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6. THE ATLA NT A W EE.K1 Y S U N Fry knew of these bills. I refer to tlie I collected bills. I never saw that bill be- firm of Alexander k Co. fore. I pay on a warrant. Sometimes Sccomi Day. when I was absent Hotchkiss could get con. cclbebson. the money at the bank, but in this in- Am Clerk of the Board of Railroad Com- j stance the warrant was presented by Mr. our article under this Jieading , missioned—That (the bill) was brought j p-jy. I didn’t know there was anything " before the Commissioners, of which this is a record. My information i3 that the THE DAILY Thursday Morning August 17. “Is It a Judicial Question 7” j money was paid on the draft. These bills J wrong about it. Am acquainted with Muffin's writing. Have not seen it lately. ! Wilson kept books for Mullin. That the other day, we were interrupted in the midst of a sentence, but said we had a great deal more to say upon the subject. We have not time now I en trY wn.s made init. In this case, Alexau- ‘ j D g—think it is Wilson’s. I went with to resume the topic, further than to , der came to me saying, ho had letters from j pjy to the bank, and requested them to add, what we intended to do in the parties in New York authorizing him to j are the papers that came together. That j (pointing to a bill) is not the same writ- conclusioil of that article, which was, I draw for these bills; that he was anxions that if the question of the validity of j to havc ifc passed by the Board, and was the fraudulent amendments—as we | w “ lingto clearly showed it to be almost uni-] versally admitted to be fraudulent—\ is a judicial one x or even if it he a\ dehafalle question whether the courts can rightfully and properly inquire ' into the matter, why should those who hold these ..measures to be grossly iniquitous, and utterly destructive of the rights of the people and the States, he so eager to accept and'sanction them as valid parts of the Constitution in advance of au adjudication of the point in controversy? .Why not wait, at leas!, until it be seen whether the courts will or will not take jurisdic tion of the question. We shall recur to this subject again before long. A. H. 8. Why Retained and Paid. It seems that a number of the higher officers on the State Road, under the administration of Governor Bullock and Capt. Blodgett—how many wo do not know—have retained their places and their pay, from the time the road was turned over to the lessees till now. What was this for? »Ono or two clerks in the Executive Department could have wound up the unfinished business of the road, or some person or persons could have been assigned to that duty, without keeping under pay a routine of high-sala ried officers. “But an important feature in this mat ter seems to have escaped public atten tion. There were large balances owing to the road by connecting railroads, and other parties. We are told that all these balances, as far as they have been collected, have gone into the hands of Foster Blodgett. We would liko to 1 ::ow how much of this money lias been e fleeted, and bow much of it has reached .the State Treasury ? Will Dr. Angier inform ns ? The Legislature, wo believe, passed an act creating a Board or Committee to in vestigate and audit claims against the State Road, and have all claims allowed bydikat Board paid out of the Treasury; but no provision was made, so far as we are aware, to take care of the money due the State on account of the debts owing to tho Rand. Who can furnish the country with any facts on this point ? THE STATE ROAD PLUNDERING!:. The Hotchkiss Examination. AIR. ALEXANDER—CONTINTUED. Question—Did Hotchkiss get any of that money ? Answer—I don’t know of my own knowledge, nor whether he knew of this being paid twice. I had only conversa tion with him once. Never heard any one in his presence make any statement that he got any of tho money. These (bills in hand) are all in the same hand writing—made out by the same man. I did not see either BLODGETT OR MULLIN'" sign them. Don’t know whether it is M.’s writing or not. That (bill) is signed “ Blodgett” by Fry. I saw some one get money on that draft. Don’t know that anybody got money on that (bill). I TURNED THE MONEY OVER TO FRY. I don’t remember the day. Tho warrant was made out iu tho name of McKewn, Grant & Co. The account was furnished me by Fry. I only know