth. We so
much love these grand ‘tfia trees of the
Sunny South, with their' leaves of un
fading green and perpetual music, and fully
appreciate the tribute paid them by the de
parted Bayard Taylor, who beautifully said:
“The Quest interpreter of beauty-is In the
voice, and no tree has a voice like ihe pine,
modulated to a rhythmic accord with the
subtlest flow of fancy, toucbe#&wlth a
human sympathy foi-the expression of hope
and love and sorrow, and sounding In an
awful undertone to the darkest excess of
passion.”
Often during these beautiful days of In-
,dian summer many fond recollections are
awakened of a home in the long ago—a
home nestling amid the mountains and tall
hills, whose sides, covered with trees of
varied foliage, now glow through the soft,
luminous air, like huge bouquets, and as the
•nnrtoer, far fr« m tbe briny deep, thinks
with yearning affection of the rolliug waves,
so we of the purple shadows and gorgeous
sumints, to be found only among the ever
lasting hills.
The anxious expression worn on the far
mer’s face daring the hot days of planting
and cultivating had given place to smiles of
satisfaction and a kindly greeting for all.
The crops in Bulloch have all yielded well,
and many farmers haven’t yet gotten
through picking cotton. The syrup and
sugar boilings monopolize the days just
now, and often extend into the night, when
bright eyed, rustic maidens and jolly lads
wind up the day’s work with a candy pull
ing by torchlight. This is said to be a
glorious time for children and pigs to fatten,
and we, as one of the “grown up children,”
fiud health and pleasure in driuking a glass
of the beaded juice on a frosty morning.
The evaporator and patent skimmer are
both used in this section, and we challenge
any county to show more beautiful samples
of syrup than are here made.
During the year a spirit of progress and
improvement has been abroad In the
neight'orhood around Arcola, and houses
displaying taste and modern Improvements
have been erected. Mr. John Kennedy’s
dew residence looks very attractive among
due’old oaks, and Mr. James Thorne, an
enterprising young man, has just completed
a commodious out building, a perfecthhodel
of neatness and convenience. We are glad
to see this desire to improve among the peo
ple of Bnllocb, and believe in a few years
their energy will win for them many laurels
with which to wreath their well earned
banner. . ‘
As usual at this season, year after year, a
bustling little man with a huge book under
his arm flits from house to bou«e, taking all
he can get, but giving nothing in return.
This man who never fails to put in his ap
peanmee, this bete noir in every household,
who scatters the fond anticipations of the
feminine gender like leaves before an au
tumn wind, Is none other than the tax col
lector. While busied with her household
duties the farmer’s wife thinks happily of the
many comforts which the proceeds from the
bale of cotton, almost ready for market, will
pprgbss?, .when the good man. of .the house
comes in and reminds' her that the taxes
are dne and the first money raised must go
to pay them; and the man of profession in
tbe rural regions comes home after a day of
collecting and tells his better half, who has
fondly anticipated the immediate purchase
of that article dear to the heart of all house
keepers, a shining new cooking stove, that
he has “collected just enough to-day to pay
the tax collector to-morrow.” And thus
each year, with the falling of tinted leaves,
comes disappointments to the homes of those
upon wh m fortune has only cast a feeble
smile, while millionaires and bloated bond
holders are so slightly annoyed by having
their Dutse strings tackled for taxes.
We recently received an Invitation from
some friends In Scriven to attend a festival
given in that connty for the benefit of New
ington Church. The festival was given by
the ladies of the church at “ Magnolia
House,” the residence of Mr. J. J. Boyd.
We met many pleasant people from Scriven
and Effisgham, and the beautiful ladles, gal
lant gentlemen, charming music, and every
thing delicious lp the wa> of refreshments,
made tbe occasion so delightful that all came
away hoping it might soon “ repeat itself.”
We trust that the Sylvauia party reached
home by a less circuitous route than that
taken on their wav to the scene of festivity,
but, if they again allowed the popular
young editor to be their guide, we shall not
be surprised to hear of many wanderings
from the direct route, for, from an old adage,
we all know that he was “ blind*” and we
cannot wonder at this being his condition,
for tbe face of his companion on tha*- drive
was one of the sweetest that we have ever
seen. Ibic.
