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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W, S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1875. VOLUME 11. NUMBER 6. TIMELY TOJMOS Tun recent Ticean flood is swelling tin *1 reams in a manner calculated to do much damage through the country. Thk Baltimore American says the graHshoppers have made their appear- anoe in Frederick county, Md., where clover and rye crops are particularly abundant.. Tint Cllinere have, for the first time, whipped ihe Formosan snvsgoa. Those aborigine# nniubcr 20,000 only, and yet they have kepi io terror al»ont two millions of Ohldhae settlors. Tm: revenue officials have abandoned the idea of plaoirg a rovenuo stamp no every cigar, nnd smokers can still inhale tho dreamful vnjior without the dis comfort of tho bnrnt pnper taste. 1m add the the shortage United State h treasury caused by tho theft of the $47,600 package, there is a $1,000 shortage in tho redemption di vision. which was discovered in January. This was reported by treasurer Now when ho took charge. Otherwise the funds are all straight, ami Spinner is to be congratulated. Oiu'Kuh have been sent by Gou.Terrv to the commander at Fort lUmlall, to expedite tho departure of a cavalry force at that point, under orders to proceed direct to tho Black Hills, ami bring out all pirHoua found thuro with out authority. Meantime, ran observe, tho gold excitement seems to have almost entirely diod out Tub mof®uu*nt for Edgar Allan Poe’s hitherto neglected gravo will be ploted in October. A small stone half a foot high and three inches square now marks the poet’s resting placo in the Baltimore graveyard. The new monu meut will lie surmounted by a bust of Poo, which is paid to bo an accurate likeness. Tin: British government lias fulfilled its pledge to appoiuta royal commission to inquire into the subject of Momd experiments. Tho instructions to the commission are to inquire into the practice of subjecting live animals to experimeute for scientific purposes, and to consider and report what tires, if any, it may be desirable to take in respect to any snob prnolice. Jay Gould intends to remain king Wall street. Ho proclaims his power by allow.ng tho New York Tribune to publish the facts that he owns 100,000 shares of the Union Pacific stock. The present value of this amount of stock is 87,COO,<100 ; but no doubt ranch of it is bought with borrowed money, aud hold ou a margin. Gould is of Jersey birth, and is now pas} sixty. He was brought up a leather dealer hi what is oalled “Tho Swamp.’’ Kind Gboiuib, of Greece, s'oms to !>• in nu unhappy predicament. His king' dom is threatened with a revolution ; lie is unpopular, nnd nobody takes hat oflf to him on the stinets; the queen has been insulted, nnd he afraid to go to the IMlenio Long Branch, at Dekrleia, because he think it piite probable bo will not lie able to get back into his capital again. Russian ship's are ready at tho volu tion. t trial of tin And if St. Ignatius does not attend to his business, nnd protect the town from pestilenoo amt famine, they will kick him out, too, and try another. Bnt Ignatius will probably be Loyola to tho interests if the oitiiens than tho other. Look ont for more earthquakes. An examination of tho history of thoso sub- irronrau disturbances bIiowr that each great earthquake—say of the dimen- atons of the reran*. one at Cuonta, in hioh ten thousand livoa wero lost,— has been followed for a certain period by innumerable lessor ones. In the summer of 1868, the coast of Ohili and Peru were shaken by terriblo earth quakes, iu which many lives ami a vast amount of property were lost, and, just two mouths later, on October 21, San o was shakeu so violently that buildings cracked from top to founda tion, and flssurea throwing forth jota of water opened iu the streets. year tho Hawaiian volcanoca had violent eruptions, and the subjects of Katnehnmehn