of one party who got money. I carried the account and draft attached to Hotchkiss. That was signed by me at Fry’s request. I think Hotchkiss’ name was not attached. The (NEW YORK) BILLS were made out after the draft and ac- - count had been presented, as much as a month or six weeks after Hotchkiss gave the draft I got money on the first account before I went before the Rail road Committee. I got from Fry, on first account, TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. Both accounts have been paid. Alto gether I got $3,400. I have returned my money. I only returned the money to- PAY A SMALL COMMISSION j to get it passed. He came before the Board and made a statement of his au thority to draw this money. The bills bad THE ENDORSEMENT OF BLODGETT A MULLIN. After it was passed I receiretl seventy-fire debars! which I am NOW READY TO PAY BACK, not as conscience money, but if it belongs to the State of Georgia. Ihave not paid back any. I will pay it back if it is found that it belongs to the State of Georgia. I have got it, and will pay it back when ever it is decided that the State has been wronged out of it. Fry handed me the money. Never was any conversation be tween me and Hotchkiss on this matter. Have no remembrance of him being be fore the Board. Alexander was before tho Board; do not know that he was sworn. MR. SCOTT, Siyorn—Am clerk in the Executive De partment. I never saw that draft. J. G. Alexander got the warrant. I delivered it to Fry. I gave warrant for full amount. Hotchkiss said nothing to me about it. *r E. F. BLODGETT, Sworn—I was Supply Agent of W. & A. E. B. last year. Fry was clerk. Fry signed the bill. It was not by my in struction. Occasionally he would sign bills by my direction. It was not ensto- mary for him to sign unless I told him. He had no authority to sign without my knowledge. When he did sign that was tho usual form. That is not my hand writing, but Fry’s. It is my opinion that that is Mollin’s hand-writing. [Several bills were shown witness.) Question—Are these bills BOGUS BILLS’? Answer—I think they are l about two months since I found it out. I saw an entry in my books that excited my suspi cion. I then went to the General Bookkeeper’s office. I am satisfied he knew nothing of it till I went there. Dont think I had conver sation with Hotchkiss about it. There was a meeting of Alexander and myself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Hotchkiss and CoL Harris, for the purpose to get this money paid back. At that meeting Hotchkiss was with us. There was no definite plan arranged. Alexander was willing to make restitu tion. The other parties who had got money were not willing. At that time it was charged that HOTCHKISS WAS IMPLICATED. At that time Fry stated in the crowd that Hotchkiss knew nothing about it. I believe Alexander claimed that Fry had said that he paid Hotchkiss $800. A. L. HARRIS was there, making effort for restitution of the money. Alexander was willing to return, Fry was not, and these weie all the parties that I understood had any thing to do with it. Hotchkiss said nothing about returning money. He was sui-prised at Being called to attend such a meeting don’t KNOW WHERE FRY IS. I saw him on 'Whitehall street on Sunday. I think he was at my father’s house on Saturday. I do not know where McCaUa's pass look is. Fry was “MY CLERK,” from October, 1869, till the Road was leased. I can’t tell how Hotchkiss came to attach his name to that draft without taking upon himself great responsibility. If that draft covers the hill, it ought to be attached. If the bill was passed while the draft was out, Hotchkiss did not do that IN THE REGULAR WAY. Question—State to the Court if you got money from Alexander ? Answer—X never got any of that money that I am aware of. I GOT SOME MONEY from Alexander, for which I gave my note—$1,400. I paid Fry $500. On the 23d of May I got it. I owe Fry $1,000. m’calla Sworn—Discovered fraud in either De cember or January, The witness ex day (August 15), altogether $3,950, that | P la ^ ne ^ routine °f business in the J v 'State Road offices. The amount is all I ever received of these accounts. These accounts were made out by me.