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A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. Two Powerful Men Clinch in Deadly Conflict. From the California (Mo.) A terrible affray occurred between seven and eight miles from this city, on the road leading to Marion, on Wednesday last, between John Bry ant. and Alvin Logan, both powerful gan is coroborated by all the circnm-1 THE HAPPY LAND OF TEXAS, stances preceding, attending aiid fol lowing the dreadful struggle for life. The men, as already intimated, both possessed great muscular power, and had learned to use it to the best ad vantage. The gun, revolver, and slung-shot were identified as the pro perty of John Bryant. It was prov TTrifi, v • t n I fftuded by the curb-bits of Radicalism.— . « . . * ^ ^ 1S i° r Thanks to a Republican Governor and men physically, resulting m the death betore the allray, pretending that he Legislature and to the Radical party that of Bryant. Intelligence was brought was going to shoot some turkeys. | elected them. Give us us a decade of a i.1 • -* 1 mi. .1 -■ _ * __ I TTm/XWI +-h A -fAM J MA ni-AM Two Pictures Sketched by Dif ferent Authors. The Jefferson, Texas, Radioed says: While the Ku-IQux are scourging oth- er Southern States, Texas is prancing iliP bon cp 18^7 the great road of progress, to this city on Thursday morning, when District Attorney J. W. Moore and L. F. Wood, as counsel for Lo gan, went to the scene of the tragedy. An examination was held at the resi dence of Esquire English. It ap pears that a difficulty existed between Bryant and his son Frank, respect ing the ownership of a farm which was being worked by Logan, both of them claiming the rental—the title being in controversy in court. We give the following detailed statement of Mr. Logan, as no one witnessed the deadly strife, though the firing was heard distinctly by several per sons: He (Logan) was plowing. The elder Bryant came into the field and asked him who he was going to pay the rent to. Logan replied that he should pay it to Frank Bryant, as he had rented it to him. Bryant then said: “Alf, I’m going to kill yon !”— Logan replied that he “reckoned a brave man would not kill another without giving him a chance to de fend himself.” “I am ready now, Alf!” Logan sprang around the horses and kept them between him self and Bryant. Bryant then said: “I will not hurt a hair of your head if you will go with me over to John English’s and sign a writing to pay me the rent.” Logan then asked him where Eng lish was, and Bryant replied that he was in his field. Logan said he would ■ go up to the house, leave his team, and then go over and sign the papers. 'Bryant said he should not do that, for if he got to the house he would not come. Logan then said: if he must he would go, loosed his team and started. When they reached the middle of the field Logan said he did not see anything of John English.— Bryant replied, John is up by the gate. Arrived at the gate, English was not there; Bryant then said, “He and Dick Hickman are up this hollow, and you’ll have to go up there.”— [This hollow is a dismal, unfrequent ed place.] Logan objected, but- Bryant or dered him to go, holding, his gun in readiness to fire. Logan says although he thought it strange that English should have such papers in his field, he was not much frightened before; now he became alarmed. Bryant said: “You bother me too much. I believe you’re going to try to make a bulge on me. Go on!”—at the same time aiming the gun at him, which Logan thought was cocked. They started thus up the hill. Logan thought that if he tried to pick up a stick or rod Bryant would shoot him. He had two or three ideas in going up the hill; one was that if he had to defend himself he would have the ad vantage of the hill; another was that when on the top of the hill he wonld be in sight of Frank Bryant’s house; and another that from the top of the hill the other side was very steep, which, with the timber, might enable him to escape; but as he advanced, Bryant followed, so that he could gain no advantage. When he found that he could not get over the hill, he made up his mind that he would do the best he could, and that what he had to do must be done quickly. He had no arms—not even a pock et knife, and concluded that he could wheel suddenly and give Bryant such a blow that he would not use his gun. He executed this purpose, and hit him fairly, staggering him, then seized the gun, Bryant still holding on to it.. They exchanged blows, hut without much effect, both still having hold of the gun, and a severe tussle ensued. Logan got the gun, and then struck Bryant with his fist.— Bryant drew his revolver, which was the first Longan knew he had one.— Logan said: “I knew it was a struggle for life or death, and prepar ed for it. I grabbed the barrel of the revolver, with all the strength I had, pushed it around, as I thought, against his side, when it went off, but I don’t know whether it was fired by me or by himself. We then had a hard tussle, both holding on to the revolver until we were perfectly ex hausted. Both of us then got hold of a bush with one hand and swung around it, the other still grasping the revolver. We talked some; Bryant said: “Al, you hit me too hard, let’s quit and be friends.” I replied “ I’ll ao it if yon’ll give up the pistol.”