wero mndo sea siok by tho continued swaying of their islands. same year Vesuvius opened out with a fresh eruption. The groat enrihquakos of Caracas, in Venezuela, il New Madrid, in the United States, occurred just six months apart. Tf to regard these precedents, an other great upheaval may be expoctod somewhere on tho American continent between this time and tho 1st of Janu- Tice has (looked us for cata clysms, cyclones, and earthquakes, and aimilar lively ooourrouoos during tho month of October, Taking it altogether, the prospect for tho remainder of 1875 deoidcly nnoomfortable for everybody except Elder Thurman aud his fol lowers. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. EAST. A dangerous counterfeit is in circula te on tho city of Erio, Pa., five Irandrod and ie hundred dollar water h an coupon bonds of J867 dno 1887. A serious riot oecurrod in Lawrence, uw., on tho 12th Inst., roenlUng from an ack mad# by a mob upon tho momborn of a lodgo of OraiiKOCion returning from celebrat ing tho battle of Iioyno by a picnic at Laurel ovo, four inilon up tho Morrlmao river. The oloctiou of directors of Erio has takon placo. The ticket headed by Jewett elected. 'Jho wbolo number of 262.242, representing *26.248.400 worth of k. Of these the Jewett ticket rocotvod 261.785 votes, while tho opposition ticket, con ining tho names of Cornolius Vanderbilt, Mr. Livingstone and othors, rooolvcd 7ft( Auckland and Honolulu, with Australian o* to Juno 6, has arrived. In tho mines of New Month Walos no now discoveries of importanqo aro reported. Heavy gales aro reported at Tiraarn. Tho ship Oyreno, from Man Francisco, tho Princess Alice, loading grain, and tho Ellers- lio, coal laden, are roi>orlod wrecked. Tho Elllhank Castle is wrecked on tho ninety-mile bonch, near Timaru, In the province of Can terbury. Tho Kiowa and Oomaneho prisoners recently transported to Fort Marion, Florida liavo made such piteous appoalo for their wives and children that thoy aro to ho allowod to have them. Tho wlvos and olive branches number 80l\ and it will cost *30.000 to trans port them. FOREIGN. A Copenhagen dispatch states on ex planation will ho demanded of Germany for tho socrot soundhigs IshI week taken by a A oablo from Lomlou says Sir Edwin Watkins, who hss accepted tho chairmanship of tho Erio Protection Commission, will sail for tho United Htatos in two weeks. The Spanish ship Bayonos was wreck ed near Motrios, on tho Biscayan coast, Tho crew were saved by Uarlisl llshonuun. It is said they will ho hold as hostages, and Oarlists threaten to shoot them if tho Royalists bom bard any more coast towns. Masters of ootton mills in Ashton, Btaloy Brldgo, Dunkold and Moasloy, decided give notioo of tho commencement of a k-onton the 24th Inst., bcosnso work--poo- employed in oortain dopartraontH refuse to rofer disputes In rogard to their wages to ar ill ation. Other employes have quit work. Tits American team and thoir friends visited Abbotsford and Melrose July 18th Vru. Nelson, a leading oIUboii of Edinburgh, ;avo thjmi a banquet. In tho cottrao if which ho made a speech warm in oulogy of Amoriua. Gel. Glldorsloovo "rospondod in titling terms. The mombors of tho loam have gone to London. Tho Standard publishes advicos from Zara, capital of Dalmatia, whloti ropresont that tho Panslavio emissaries havo spread tho among the Herr-ogovinlans that tho Turks intended to oxtirpato Christians. The falBobOods caused an Insurrection. Masios ol insurgents surrounded the towns of Basko, Ilovenslul and Rtolatz. Mix hundred fsmlllos have Hod into Croatia and Rorvla, am l two hundred havo arrived in Dalma tia at dilTorout points along tho frontier. Tho west const mail of tho 20th of Juno states that during tho rocont torrihh In the harbor of Valparaiso, at IcaHt forty hoys belonging to tho training ship wei timed, botween twonty and tliirty aalloi d from twelve to llftoeu hoatmou, exclusive of eight persons