— ( That (one in hand) was signed by Fry for Blodgett. It was presented by Fry. I think Fry turned over these accounts to Culberson. I never showed these to Hotchkiss, nor notified him that these DOUBLE ACCOUNTS had been made out. Went before the Railroad Board when this matter was ex amined. The warrant was passed up and i drew the money. I received $3,400. I received some other (of transactions monthly with Alex ander was considerably less than the amounts I entered for December. This is the pass-book—that is my writing.— I The entries for December were $15,869. carry the check a few days. ‘ Sometimes paid drafts before the Superintendent had time to sign them up. I AM IN OFFICE STILL, drawing my pay from the lessees— DRAWING DOUBLE FAY. Question—Does old Joe pay you too ? Answer—Yes. I know Burnett. I think he was a general agent of some kind. He looked after things generally. There were four officers of the road con tinued by the Governor— BLODGETT, HOTCHKISS, THE GENERAL BOOK KEEPER AND MYSELF— to wind up the old business of the road. I am there under the order of the Gov ernor. Brown and his officers took charge of the Road on the 27th Decem ber. HOTCHKISS HAD NOT TO WALK THE PLANK at that time. He was retained for a month or two by Brown. I think Judge Cabaniss took possession in February. Question—Did not you and Hotchkiss receive orders in reference to payments from Blodgett? Answer—I paid only on Warrants, and paid but little attention to Blodgett’s written orders outside of the Warrants. I think HOTCHKISS IS STILL RECEIVING A SALARY. I h ive not the record here. That is on the pay roll. I paid him $250 in Janua ry. Have not paid him since. I under stand he is still acting as Auditor UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER. Hotchkiss is not authorized to collect anything un der the lease. I gave Hotch kiss papers, with authority to collect Post Office money. He told me he had collected about a thousand dollars. I think that was in February or March. HE HAS NOT PAID OVER THE MONEY YET. That was after the Alexander transaction was over. We have not yet had a full settlement GEO. P. BURNETT was recalled. Question—Is your memo ry clear as to what Hotchkiss admitted about the $800? Answer—I think there was no chance for a misunderstanding. He acknowl edged that he had received $800. The postoffice matter came up before. He did not mention $900. I am certain he mentioned $800. I told him that Alex ander told me, and Fry told me, and probably other parties, that ho liad re ceived $S00 of this money. I said, if you have got this money, GO AND FIX THE HATTER UP,' AND PROTECT YOURSELF. If you have not done it, go and see about it. He said, “I will have nothing to do with it.” I said, very well. That is my recollection. I think that is all that was said then. I said to him: “Harris says that you have collected about a thousand dollars, and “YOU HAVE MADE NO RETURN.” He didn’t say whether he had or had not. He talked a while and then dropped it.— McCalla was present when wo talked of the Alexander question. After McCalla left, Hotchkiss and myself were talking about it. Question—Whom have you spoken to about this matter since you were exam ined yesterday ? Answer—(the witness named a number of persons) I talked with BOGUS BILLS prepared, footing up $28,000. ‘ When I examined the vouchers I was satisfied hat that amount had not been stolen. I reported the case back to Blodgett, saying I could do nothing with it. Iam a Com missioner, settling the old ailairs of the Road, and preparing the annual report. J. C. ALEXANDER was recalled and further explained his testimony.. Question.—Did Burnett ever propose to you to pay him a certain amount of money ? Answer.—Sometime ago ho did make such a proposition. Burnett said to me at the Sasseen house if I would GIVE HIM TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS I should be clear as far as I was interested, and let others shift for themselves. This conversation E repeated in the presence of Burnett, BLODGETT and Fry. I never saw Hotchkiss get any money. I don’t think the two thousand dollars Burnett wanted was to be paid back to tbe Road. After several other persons were exam ined, the case was committed and a de cision will be rendered to-day at the City Hall at ten o’clock. SUN-STROKES. £ss?