The Fourth Regiment of Jersey militia
has a Confederate flag adorning the walls
of their armory, which reflects great
credit on their courage. There lives, or
rather lived last week, in Jersey City, a
minister named Dr. Lodge! the father of
a small but very lively boy. A week or
leu days ago this boy was playing in the
back yard with a lot of wooden soldiers.
A neighbor, who looked over the fence,
noticed that the back stoop, where tbe
boy was playing, was ornamented with a
strange flag, consisting of a blue field
and three stripes, one white and two red.
The matter was at once reported, aud
great excitement ensued. Ar"crowd in
sisted upon being admitted Into the yard,
and the boy’s Confederate flag, a foot long
by teven inches wide, was torn down
and carried off by the mob. It is not
known how the Fourth N. J. S. N. G.
got this banner from the mob, but it
bangs to-day in their armory as a
cherished memorial of their victory over
an audacious Confederate small boy.—
Xeio Orleans Democrat.
Homicide at Weldon, N. C.—On
Saturday morning E. M. Hicks, of Wel
don, N7 C.. was killed in that towo by
John Merritt under the following circum
stances: For some time past a fend has
existed between Merritt, ex-Mayor L. R.
Larkin and Hicks in reference to tbe title
to some land located at Weldon. Friday
afternoon the parties had a dispute over
the matter, when Hicks remarked that
he would kill any one attempting to build
on the land. Saturday Merritt and Lar
kin were in the act of pulling down a
fence enclosing the land, presumably for
tbe purpose of building thereon, when
Hicks fired at them with a large horse
pistol, two balls striking Larkin, shoot
ing off both thumbs. Merritt immedi
ately fired at Hicks with a shot gun, the
load entering his forehead over the right
eye, killing him instantly. Merritt was
at once arrested, but was subsequently
sent to Halifax, N. C., for safe keeping.
Tue affair created intense excitement.
Body Snatchers Captured in an
Ohio Cemetery —A special from Dela
ware, Ohio, says that Dr. John Neil,
Pat Hannahan and George Corwin were
arrested at that place Saturday on the
charge of robbing graves. Corwin was
used as a tool. The capture of the party
was made by the Marshal of Delaware.
He made arrangements to accompany
Neil and Hannahan to the cemetery, ana
notified the officers to secrete themselves
near by. The ghouls appeared m the
graveyard about midnight and were cap
tured before they had rime to' open" one
grave. When the Marshal blew a whis
tle for his assistants to rush upon the
ghouls, therp was an exchange of pistol
shots, but without effect. Neil and
Hannahan were given ap examination
before the Mayor of Delaware; and were
hound over to the Court of Common
Plpas In the snm of $1,000 each. Neil
was held In the same amount to answer
for shooting with intent to kilL
OUB WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Prominent
lnctoa
Feature of Wash*
— Portrait or
of the Morning News.
WimtEOfcnr, November 24.—That the
so-dBetfaOciety season has practically com
mended in Washington Is amply shown by
the noaAsnts at ooeot the Sunday papers.
This paper is kaown as the society oracle.
It is fall of acoonnUo* receprions^ermans,
parties, and sack, with elaborate puffs of
different and many people. There is never
a lack of this stuff. Tbe peculiar part of it
Is that the paper has not a single reporter.
All the matter of this character is furnished
voluntarily by the parties interested. It is
one of the essentials of a “social event” to
write np an elaborate account of it and
send iito this paper. The account is re
plete .with falso me flattery. It ia all
printed^ There 1s a rivalry between the
leaden of society to see who can have the
best afiB longest description of their “social
eveawRIn mint. There are a number of
nsiwe which appear every Sunday three or
four times with such, stuff in connection.
One cannot pick up. the paper without re
cognizing the same oUT crowd, with now
and theiAa new name aaplrfng for publicity.
It has become more than a custom. Any
household that desires social distinction
would as sea to be under the necessity of
employing a Jenkins all to itself. Of
course^ -the whole thing Is disgust-
lng, - hot 0 it la ouch a regular dose,
that, we ;who have lived here any time
durbar tS$ “seekon, 7 * .and has been in the
habtt-df'glancing over the society journal—
the biller than society features of the paper
<are- Sdtt imlisal wiiaTiT feel that some
thing was lacking if he did net see tbe
“events > *sf_ti>e same persona for the past
week given in every detail. This is the
most prominent feature or “society." There
are of course some exceptions to the rule,
but U is the role nevertheless.