— He said he would do it I knew it would not do to let him keep it, for he would shoot me down as soon as he got loose; so we began , to scuffle again. I seemed to have rested more than Bryant, for I succeeded in throwing him the first time. I had been down before. In the fall I got possession of the revolver. It Aias the hardest work I ever did to hold him down and use the pistol. I fired twice and let him go, and fired a third shot, hardly realizing what I was do ing, or thinking of From the facts and circumstances, such Radical rule and Texas will not on- f the inquest found that the killing ly be the pride of the South, but of the w was clearly in self defense, and Lo- whole American Union. gan was accordingly acquitted and And the Ty er ( Texas ) Reporter re- released from arrest. As far as we pl !£ 8 ., , . .. . know there is not an individnal in Yes > State 18 “Poncing gaily kno v tlie e s not an lnaivicuial m al on g» into bankruptcy, and the people’s the neighborhood that dissents from money is “prancing gaily” into the pock- tile decision. Logan appears to jbe ets of the most heartless set of thieves deeply affected at having killed a | that ever disgraced God’s footstool. man! It has been intimated in our | hearing that Bryant may have been: under the influence of temporary in sanity. This is possible, hut we pre-1 sume all will agree with us in the opinion that if so, he manifested “ a method in his madness” very extraor dinary. Treated Badly by His Brother. “Give us a decade of such Radical rule and Texas” will be all that Radicalism desires—a monument of Radical imbecil ity and rascality. Post Routes in North Georgia back, and, pale as death, she murmured, “I? was cruel, Susan!” This was after she had been married twenty-three years to the second hus band, and gray hairs crowned her brow with their pure glory ; and I gave it to show how long such a man as I have des cribed fives in the hearts of those left behind, in unabated love and honor.— Oh, that earth possessed more such! MAYOR’S COURT. A Crowded Home—Jiong Session and Some Damage Done. him, a-d wanted to move aw»y. The Court moYed him. It put tea dollars worth of gratae on his ma chinery at ono time, and aa His Honor lit the stamp of his cigar, he remarked that he gnoased that would run William for awhile. Then the Court adjourned to give Paddy Fltsgib- bons an opportunity to fumigate the chamber. FEMALE KC-KLUXES. A Sun Man Runs Into a Battalion of Ghosts. Yesterday mor ning about daylight, aa an attache of the Sun office was returning home after getting the morning’s paper to press, and just aa he came in the neighborhood of Evan’s. Chapel, he espied six or seven females in the middle of the street. They were all dad in white dresses, or what appeared to him to be white. As soon as they discovered him such a scattering and scampering and sudden disap pearing took place as to suggest to his half sleepy and worn out senses the idea of ghosts. The time, place and surroundings caused each particular, etc., for a while. It was not light enough for him to tell whether they were white or black. Who the robed morning glories were, their business, and whither Becently Col. Price addressed a let ter to the Post Office Department, making several suggestions in rela tion to mail service in this section The following scene occurred at a I °f the State. - The Post Office De wedding recently, not a thousand partment, replied that as soon as mail miles from this city. The bridegroom service shall have been ordered on was twenty years of age and the bride the new railroad between Atlanta and fifteen. The happy groom, had a Gainesville, the propriety of altering younger brother, about sixteen years the routes will be considered by the of age, present at the wedding. The Department. Among the suggestions ceremony commenced, and just as ^ade by Col. Price. were the estab- the minister asked if any one knew lishment of a hack line between Dah- why the coupls before him should I lonega and Gainesville; the re-estab- not be joined together, young Bud lishment of a. weekly mail .from commenced to weep loudly and vio- Cleveland, White county, to Hays- lently. The man of God paused, the ville, North Carolina; a weekly mail young bride prospective blushed and froni Clayton, Rabun county, ^ to trembled with embarrassment, the Blairsville, Ga., and one from Elijay bridegroom turned pale and looked Duck Town, Tenn.; also, the re confused, the assembled party were establishment of Sundry post offices consternation-struck, and the father an d post masters, heretofore discon- of the .weeping hoy seized him and I tinued by the Government, demanded the cause of his strange We are glad to note the fact that conduct. Amid sobs and tears and Col. Price is working for his District, divers shakes, he blurted out:—I a p d "won’t he long before mail fa- “Brother has treated me badly. She cilities will he felt throughout sec- ought to have been mine; I loved her tions of country that have heretofore first, and^she loved me before she did | been sadly neglected. him.” The old “parient” jerked the . 