“ The Courier Journal is a largo sheet—of water. KENTUCKY’S TRIUMPH. Kentucky sends a noble greeting. By nearly fifty thousand majority she pledges herself to the Republic and the Constitu tion, and repudiates the efforts of the monarchists to make an imperial master of a corrupt and unscrupulous President. Kentuckians see with the intelligence of freemen the danger that menaces even the shadow—for the substance is already perverted—of republican institutions, and they have uttered their reprobation in no doubtful tones. Though fifty thou sand negro votes have been added to the Radical list, and though every one of them was marched out to make an appa rent gain, the Democracy increased tlieir majority over last year’s by nearly'twen- ty thousand votes. The ball is rolling and enlarging as it rolls.—Baltimore Sun day Telegraph, Aug. 13th, 1871. Tubal Gain. EX BliO. CHARLES MACXAX. Old Tubal Cain was a man of might, In the days when Earth was young; By the fierce red light furnace bright The strobes of his hammer rung ; And he lifted high his brawny hand, On tho iron glowing clear, ’Til the sparks rushed out in scarlet ront, As he fashioned the sword and spear ; And he sang : “Hurra! for my handiwork ; Hurra! for the spear and sword, Hurra! for the hand that shall wield them well. For ho shall be King and Lord!” To Tubal Csiu came many a one, As he wrought by his waning file ; And each one pray’d for a strong steel blade As the crown of his own desire; And he made them weapons sharp and strong. Till they shouted loud for glee, And gave him gifts of pearl and gold! And spoils of the forests free : And they sang : “Hurra! for Tubal Cain, Who hath given us strength anew, Hurra for the smith, Hurra for the fire And Hurra for the metal true.” But a sudden change came o’er his head Ere the setting of the sun, And Tubal Cain was filled with pain For the evil he had done ; He saw that men with rage and hate Made war upon their kind. And the land was red with the blood they shed In their Inst- for carnage blind. And he said : “Alas! that ever I made, Or that skill of mine should plan, The spear and the sword for men whose joy Is to slay their fellow-man!’’ And for many a day old Tubal Cain Sat brooding o’er his woe ; And his hand forbore to smite the ore, And his furnace smouldered low; But he rose at last with a cheerful face, And a bright courageous eye, And ho hared his strong right arm for work While the quick flames mounted high. And he sang: “Hurra 1 for my handiwork," While the red sparks filled the air, Not alone for the blade was the bright steel made, And he fashioned the first plow-share. And men, taught wisdom from the first, In friendship joined their hands— Hung the sword in the hall, the spear on the wall And plowed the willing lands; And sang : “Hurra! for Tubal Cain, Our staunch good friend is he. And for the plow-share and the plow To him our praise shall be ; But while oppression lifts its head, Or a tyrant would be lord, Tho’ we may thank him for the plow. We’ll not forget the sword." THE OLD GENTLEMAN. I forget whether it was the old gentleman or the young one (the Blodgetts), have known them two or three years, talked with the young man AND WITH THE OLD MAN TOO. I don’t remember what I said to him. am not very certain I said anything to him. I am not sure that I talked with him. Question—What about Blodgett, Jr. ? Answer—They asked me about the progress of the case. We were in the street when we talked about it WE WENT AND TOOK A DRINK in the saloon. We came hack into the court room after I was sworn to-day. Question—Did you “interview” Sas seen ? Answer—I did not. Question—Do yon swear now, before this Court, that Hotchkiss said to you that he had got $S00 of the Alexan- dermoney ? Answer—I do. I want to explain: will swear that I believe that is what he meant He admitted to me that he had I got $800. That is my impression. 97; lor Norember the entries m S3.322.-! M ”1*2'? 'T. 40; lor October 0220 60. I 1 H °‘ cWnSi beeD dOTged mill fraud? The Courier-Journal is published every day. It is a diurnal distribution of “poppy cock.” £@“There will be something from Bret Harte in the forthcoming number of the Atlantic Monthly. Jteay 2 * It cost just $292,000,000 to run Grant’s government for the year ending June 30tb, 1871. JBfifc Pogue says it wouldn’t do for him to become immersed in the Courier- Jour nal, as it is so watery that there would be danger of his drowning. £sy“ The prisoners in the Bloomington, Illinois, jail have “struck” against the quantity and quality of the food fur nished them. Cincinnati has stopped the Sunday beer traffic, the folks cross the river on that day to do their drinking. They call it “crossing the Rhine.” £2r° The Louisville Ledger is one of the handsomest and sprightliest of all the papei^that reach The Sun Office; and what is best of all it is “ Bourbon.” gentleman, evidently one of the to:* Teuton, met another on the street yester day and asked if he was “an Alternate at law.” The answer was “I reckon not.” £•2?