If*. STEPHENS’ PORTRAIT.
“To what base uses we must comeat
last." Util utterance of Shakespeare is
brought to mind by a look into a window
of a pawnbroker on Ninth atreet. There
among the varied collection of jewelry,
old ha£a, coats, pistols and the
whatnot of such establishments, is to
be seen a portrait—an oil portrait—-of the
Honorable Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor-
gial It la a pretty good likeness, and Is for
sale at one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
The man who pawned it Is of coarse un
known, and the artist’s name is not attached.
It is cruel—it Is worse than cruel—it is dia
bolical!' Mr. Stephens should send his
faithful servant “Aleck” aronnd with a few
dollars, for the price would come down to
that, and boy the thing. As it is, the por
trait is becoming the snbject of a good deal
of criticism, not exactly from the artist’s
standpoint.
THE LOTTERY FOLKS.
The lottery people who have been so
warmly fought by Judge Key, Postmaster
Genera], and whose incomes from the gulli
ble have been sadly cut down by his refusal
to allow the letters directed to their agents
being delivered, are organizing for a raid on
him this winter. They propose to go before
Congress to secure legislation that, will pre
vent the Postmaster General from continu
ing his warfare. This is only a part of their
scheme. The lottery folks have strong
friends among the Republican leaders, ana
will endeavor through them to get JudjosKej
outof office. A regular bureau ot'pf/pbei-
tlon is to be formed, and the fight conducted
with all bitterness. Villificatiqg' of the
Postmaster General iauAo be one -Jhie of
attack. The Louisiana flfettery Company is
very strong with the ReptfkUcan..party. It
furnished monev to the Kelldtt government
to keep it on its legs in return forttre charter
which that government gave them. Tbe
Postmaster General is & man with plenty of
fight in him, and has excellent staging
qualities. The lottery crowd will gnd it
difficult to make much headway against
him. It is apparent that he is sustained In
his course by the people, and that amounts
to all.
NOMINATIONS.
Mr. Hayes Is preparing a list of nomina
tions to be sent to the Senate immediately
upon its reassembling.. They are mostly un
important, and are the nominations follow
ing the appointments during the recess.
The most important one is that of Snrgeon
General Wales of the navy. There is a fight
against him being organized, but it will not
amount to much. For the first time since
Mr. Hayes came In there will he no nomi
nations for appointments which were made
daring tbe recess, which will be opposed by
the Senate. The nominations to the English
and Russian missions will be made early in
the session. As they are not known, It can
not be said whether they will be opposed by
the Senate. The nomination of Secretary
McCrary to the Judgeship will be made
early. It is not likely that it will be con
firmed without difficulty. Potomac.
The Troubles in Ireland.—Even
those who disapprove the method of
treating the land question said to have
been adopted by the followers of Mr.
Parnell in Ireland, viz.: refusal to pay
the prespnt rents, and resistance to evic
tion, cannot deny that the Irish tenant
farmers have good reason to complain of
their treatment by the landlords. Al
though rents are too high, even in
prosperous seasons, no reductions are
made when tbe crops fail, and ejectment
follows a failure to pay, in which event
whatever improvements have been
made by the tenant are to the sole profit
of the landlord. The tenants are now
demanding a reduction of rents, a fixity
of tenure and an opportunity*of acquir
ing by purchase some or all of the lands
held by absentee landlords. These de
mands certainly seem just and reason
able, and their concession would tran
quilize Ireland and injure no one. But
there is plainly an intention to deny them
and to “pacify” Ireland witli thp strong
arm qf the Jaw reinfqrcgd, if need be,
with bullets and bayonets. The conse
quence will be either an organized insur
rection or a series of unconnected and
impotent “agrarian outrages.”