7 _ weeping, heart-broken boy out of the Deatli of a VeneraWe Citizen of Yesterday saw the usual crowd of offenders, spec tators, loafers and lawyers in attendance upon the Monday morning's levee. All kinds and descrip tions of people were there. But the XVtbs had a majority of noses had a count been taken. ‘■Some were black and some were blacker, And some were the color of a chaw terbacker. His Honor had, somehow or other got the inside track: of the catarrh, of which he complained so much on Saturday, and was lolly able, and did do I they went, are thoughts which occupied his leisure his part of the talking on this occasion. [We learned moments all day yesterday, afterwards from dousing that he had taken some of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. He was threatened | with a case of teething—eye teeth.] Anyway, the continued case of SCOTT FLEMING WAS CALLED, but he did not appear. What disposition was made 1 of it was kept dark. Thit is a case of just "nothing all, and is occupying time to the great ad , antage of no one. A continued case of the Cii# against . J. T. HUNTER was up. Several witnesses swore to Mr. Hunter’s being drunk, and abusing his little boy and disturb ing the neighbors. His Honor knew that Hunter was not a vicious man—could tell that at a glance, but then he knew that Hunter was drunk, and being drunk, was ont of his proper mind, and being out of his proper mind was satisfied he did things for which he then felt sorry. Hunter was required to discover ten dollars. Then was called, what appeared to the audience, THREE FEMALE KU-XLUXES, named Carrie Sanders, Laura O’Neal and Sallie Cox. As their names were called they rose out from the black cloud hanging over the railings of the Court, and came marching before his Honor like spirits from room, threatening hickories by the dozen; whilst, after some time m re storing equilibrium, the ceremony went on.—[Jackson Whig. Charleston. A venerable patriarch in Israel has filled I the measure of his appointed days, and is now peacefully gathered to his fathers. Mr.'Jacob Cohen, who for so many long THE CONDITION OF THE COT- years has been going out and coming in TON CROP. I among ns, died at his residence in this city last evening. His pilgrimage on Report of the Agricultural I earth extended to near seventy-five years, Bureau and leaves behind it impressions of a Washington, J,™ !5-The D 3LSS&& partment ot Agriculture has received n i ee , a patriotism, fervid and full of returns from nearly three hundred vigor in its devotion to heme and conn- counties representing the most pro- try, and a heart true as steel in its re ductive districts of each of the cotton sponse to the vibrations of friendship, States, and showing the comparative mar hed and leavened and honorable a average and the condition of the crop ^ Touching the generations dnrinu the first week of Tnne A ahke of the P 88 *’ and the incoming, he ,. o . weeK 01 J une. A was ever a mos [ interesting and welcome cumumtion in the area planted m constituent in the social circle, while the cotton appears in every State except cordial geniality and pleasant courtesy of Florida. The most careful analysis his manner, graced the silver hair of age, of the returns, with due regard in »nd won the warm attachments of the making averages, to the extent of cob- y° an g« Peace- to his manes!—Courier ton production in the respective counties, gives the following percent- Coroner’s Inquest. age of reduction compared with last - year: Virginia, 30 per cent.; -North I At a very early hour yesterday morn Carolina, 13; South Carolina, 13; ing, B. F. Sheftall was called to hold on Georgia, 12; Alabama, 13; Missis-1 an inquest over the body of Har- sippi, 15; Louisiana, 8; Texas, 14; net Do* 10 , a negro girl, who died quite Arkansas, 16; Tennessee, 12. suddenly at her residence in the south- m. „„„ n, „ ’ j , , western portion of the city. Thecircum- These State avenges, reducol to a stances>welearned> ar " that t he girl general average the assumed aver- was sitting in a room with several other age of the respective States being an members of her family, and very sndden- element in the calculation—will place ly commenced coughing, which she con- reduction of the cotton of 1871, as tinned for some time, soon after she be- compared with that of 1870, between S a “ to Mood, then to vomiting blood, fourteen and fifteen per cent, equiva- aad g<™g into the bedroom sat dovraup- . . . n , on the bed, wnen she died qmte sudden- lent to nearly a million and a third L •^ Iyrendered as ? heir verdictj 01 acres, -this would leave between I death from hemorrage.