“ The Courier'-Journal admits, sub stantially, that it “left Governor Leslie to paddle his own canoe,” and that ac counts for the unprecedentedly large Democratic vote polled in that State. £@““AE a late baby show in Livexpool, England, tho little ones were all so hand some that no prize was awarded.” The judges could readily have decided as to babies, 4 but the mothers had to be pleased and that was impossible. “ISa Since the Kentucky election the New Departure papers have beguu to turn their attention to agricultural mat ters. The Nashville Banner of the 16th has over a column leader upon the sub ject. £Sr\Tlie largest Democratic vote ever cast in Kentucky was oast during the late canvass; and the campaign was conducted on a strict “Bourbon” platform,—in fact it was “ Bourbon” straight, and that was what made the Courier-Journals head so dizzy. £2^ The New Yorkers are just now disturbed about the legality of Sunday marriages. The Chicagoans would not be disturbed about so silly a matter, for if Sunday marriages should be decided to be illegal, it would only save the form and cost of divorces. L P. HARRIS Answer—Yes, they have charged me with having taken money. Sworn—Am Treasurer of State Road. This closed the prosecution, and in de- Tliis is my official book. Here is an en- ■ fense the. letters referred to in preceding try that that bill was paid December 27. ! testimony were read, and then ► ; That is an entiy of- its being audited. It] a. ik haurtr money improperly. There was an agree-1 was paid by me to Mr. Fiy. I don’t j was sworn. Am acquainted with Hotch- ment some tune ago to settle this matter. | know who drew the check. Gave the' kiss, and Fry and check on 27th December, probably, to ! Blodgett requited Hotchkns was not one of the party.— Don't know that he had anything to do with it. I would like to state to the Court that nobody outside of myself and J. C. Alexander.— me to endeavor to get Aiexander, on the Georgia National Bank, the money refunded. Witness explained Delivered tho check to Fry. He had au order from Alexander for it. He usually the meeting alluded to. Nothing more done by me. McCalla had a list of Dow’s Idea of Heaven. A Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune furnishes an anecdote of Lorenzo Dow, which is new and good. He says : My wanderings led me one day to an old grass-grown burying-ground just be yond the boundary-line of the city, near its northwest comer; and here I found the grave of one whose saying used to be household words among those of like faith with himself, but of whose burial- place scarce “any man knoweth unto this day”—the grave of Lorenzo Dow. Here, in this retired, neglected spot, that stormy, unquiet spirit found its rest.— One of the best anecdotes of Lorenzo Dow has, I believe, never been in print. It was related to me by a gentleman whose father was a witness of the scene. In a small town in Western New York lived a noted infidel, Col. Root. There was no settled minister in the place, and the people were dependent upon traveling preachers, principally Methodists. In those days Methodist preachers were not apt to be overburdened with learning, and CoL Root, a man of fine education, familiar with Greek and Hebrew, made it a point to engage every new comer in an argument, from which he almost invari ably came off victorious. His great wea pon was the errors in the translation of the Bible, which the Methodists; unable to read in the original, could neither re fute nor explain. So many had been worsted in these encounters, that preach ers were beginning to give thi3 place: the goby, when Lorenzo Dow appeared. — Hearing of the arrival of another Meth odist, Col. Root proposed to his intimate friend, Mr. Bush, that they should “go down to the tavern and demolish this one.” After a little preliminary skir- ►--*-< One man in a hundred reads a book; ninety-nine in a hundred read a newspa per. Nearly a century ago, when the American press, which is now a spread ing oak, was in its green trig, Thomas Jefferson said he would rather live in a country with newspapers and without a government than in a country with a gov ernment but without newspapers. The press, instead of being th,e fourth, is the first estate of the realm.