Outlook of the Coming Session.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
The disposition of such Southern
Democrats as have arrived here is not to
again invite a conflict with the President
by renewing the tactics of the hist ses
sion. These assume that the late elec
tions have demonstrated that the North
ern people are not in favor of maintain
ing the Federal election laws; that these
laws are almost inoperative at the South,
and therefore the members from that sec
tion have no interest in their repeal. It
may turn out that a few stalwart Demo
crats-of the “ never surrender ” sort will
have influence enough to lead their party
into refusing the appropriations, because
it would look like a “ back down-” but
(s evident that the prevailing sentiment
is in favor of backing down rather
than engage id another bitter partisan
discussion and the passage of bills that
would probably be vetoed. There are
Southern Democrats who affirm most
positively that they will not again be
dragged or driven into such a position.
The army appropriation bill will no
doubt -contain the same provisions in re
gard to troops at the polls that was
finally approved by the President at the
extra session. There are Democrats who
will advise that separate bills for the re
peal of the election laws, and prohibiting
any appearance of the military near the
polls, *be passed and sent to the Presi
dent, and this may be agreed to by the
party; but it is doubtful if even this
much can be done in the way of reviving
the fight of ihe extra session, so string
is the determinqtiqu qf soqie Democrats
to avoid anything of the kind,
Philadelphia Ledger: “In Louisiana,
yes. In Maine, no. It seems to be con
ceded unanimously in this part of the
country that, while stealing the vote of
a State by counting in the defeated party
may%e tolerated in Louisiana and
Florida and such far-off places, it will
not do at all for the State of Maine. We
don’t believe any such thing can be done
in Maine, but all the same it is a good
opportunity for excursions to ‘ visiting
AtatMmAn ’ ”
Delaware’s “Peculiar Djsiitc-
Tios.”—Five prisoners were whipped in
the jail! yard of Newcastle, Dot, oq
Saturday morniqs, in tbe pretence of
aboift two hundred persons. They were
all convicted of larceny and each re
ceived twenty lashes. Two of the prison,
ers—Charles fjieber and Sdward Oak
lasher—were white and hail Iron Phila
delphia.
Colonization Humbugs.
* New York Journal of Commerce.
A current newspaper paragraph in
forms the public that the American Colo
nization Society wants more funds. This
is nothing new, for that society is always
begging for money. But this time it
wants au enormous amount, for it has
“upon its books the names of several
hundred thousand respectable people of
color who are desirous of emigrating to
Liberia.” Is there any tiuth in this
stoiy, or is it only a strong way of put
ting the needs of the society before the
public? We can only say that if there
are really one thousand bona fide
signatures of freedmen on the so
ciety’s books at Washington waiting their
turn to be shipped to Africa, after the
disastrous explosion of the Azor expedi
tion, then tbe negroes are far greater
fools than we take them to be. The
truth of this colonization business, as
illustrated in the dreadful privations and
sufferings of the Azor party, both on their
way out and after they landed in inhos
pitable and unhealthy Africa, ought to
be universally known by this time by
word of mouth, if not by newspaper re
ports, among the Southern negroes. It
is therefore incredible that a large num
ber of this class should still be anxious
to go away to a strange land, there to
starve or die of the African fever.
Eighteen wretched survivors of. the
Azor expedition who are thankful that
they have brought back their skins and
bones, if nothing more, from the “Dark
Continent,” are now on their way to the
South, having landed here from the bark
Monrovia last week. Their return pas
sage was paid by their Southern negro
friends, and when they get home we
may be sure that they will miss no
chance to expose that colonization ad
venture in its true colors. The fact
they can state and corroborate by ex
hibiting their emaciated and sickly
frames ought to be the death of this va
riety of imposition. It suffices here only
to say that out of the three hundred and
seventy Azor expeditionists twenty died
on the voyage out, thirty or forty have
been helped back to this country by
friendly contributions, about sixty are
slowly dying or eking out a miserable
existence in Africa, and all the rest are
dead I Truly a terrible record, of which
we are glad to be spared the minor de
tails.
The American Colonization Society is
bot responsible for the Azor expedition.
Tue blood of that congregation of unfor
tunates is not on the heads of its officers
and agents. But however fairly the
American Colonization Society may try
to deal with the blacks, they cannot make
Africa over again. They cannot stop
the coast and jungle fevers from killing
off emigrants. They cannot convert a
howling wilderness into farms and gar
dens. They cannot find work for men
in a country already swarming with
the unemployed, or wages where there
is no money. Sending coals to New
castle is a wise and prudent enter
prise; compared with shipping negroes
to Africa. For Newcastle, though she
may not require any replenishment of
her stock of coal from the rest of the
world, could use it up somehow. It
would not be a dead waste. But the
Southern negro sent to Africa can, with
few exceptions, be put to no useful pur
pose whatever except to the fertilization
of the ground after his death, which is
quite likely to occur soon after his ar
rival. As it costs one hundred dollars to
land an emigrant in Africa and keep
him alive there a few months, it seems
that no mote expensive way of enrich
ing that barren land could be adopted.