—[Say. News, seven and a half and eight millions of acres as the present area in cotton. 1 Cutting Affair. The average, yield has hot, in former # —- years, exceeded one hundred and fifty A cutting affair, which came near re- pounds per acre. That for 1870 was suiting seriously, occurred last night at more than two hundred pounds. ’ * he Scre T en g ra8e - s ° me f - t a tween a bar-keeper and a waiter in the The condition of the growing plant hotel caused the former to make an effort is below an average in nearly every to strike the waiter, who had gone to the State. The spring has- been unusu- bar, it seems, prepared, and who met the ally wet and cold, retarding the bar-keeper with a razor, which he used growth, causing many of the plants on him quite freely, cutting him in sev to turn yellow and die, and obstruct- er£d places on the neck. They were soon ing cultivation to a large extent— “ na a P h J“ f”; !*» ReWting. however, ha/refflied the \acant spaces 01 imperfect stands. When we saw him - at 1 o’clock he was The weather has recently been j doing well—Savannah News, more favorable, and it is not impossi ble that an average condition may be | Life Incident, attained by the commencement of the picking season, \The condition of cotton in July of 1869, a year favor ed with an abundant yield, was only A run of a few days in Forsyth county has enabled us to see something of the crop prospects jUx that section. The wheat is all harvested and does not amount to half a crop. The fly and rust sent it to pot prematurely. Oats are doing well and a full crop will be made. Cora is growing finely, though it is sadly In the grass. Bains have been almost in' the black quarters of the other world. They were I cessant, but the farmers are putting in lively licks evidently “cases,” and good ones too. We coold see between the showers. Bottom lands are almost his Honor give a smile of satisfaction as this bevy of Orowned ont Cotton is backward and spindling- damsels made their bow. GnLt was so plainly writ- owing to too much wet The blackberry crop prom' ten upon each countenance that the question of j B6B to jj Q n.iii,nri«n+ guilty or not guilty was merely put to them as matter of legal etiquette. The policeman swore that they laughed so loud on Saturday, that ho heard them a quarter of a mile off. This was cer tainly a jolly laugh, and his Honor spoke of that lo cality as being the jolliest one he ever-knew, any how: Two of these hyenas were old offenders, and he gave them $10—the third he hashed up in the same style for fear she might get to be an old war- horse. FISH BERRY BEER. The Mayor intimated that he was wrong in saying the other day that Fechter & Mercer put fish berries in their beer. He had since found ont that the beer which made the fellers go so wild and disorderly was imported beer. Ho had been wrong in his analysis, supposing the sample he had was Atlanta beer, when, in feet, it was made somewhere in the West He recanted, and would, if necessary, endorse the purity of home made beer. But this did not prevent his docking - G. F. THOMPSON, for ten dollars and costs for g* tting “glory hallalu- yar” on beer Sunday. His Honor rather likes to soe man able to take a glass and not get drunk; but it completely wears his patience to shreds to see a fcl" low make a hog of himself. He is morally certain one glass won’t upset a man, and there is no use in putting in the plea that “ITonly took one drink.” Just as sure as a prisoner makes that remark he is gone up. But the bitterest pill in the box was BELLE HIGHTOWER, coal black wench—so black that ink would make a light mark on her countenance. Belle lives near the Barracks, and is stir, onnded by a set of neighbors that wonld pollute his Honor himself if he lived there long cnongh. The irrepressible Mrs. Fletcher was on hand to testify against Belle. This time Fletcher was arrayed like unto one of the lillies of the valley. She looked charming; and when Bhe came sailing into Court, with her .muslin de lain walking dress, silk basquetine and white vail, she set things in a flutter. I once knew a lawyer great in his pro fession and great as a man. He wonld pause on his way to the court- house 1 • a,, , u - ,, I where life and death, through God’sper- a little better than the showing for mission, hung upon his words, to speak J une of the present year. While the I a word of comfort or counsel and give prospect is slightly improving, there needed dollar to an indigent beggar by is nothing in it of a decisive charac- the way-side; he would turn from a ter. The percentage below an aver- crowded court-house, where, hearts had age condition is respectively as fol- kughed and wept at his bidding, and Craolma, 10 per cent. South Caroli- ^ once. It was worth all of life to na, o; Georgia, 10;. Alabama, 17; have known him. This man died ere the Mississippi, 16; Louisiana, 10; Tex- full meridian of life shone upon his hon as, 7; Arkansas, 17; Tennessee, 10. ored head, and I continued to know his In Florida the condition is 