—Gokleti Age. £@“ The question having arisen as to where Grant’s home is, and as it is as serted upen good authority that “home is where the heart is,” and as Grant’s heart is in the United States Treasury, it is reasonable to presume that his home is there also, and will be as long as any balance remains. £2^ The Couriei'-Jourual is of the opinion “ that every Radical vote cast in the State or out of it is just as bad as a fraud. ” One might infer from that that Harlan and the other Radical friends of the Courier-Journal have not paid their bill for “advertising list of appoint ments.” £2?“ It was announced some time ago that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad had purchased the right to use the bridge over the Ohio river at Louisville. The remark of the Sun at that time was that it would not be long before Scott would claim the bridge. This has come sooner than could have been expected. The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle of the 14th says: “The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company on Saturday comple ted the purchase of about three-fourtbs of the stock of the Jeffersonville, Madi son and Indianapolis Railroad and branches and of the Louisville Bridge, and Thomas A. Scott was elected Presi dent of both companies. By this ar rangement the Pennsylvania Railroad Company secures the control of the bridges across the Ohio river at Cincin nati and Louisville, and therefore of all through lines leading to the South and Southwest, giving that company a com manding position in regard to traffic with those sections.” Look Out, Crll'ld ! A day or two since, in Augusta, a young lady, with two young gentlemen, was walking down the street. The young lady was carrying in her hand a piece of a parasol handle, or something similar, and in a coquettish manner was striking first one of the beaux and then the other. Strange enough one of the young gentle men had a loose pistol cartridge in his vest pocket, and in striking him the switch came in contact with the cartridge, which exploded, and the ball struck her just above the knee joint, inflicting a se rious wound. The doctors think the le may have to come off. - This should warn the girls from acting so silly whenever their sweethearts may say anything funny. Such accidents al ways keep the boys scared, and many a nice, sweet thing would be said if the poor fellows thought things were perfect ly safe. Moral—Girls should never hit the hoys with a stick, either in fun or anger. GEORGIA NEWS. Pike county assesses her wealth at $1. S87,355, and grieves. ’ The Chronicle and Sentinal asks, “Shall we make Augusta grow ?” By all means as you have plenty of room for growing. During the week ending August 15th there were nine interments in the Savan nah cemeteries, three of which were white. The Valdosta Times says: Judge O’Neal is out again, and will soon have entirely recovered his health, notwithstanding the press of Georgia had him dead some two weeks ago. The Argus says the health of Bain- bridge ancl Decatur county continues to improve, and that but few cases of sickness of any kind can be heard of. The Bainbridge cotton factory, says the Argus, is in full operation, running its spindles and looms, and manufactur ing cloths of all kinds woven by it here tofore. Wm. G. D. Tonge, son of the late S. Davis Tonge, is Superintendent. The Columbus Sun of the 16th says • We understand that Mr. Hawks, who has* been identified with the new bank, leaves next week to solicit subscriptions in Sa vannah, at which point he hopes to raise $50,000. The success met with here is most encouraging—$80,000 having been raised, and yet the soliciting committee have not entered upon their duties. No doubt over $100,000 will be taken here The Milledgeville Union of the 16tb says : We have had several fine showers recently which, though too late to benefit the cotton, will help corn, peas and pota toes. The crops in this county certainly do not promise to be as good as last year but our farmers, when they read the un favorable reports from other portions of the State, have reasons to congratulate themselves that it is as