who wont down in tho unfi Eyrio. No oprroot estimate of tho h of proporty has been ariivod at, but with the g of vessels, sinking of hulks, damngo Is, destruction of lighters and boats, two exceeded one hundred in j Jcstlnotion of baths and other THE ARCTIC EXPLORER. The second annual session of the Amorican Hobrew congregation oonvouod at Buffalo, N. Y., to establish a Hebrew oollogo. large attendance of dylogates from all parts of tho Unitor! Htatos. James Cohen, of Pittsburg, was olectod president lenry Kooll, of Buffalo, vloe-prosl ‘out; Ltpp- uau Levy, of Cincinnati, secretary; H. iownnsteiu, of Evansville, Indiana, assisi oorotary. The annual roporta of tho pi lent, secret my and treasurer wero roco md approvod. tVtST A private letter received from Han Francisco reports the outbreak of hostiiiUoi of the IIci a Indiai the Kla- rivor. They shot Carpenter, of roonded tho rob work. Word wi lotsclimont of i killed Bavin; ino. Thoy » it forced the mori to quit it to Gamp Oa*ton, an< rs was sent to the mil The Indians say tho miners n loldlc " l 6C; will ho Ellin RALPH BENEDICT’S BYES. Yo ns John D. Tion for complicity in tho .Mountain M-atow massacre of 1857 will not off until the 15th iust. Tho difficulty in this eve will ho that ef obtaining proper jury, ns tho Mormon element very strong and prejudiced in Lee’ fav. r. L c was indicted last Octobe and the wit nesses against him will be persons who witnessed the masFaere whon children, seventeen years ago, Lee and his fellow murderers having spared that nurabi r. The Mormons claim that the Indisgj? did tin ,-il'ing, but this, is said, cun bo entirely refuted. Jrr,Y returns to the department ngrionltnro, were unusually fail, show ing nn improvement of the cottou crop during June, in all the cotton states except Texas. State averages are as follows: North Carolina 95, an im provement of three per cent., South Carolina 99, improved two per cent.; Georgia 97, improved six per cent.; Florida 101. improved poven per cent.; Alabama 102. improved one per cent.; Mississippi 103, improved throe per cent.; Louisiana 105, improved ten per cent.; Texas 93, defined 13 per cent.; Arkansan 104, m^uved 14 per cent.; Tennessee 109, improved ten per cent. Tiie South Anuiicao capital of Bue nos Ayres has for many yrars been troubled with a useless and unservice able patron saint. The yellow fever came, and 8t. Martin, who had long presided over the town, was appealed to, but the fever, nevertheless, had a ter ribly successful run. The small-pox came, and again St Martin disappointed his constituents. Drought blighted the fields about the city, but 8t. Martin entirely neglected the order of the citi zens for rain. Here was a prr-ttv patron saint! The indignation of the iineuoc Ayreans knew no ‘bounds. Martin was at one fell blow deposed from bin patron aamtship by the aguntamiento of the town, and St. Ignatius Loyola officially put ild, who promised prompt ids. SOUTH. Tho farmers of middle Tennessee are complaining of too much rain. A strong effort will bo made at the next mooting of tho Georgia loglslutiiro, to have tho capital of the stato i ©established at Milledgovllle. Mill another walorepont ooin.rrod near Kingston Springs, Tonn., washing out Bent’s fifty-foot trostlo on tho Nashvillo and Norlhwoetorn railroad, and lasting down patches from Madrid announoo mutation provides that the senate shall com 1st of 300 mombors for tli lower chamber. Deputies aro to ho chose for flvo years, quo repronontaUvn to ovory flvo thousand Inhabit ants. Tho king has tho rigli to dissolvo the chamber of deputies, and th elective portion of tho icnato simultaneously or soparatelv, hut must convoke now cliam hers within time months. Ho appoints tl president and vice prcsldost of the son at and has tho right to veto lulls. Any pone arrested must ho brought before tho tribun or released within sovonty-twr. tho Cortes or tho government may d. suspension