3 per cent ^ id , ow - the course of years she mar- above an average ned a 8 a i Q and raised up children by this Ar.offldalestimateof tteKrt result, so early in the season, would their father full as well as the first bus bean absurdity. The influence of band. I thought I detected that this future rains, floods, frosts and insect was as much to persuade herself as them, enemies coiinot be calculated in ad- and felt curious to know the truth; so vance; but in view of the extremely u P? n on0 occasion after she was done ut- favorable circumstances affecting the ^ring these aMurances, I turned quickly .... .. crop last year, these cannot he ex- -Su^osTinaugel were to appear now w 0 illing him until] pected m the pic sent year, upon a before you, and say, ‘Will you have your T saw the blood come inio his mouth. I reduced area, a crop exceding three first husband back?’ what would be your Then I became dreadfully'frightened, I and one-half millions of bales. An answer?” seized the gun and pistol, and ran | early frost, or the prevalence of in-1. 111 811 instant the tears gushed from j possible in the union or severity of give him to me! give The next instant her Kourtli of July In Roswell. We were glad to meet with our friend Dr. B. B Anderson, of tho charming town of Boswell, in our city yesterday. From him we learn that the people of that quiet and beautiful place intend to have quite au interest ing occasion on the 4th of July. The Methodist Church there, a very substantial edifice, is being thoroughly repaired. The Corner Stone of the building was removed from the building during the war; and it is to be relaid by the Masonic Fraternity on the fourth. Several Lodges will be present, and addresses delivered by M^]. Winn, Gen. HanSeU and others. A basket dinner will be served up, and a good time generally is expected. Crops in Forsyth County. Obituary. Little Sophie Smith, aged three years, daughter of G. C. and E. M. Smith, of Griffin, died suddenly in that city on Sunday night last, of inflamation of the stomach. She was one of the most remarkably lovely and in teres ting children in the community, and it has fre quently been said of her that Bhe was too sweet, too angelic for this world and would never grow up to womanhood. Thus are the doating parents and the affectionate relations bereaved of this tender, beautiful flower, which was blooming for paradise while mingling with them in the scenes of earth. Though it has fa ded it this world, it blooms in eternal beauty on high and the fond parents have a cherub attraction in the world of bliss which did not exist before. .May this be a comfort to them and bind up their' broken hearts. The fond mother alone had to meet and bear this sad less, while the fond father is &r away .in Texas, and does not yet know that the spirit of bis beautiful Sophie has flown to the spirit land. “The great Jehovah from above An angel bright did send, Who took the little harmless dove To joys that never end.” The Last of the Johnson Family. Next to the prolifi:’family of Smiths, the John' sons are the next numerous. In the good city of Griffin, about every other person you meet is a John son. It is of these people we desire 'to say a word- taking them as they come till we arrive at the par' ticular one which we desire to personate. Dau and H. Dave are the politicians; while Joseph and Bussell, Black Tom and “ Billy” are all in the merchantile business; and “Painter” Tom John son is a parson. Besides these, there are a thousand others, descendants of the above. Among the scions of the house of-Dave, is one “Harry,” who has been connected withjTHE Sun office for some months and She had with' her a lassie of I interest in the paper has preyed upon his mind some sixteen summers’ nights, with a yaller dress and latterly till he has had “Son’’ on tho brain. But we well turned pair of ankles, encased in clean stock* I were sure relief would come, and we are happy to ings, which she was no doubt vain of, as she took learn that he is the happy father of as promising an great pains to display them. The pair were swift urchant as genera ly comes to the lot of those con witnesses against poor Bella, and soon had the beer I nected with ^printing offices. The name of fbin on her. Belle told Mrs F. that she wasn’t Mullins | Johnson has not been designated, but we feel sure it will be named for ns. We are ready with the pre sent. May he become President Johnson No. 2. nor no other man. That if Mrs. F. thought she could scare the dog water out of her she was might ily mistaken. Mrs. F. said she saw a very respecta ble doctor drunk go into Belle’s house, and she didn’t know what that -meant. The Mayor thought Belle was the bell wether of a very sickly flock of sheep in her immediate bailiwick, and asked her to loan him ten dollars to bny snlpher for them. She gave him a check on her bank. WILLIAM FINGER is a German. He didn’t deny that. He couldn’t well do it, and get any one to believe more than half of it Well, William got his finger