It is as bad in point of political economy
to ship laborers out of this country as it
is shocking in point of humanity.
We therefore hope that the American
Colonization Society will not be able to
drum up any mere funds out of the peo
E le’s pockets. It has bad a good long
fe of support from tbe sentimental and
credulous, and In the days of slavery
had certainly something to commend it
to such support. Benevolent persons
can now find much better uses (or their
money than in making Southern negroes
dissatisfied with their position and pros
pects in this country—which is a para
dise for them compared with any other
land on the face of the earth—and bund
ling them off to Africa to die of fever,
home sickness and starvation.
Mrs. Grundy.
“What will Mrs. Grundy say?” has
passed into an adage, and acts frequently
as a restraint upon those whose buoyancy
and ligbt-beartedness might lead them to
forget or ignore the conventionalities of
life. To Morton’s clever comedy ‘Speed
the Plow,” we are indebted foi tbe say
ing. The first scene of the first act opens
with a view °-( a farm bouse, where
Farmer Ashneld is discovered at a table
with his jug and pipe, holding the follow
ing colloquy with his wife, who figures
in a ridingdress, with a basket under her
arm:
Aslifield—Well, dame, welcome whoam.
What news does thee bring from market?
Dame—What news, husband? Whst I
always told yon; that Farmer Grundy’s
wheat brought five shillings a quarter
more than ours did.
Ashfield—All the belter for he.
Dame—Ah! the sun seems to shine on
purpose for him.
Ashfield—Come, come, missus, as thee
has not the grace to thank God for pros
perous times, don’t thee grumble when
they be unkindly a Ut.
Dame—And I assure you Dame
Grundy’s butter was quite the crack of
the market.
Ashfield—-Be quiet, woolye? Always
ding dinging Dame Grundy into my ears.
What will Mrs. Grundy say ? What will
Mrs. Grundy think? Canst thou be quiet
an’ let ur alone, and behave, thyself,
pratly?
Brother Orville.—Orville Grant,
brother of the ex-President, is in the city
and stopping at the Lindell. He has
grown to resemble his brother very much
in personal appearance. As he stood in
the Lindell corridor last night, within
the hearing of a Republican reporter, he
was accosted bv a gentleman, who said:
“Howdy, Mir. Grant; what are you
doing down here?”
“Come down to buy mules,” said the
brother of the ex-President
“Weren’t you at the big reception?”
“ No. You see I am employed in the
Quartermaster’s Department up there in
Chicago. The Quartermaster’s a little
jealous of me, and when he heard that
my brother was coming to Chicago he
called me to one side and said the gov
ernment wanted mules. St. Louis was
the market for that commodity; there
was no place in the world to excel it;
wouldn’t I take a run down there and
buy up a few? I Lad to say yes. Are
you for sale?”
The gentleman laughed and said: “No,
but that was a neat way to get rid of
you.”
“I should say it was,” said Orville;
“ but I m going to get even with him.”
“ How are you?”
“ How am 1? Why, I’m going to ship
(he mules in a hurry and get bac^ to
Chicago before my brother gets away;
that’s just how I’m going tq ao, it”—SL
Louie Republican. \
In a recent uriiSe* in ibe~ Atlantic
Monthly Professor Goldwin Smith says:
“A collapse of religious belief of the
m«»st complete and tremendous kind is
apparently now at hand. * * * Not
supernatural religion alone, but tbe ex
istence of a Deity itself has for many
minds, and those the minds of good, able
and highly instructed men, ceased to be
an object of distinct belief, jf it ha& not
become an object of distinct disbelief.
* * * With the belief in the Deity
perishes that in the immortality of the
soul, which, apart from animistic suDer-.
stitions and special fancies about the
other world, is a belief in the connection
of tbe human soul with the Eternal,
Nothing apparently is left but the secular
consequences of conduct, human law.