well with them as it is. A Cuthbert letter to the Macon Tele graph says: On Saturday last the taxpay ers of this place, by a vote of eighty to three, decided in favor of imposing a cor poration tax of $5,000 to secure, if possi ble, the location hero of the male dis trict school, about to be established by the Methodist denomination. Two free schools also were opened to-day (for whites) under the late law, presded over by Prof. McNulty and Mr. Murray, both gentlemen of experience and the highest attainments. The Macon Telegraph has the follow ing : A colored loyal Benedict approached a gentleman of this city the other day, and says: “Massa Wilkins, look me good in de face and tell me how much white man you tinks I is.” He was informed that he had, possibly, as mnch as one- fourth of white blood in his veins. 1 ‘Well, sah,” {said Sambo, “dat is all I want to know, kase I had daughter born to me lately, an’ its white as you is. Now, I’se gwyne to give my old woman three weeks to turn dat chile black, and ef she don’t do it, I quits her on de spot! I aint no ool, ef I is a niggak.” Writing from Cuthbert, one of the ed itors of the Macon Telegraph says: The rains have been- copious and general throughout the country, but the cotton promise, in the judgment of the writer, is worse than it has been at any previous stage of the season. On the red lands, the forms and young fruit had nearly all fallen off before the rains, and the plant had blossomed up to the top. A new growth of the weed will now set in, caus ing the bolls already on the stalk to dwin dle or stop growing, while it is too late to mature another crop. The cotton on gray and sandy soils looks better, but has also lost much of its fruit, and is exceed ingly small and irregular. Planters are greatly disheartened with the prospect. The Louisville, Jefferson county, cor respondent of the Savannah News writes as follows: On the 10th instant, during a thunder storm, two negroes moving to M. B. Carroll’s place, stopped under a tree near the residence of W. S. Alexan der, Esq., in the county of Jefferson, when the lightning struck and killed the mule that was drawing tbe cart, also the negro’s dog and a mocking bird. The surprising part of this occurrence is this: The woman was sitting on the cart, with the bird upon her fcft side; the man was on the ground, with his hand upon the cart, and the dog was lying upon the ground at the root of the tree. The mule and dog were killed on the right of the woman. The man, who was between the mule and the dog, was knocked down and severely stunned, and but for the timely aid rendered by Squire Alexander, who was near him, in using remedies, may have never recovered. The woman was knocked off of the cart to the left of where she was sitting, but not seriously hurt. Both negroes are doing well. Four Historic Estates. The Charlottesville Intelligencer re calls attention to the following interest ing fact: “Within three miles of Charlottesville, and almost at the four points of the com pass, there are fonr estates that at one time belonged to men who will always occupy prominent places in American history : Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; Penn Park, where lived Wil liam Wirt; Monroe Hill, the property of James Monroe, and Franklin, which at one time belonged - to Benjamin Frank lin.” >-♦-< The New York Journal of Convmrce favors the recognition, by law, of suicide as a felony. It would punish the atempt, since it could not be an acomplishment of the act. The paper says : “Tho pub- lie welfare is, in many ways, endangered by allowing the people to kill themselves at pleasure—suicide often assumes an epidemic type, unless checked, as is well known, and hence there should beapun- ishment inflicted upon those who attempt to comit the supremely selfish act of suicide, in contempt of all obligations to God and man.” >-•-« Mention is sometimes made by Eng lish writers of “The Auchinleck MS. This is the manuscript of “The Romance of the Bevis of Hampton” (Southamp ton,) the hero of which was a Kniglk, living eight hundred years ago, in the time of William the Conqueror, who, a^- ter the fashion of his class, performed many noted feats of chivalry. The man uscript was preserved by Lord Auchin leck, a Scotiish judge, father of James Boswell, to whom literature owes the besi biography over written—that of Dr. Sam* nel Johnson.