intq Mr. Walton’s pie,tand there was a big fuss. Walton acr cosed Finger of insulting him in the most outrag eous manner, by words, which were too strong for his Honor’s stomach. One witness got over it and when the next one came to that part of it, he was ex- C£ Tlie Path of Victory*” We publish in another column of to day’s issue an article from the New York World, under the above caption. From this article, it seems that the World is veering towards the right, far as relates to principles, but still re mains egregiously wrong so far as relates to policy. The sure “path to victory” now is the same as that pointed out by Jefferson in cused. Mr. Walton made his speech, and Mr. Fin-1 the great Civic struggle of 1798—99. Let ger had the closing argument. But Walton had the [fog Democracy make the fight upon the most witness ana they swore Btroug, and so Finger of J effer60n ’s Inaugural in had to finger his weasle for $10 and costs. I ; , . . , r. n. walton 1801 (the last paragraph of the World s was charged with profane language and disorderly article) and a most signal triumph, will conduct, it was his part in the Finger case, ana as k 0 achieved by them in 1872. We want nothing was proven to the satisfaction of the Court I , ,, ... to warrant a draw upon Mr. Walton, he was dis-1 110 better platform, missed. t. J. KENDRICK couldn’t deny the tender impeachment of being drunk, but owned it np like a little man, and conse quently got off with five dollars and cream. RESISTING AN OFFICER. On Saturday evening, Anderson Moore, colored, had nothing more to do after his day’s work was done than to get oh a full head of Marietta street Now, whether the World is really in earnest in what is here set fort 1 ! with so much seeming fervor and patriotism, we regret to say that we are compelled to question. Among others, the following are some of our reasons for doubting. 1st. What Mr. Jefferson meant by “the benzine, and mount his stilts. His sweetheart tried I support of the State Governments in all hard to get Anderson to “ come back Stephen,” but rights,” is well known. It Was Well he’d be dod rotted if he didn’t go to town. As he! , , , , ,, , , ,, , was laying the worm for- a fence along Marietta understood at that time, and thero^ has street, officer o’Shields was a little further np stak- never been any question about it since, ing it off for him, and as Anderson got up to him he JJ e Lni) just been elected in one of the most exciting political contests ever made a grab and caught him. Anderson jerked loose, stepped a few paces back, picked up a brick- 1 _ bat and intimated to o’Shields that he would ,, rock known in this country, before or since, him to sleep, mother,” if he approached. o’Shields and had achievediihe victory, leading the called ou some boy.s and Anderson took to his heels. They chased him for some distance before he gave np, and was housed in the calaboose. Anderson made his own defence in Court, examined the wit nesses, and puzzled the Bench. For such learning made the Court mad, and it asked Anderson if he had license to practice. There the Judge had him. Democracy in their rescue of the liber ties of the people, from the grasp of the Centralists and Imperialists of those days. With the bold and unfaltering an and the spectators knew it, but Anderson was game, I nouncement that the powers of the Gen and laid down argument after argument, and kept on laying down “pints” until he was floored, to his great astonishment, by a demand for $25 and cost with which to pay for his license. “WHY, CLARK, AIN’T YOU ASHAMED!” A tall, sleek, intelligent-looking negro, named Wil liam Clark, was np upon complaint of his future wife, for kicking np a row Sunday night. Clark was a little in his cups, that was evident; and although I ffioritaiive, void and qf no force. the girl had had him arrested, she did not tell all she _ „ __ _ - knew on William. Her great love for him overcame Now, does the World really m her temporary anger, and it vraa with difficulty she j understood SS standing Upon the truth Of could be got to tell anything. She said he cut op this declaration, on which Jefferson won awfully and she tried to get him to hush. That even . - ^ ^ oddg j n 180 0? at 4 o’clock in the morning he wanted to raise the I tne n e ul “e 1 * 1 | end Government were definite—that they were delegated—and that each State had I reserved to itself all “the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and (that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers Us acts are unau- T Ue account thus given by Lo-1 several of these causes of failure, | hands fell beside her, her head dropped | miaewer. she said she eouia uve in no peace with I If so, why did that paper oppose the New York Democratic platform in .1868? and why does itnow insi.it upon any “De parture’’ from its essential principles.in the future? Was it not essentially the same as that of Mr. Jefferson, so far as it related to the rights’of the Stfites-atidthe usurpations of Congress? 