Which the strong may make or unmake,
and reputation, which success, N even
criminal success, may to a great extent
command. * * There ia perhaps
an increase of church building and
church going, bat the 'crust* of outward
piety Is hollow and growing hoflower
evety day,”
UNCLE BEMUS* FOLK LOBE.
Why Brer Pmsub Is a Pea
J. C. Harris in the Atlanta Constitution.
in.
“One night,” said Uncle Remus—tak
ing Miss Sally’s little boy on his knee,
and stroking the child’s hair thoughtfully
and caressingly—“one night Brer Pos
sum call by ter Brer Coon, ’cordin’ ter
greement, en atter gobblin’ up a dish er
fried greens en smokLa’ a seegyar, dey
rambled fort’ fer ter see how de ballance
uv de settlement was gittin* long. Brer
Coon, be was wunner deze yer natchul
pacers, en be racked long same ez Mars.
John’s bay pony, en Brer Possum, he
went in a han’-gallup; en dey got over a
heap er groun’, mon. Brer Possum, he
got his belly ful er ’simmons. en Brer
Coon, he scooped up a ’bunnunce er
frogs and tadpoles. Dey ambled long,
des ez soshubble ez a baskit er kittens,
twell bimeby dey hear Mr. Dog talkin'
too hisse’f ’way off in de woods.
“ ‘Spozen he runs up on us, Bwr Pos
sum, wat you gwineter do ?’ sc*. P -
Coon, sezee. Brer Possum sorter
’round de comders un his mouf.
“‘Oh, ef he come, Brer Coon, I’m
gwineter stan’ by you/ sez Brer Possum.
+ W’atyou gwineter do ?’ sezee.
“ ‘Who ? me ?* sez Brer Coon. ‘Ef he
run up onter me, I lay I’ll give ’im one
twist,’ sezee.”
“ Did the dog come ?” asked the little
boy.
“Go ’way, honey!” responded the old
man in an impressive tone. “Go ’way!
Mr. Dog, he come an’ he come a zoonin’.
En he never wait fer ter say howdy,
nudder. He des sailed into de two un
urn. De ve’y fus’ pass he made, Brer
Possum fetch a grin fdm year ter year,
en keel over like he wuz dead. Den
Mr. Dog, he sail inter Brer Coon, en
right dar’s whar he los’ his munny pu’s,
kaze Brer Coon wuz cut out fur dat
kinder bizness, en he fairly wiped up de
face er de earf wid ’im. You better
bleeve dat w’en Mr. Dog got a chance to
make hissef skase he tuck it, en w*at der
wuz lef un him went scaterin thoo de
woods like hit wuz shot outen a muskit.
Eu Brer Coon, he sorter lick his cloze
inter shape en rack off, en Brer Possum,
he lay dar like he wuz dead, twell bime
by he raise up sorter keerful like, en
w’en he fine de coas’ cle’r he scramble up
en scamper off like sumpin wuz alter
’im.”
Here Uncle Rcmus'paused long enough
to pick up a live coal of .fire in his fin
ders, transfer it to the palm of bis hand,
and thence to his clay pipe, which he had
been filling—a proceeding that was view
ed by the little boy with undisguised ad
miration. The old man then proceeded:
“Nex’ time Brer Pos6um meet Brer
Coon. Brer Coon ’fuse to spon’ ter hi*
howdy, en dis make Brer Possum feel
mighty bad, seeiu’ ez bow dey useter
make so many ’scurshuns togedder.
“ ’W’at make you boleyo’ he’d so high,
Brer Coon?’ sez Brer Possum, sezee.
‘I ain’t runniu’ wid cowerds dese
days,’ says Brer Coon. ‘W’en I wants
you I’ll sen’ fer you,* sezee.
“Den Brer Possum got mighty mad.
“ ‘Who’s enny coward?’ sezee.
“ *Y r ou iz,’ says Brer Cood, ‘dat’swho
I ain’t soshatin’ wid dem w’at lies down
on de groun’ en plays dead w’en dar’s a
free fight gwine on,’ sezee.
“Den Brer Possum grin and laff fit to
Hill hissef.