2d. If the World intends truly and firmly to stand upon, the Jeffersonian Platform, how c&u it indorse the9th Res olution of the late Harrisburg (Pu.) Plat form, which asserts that the striking down of ten States of the Union, and tramp ling upon all their rights by a majority faction in Congress, was done in the man ner and by the power constitutionally ap pointed ? 3d. Another reason for our doubt as to the sinoerity of the TPorM in this matter, springs from the reasons given in the ar- tiole which we publish to-day, for the New Departure” as a question of policy. These seem to us most singular aud ut terly unsound. The argument amounts to this: That the Democrats must obtain the votes of some Republicans in 1872, or their cause will be hopeless. A number of Repub licans, it is argued, have become satisfied that their party has acted wrong, aud that even they themselves, have supported measures which are mischievous, but they cannot be induced “to brand themselves with dishonor,” by putting themselves upon a Platform which holds these meas ures up for popular condemnation. Now is it really true that any Republi can votes are necessary for Democratic success under the Platform of 1868 ? This may be so, and yetit may be questioned. That Platform received 2,648,830 votes. The number of votes cast against it was ,985,031. The popular majority in the United States against it was only 336,201 votes. This majority would have beenmore than overcome, but for the usurpations of Congress, by which the people of the States of Virginia, Missouri, and Texas, were denied the right to vote, and for other like usurpations, by which tliousauds of Democrats were disfranchised in Tennes see and Missouri, to say nothing of other States. We give it as our opinion that but for the grossest of usurpations by Congress in the disfranchisement of the States alluded to, the popular majority would have been in favor of the New York Platform of 1868. These disfran chisements no longer exist. Who then can assume as fact that the majority of the people of the United States, to-day, are not ready to stand squarely upon the same platform, with out the accession of a single disaffected Radical vote? Bat, for the sake of argument, suppose. it to be otherwise. How many Radicals, or dissatisfied Republicans, does the World think would vote the Democratie ticket upon snch a platform as will not require any sacrifice of principle or con sistency on their part? Does it put the number at one, two or three hundred thousand? Or does it run the figures up to four hundred thousand? Then, we ask, is it good policy, or right in itself, to call upon the two million six hundred and odd thousand Democrats to dishonor them selves by indorsing measures which they have most solemnly pronounced to be usurpations, in order to save tbe honor, or even consistency, of those compara tively few Republicans who now seek Democratie alliance to save themselves from the results of their own misdeeds? Shall they come to the Democracy, or shall the Democracy abandon its prin ciples and go to them, and monnt their platform? If as many as five hundred thousand Radicals can be secured on these terms, will not more than five hun dred thousand Democrats be as sensitive of their honor as those Radicals sought to be obtained in this way? It is not “in human nature” to be otherwise. On the point of honor, we have this to say to both Radicals and Democrats: If any of the former are convinced that they have done wrong, it is highly honorable to admit the fact and rectify the wrong as far as possible. If any Democrat has changed his opinion and come to the conclusion that the Radical policy was right, then it is not dishonorable for him to say so; but when he does it, the only honorable course for him to pursue afterwards is to go and join that party. The World says that no party can hope to succeed whose only ground of appeal to the people is opposition to the acts of its adversary. This is the substance of the remark. We say that no party ought to succeed, which goes before the people in a party contest upon any other grounds. Principles and administrative acts mark parties—not the men who head them. A party in power onght to be turned out, if at all, for its misdeeds. If its acts be right, if its policy is not to be reversed or assailed, it ought to be sustained by all who so believe. It was for their misdeeds that Jefferson arraigned the Imperialists of his day. It was for these and these only, that he brought both the authors and their meas ures under public condemnation. His platform was the right one. 11 In hoc signo vinces,” we now say to the De mocracy of the Union. This points out “the ‘true' path to victory.” A Washington dipatch says: Among the names mentioned in connectionwitn the appointment of an arbitator of Ogne va on the Alabama claims, is that of sen ator Sumner. It is stated ongood.au- thority that the Massachusetts Semwo would not be averse to accepting sitdon in case the President tendered 41m the appointment.