*“Lor*. Brer Coon, you don’t spec I'
done dat kaze I wuz 'feared, duz you?’
sezee. ‘W’y, I want no mo’ ’feared dan
you iz dis minnit W’at wuz dey fer ter
be skeered un?’ 9ezee. ‘I know’d you’d
it away wid Mr. Dog ef I didn’t, en I
[es lay dar watch fe’ yon shake him,
waitin’ fer ter put in w’en de time come,’
sejee.
“Brer Coon turn up his nose.
(‘IDat’a- a mighty likely tale/ sezee;
w’en Mr. Dog hadn’t mo*n techtyou ’fo’
you keeled over, en lay dar stiff / sezee.
“ ‘Dat’s des w’at I wuz gwineter tell
you ’bout/ sez Brer Possum, sezee. *1
want no mo’ skeerd dan you iz fight now,
an’ I wuz fixin’ fer ter give Mr. Dog a
sample un my jaw/ sezee, ‘but I’m de
most ticklish chap w’at you ever laid eyes
on, en no sooner did Mr. Dog put hi^
nose down here ’mong my ribs dan I got
ter laffin, en I laft twei I didn’t have no
use er my lim’s,’ sezee, ‘en it’s a muss)
unto Mr. Dog dat I wu* ticklish, kaze a
little mo’, pn l’-d e't ’im up/ sezee. ‘i
don’t min' fighlin’. Brer Coon, no mo' dan
you duz/ sezee, ‘but I declare ter grashus
ef I ken stan’ ticklin’. Git me in a row
whar dey ain’t nq ticklin’ lowed, en I’m
yoqr man/ sezee,
“Ife down ter dis day”—continued Un
cle Remus, watching the smoke from his
pipe curl upward over the little boy’s
head—“down ter dis day, Brer Possum’s
boun’ ter s’render w’en you tech him in
de ribs, en he’ll laff ef he knows heV
gwineter be smashed fer it.”
Grantism In the South.
AqflftviU#
“Grant/* “a splendid government,”
a foreign war,” “a strong govern
ment/’ “internal improvements, “ap
propriations”—such are current expres
sions in the Southern press—in some of
the Southern newspapers. It would be
folly for ns to underrate or to insist that
these expressions mean nothing. They
mean that, after a long and patient en
durance, a part of the people of tbe
South, tired of waiting for Uie slowly
marching and slowly coming pros
perity, with sound government, and
the opportunity for gradual and
healthful accumulation in steady busi
ness, are beginning to look impatiently
for some new way, some short cut, to
wealth and consequence. What tbe size
of this army of impatient people will be
when they have reflected awhile, we do
not know. It will not be a stampede.
It is in the main confined to those who
are anxious for spoils. To Republscans,
who see promise in it, we can say, anti
the sequel will show (t, that this will be
less favorable tQ them than they suppose.
If it leaves the Democratic party purge!
of thp purely place-hunting class, just
when it is about to succeed, it will do the
Democracy no harm, it will do the Re
publicans no good.
It will gq no further, because ever)
well minded man knows that whatever
folly this country may be guilty of, any
thing like personal government and iut
perialism is out of the question. If the
Southern people were mad enough to cast
themselves into the arms of imperialism,
and yield the fruits of their long and pa
tient struggle, which, whatever follie>
and nonsense may have been combined
with it, htfe been a struggle for the pres
ervation of the federal system, they would
not even reap tbe thirty pieces of silver
expected as the price of betraying the
trutb. The South, at least, will obtain
no more than it can make by hard blows
and regular, systematic industiy. Those
who are about to allow themselves to be
caught by the glittef of the rising
sun on the fe-fiowlng tide of success arc
not eve 11 sure of the success, and if they
were, they have nothing to hope for from
Grantism beyond a beggarly account of
personal rewards. The Northern States
will still hold the purse strings and the
power of distribution. The Southern
States have much to hope for from steady
industry, opportunity, which they have,
and nothing from appropriations and
subsidies,and cannot obtain them if they
had. Let us awake from that dream of
a royal way to gloiy and look for pro-
gress of a durable Kind, under a stable
: r ree government, carefully preserved,
peace and order secured, and adherence
to sound principles of finance and regard
for public obligations. These are the
approved way to prosperity, and the
only way.
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face was braised as if from kicks. He
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* He bad evidently been
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N
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H AVING just returned from my second fall
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