of constitutional guarani* the banishment of a Spaniard front Ids try is prohibited. Tho steamer from Panama brings later details of tho groat sorthquako In South America Ononis i« iu ruins, not a alngle house remaining. Tho killed sro calculated at 5,000. Rosario, Han Antonio, Epaclmo, Han Juandourono, Han Gayoto, Han Cridobol, La Grits and adjoining villages are in completo nine. Hal a?, an suffered severely and the ad joining country Is nearly devastated. Obinaoo* i, Chapo, J’aiiiploum, Ciiautllo, Arboldos, Ban- iago, Gallimlo, and Gramolols havo also boon real silfforors. The number of tho doad In luala aro calculated at throe quarters of tho utiro population. Tho few families saved arc ii the outskirts of what was thu city, but they rill soon bo obliged to retire as piilrofacllon if the dead will not allow thorn to romain. It i hqsrtrondlng to see the woundod who lave no caro and cannot remain long allvo in heir present oondition. Thieves and robbera iave swept down on tho ill-fated city, and hardly a single safo has boon saved from tho 3iistom«hoiiso. I’illago is general Four luin- lrorl mnlos were killed in tho stroets, and as * Take caro I Flora, take earn, i playing with edged tools. You inity oml Ralph forever.” ‘ Oflund him, indood I Don’t talk lo , Kate: T toll you ho is period,>• hateful. I lmvo llirtod with him till my hoiul aohos ; played with him, flung at him, romped or boon dignified, till my wits wore fairly bothered how to create sensation; nnd yot tho wretch sit« staring at mo us if his eves woro mndo nothing but to boo with.” Well, what aro his oyoa nmdo for ?” Hnoh oyos ns his woro nmdo for a thousand things; groat black ones, with such long, silky lashes I Why, ho oould make no end of a commotion in tho fominino fancy with his oyos alone, What aro they made for? Thoy aro made to say unutterable things, to look a million varying emotions, to raise with fervor, t > cast down with modesty, to molt with fooling, or flash with pride. Aud, upon my word, 1 don’t beliovo tho has tho slightest idea that they made for anything but tho eon- vouienon of seeing. And to think that r engaged to him 1 ” I thought you oould break tho en gagement.” •* Yes, and lose ovory pouny of my property and bring the whole family nbout my ears. No, Uncle George portioned off Glunville to us if wo took It together ; if not, it was to go to sonic distant rolativos who livo in Philadel phia. Ho, down comes my slmror of this world’s goods, and, in a inoBt mat- ter-of.faot way, says, ‘I think wo had hotter bo married in the fall, Flora.’ And I, like an idiot, said ‘very well.”’ “flo is certainly very handsome, Flora ?” “ Yes ; so is undo's bust of Napoleon. Looks liko him, by-the-wny, and one bus about as much animation as tho other. Tho most provoking thing about him is, he will nover do anything that is not strictly proper and dignfflod. I nover saw him tako a glass of water without a dosiro on my part to tip tho whole of it down his nook, and boo him jump. Though for that matter, lio wouldn't jump if I did. I havon't done a lmrem-soarom thing since ho onmo that ho has not oanght mo in tho not. I never scramble over a fonoo that he is not on tho othor side witli a profound bow for my especial benefit, and us suro nn 1 dare to olimb a tree or under take tho least bit of a frolic, his most magnificent highness is tho first, object, to moot my oyos. Kate, I wondor if J couldn’t make him jealous ? I moan to try. Harry Vane came homo yoatorday and is all ready to fall at my feot." Hurry Van© is a brainless fop, hut finding mo henrtloss nnd frivolous; ho preferred poverty to marriage with a flirt, and withdrew his claim to my hand.” “ Oh, Flora ! such a heart ns you hnvo thrown away. In tho hours ho lias spout bore trying to entertain mo, I havo learned much of tho nobleness of his nature and of his lovo for you. Hu has so hoped that you would lot your own generous nature show you tho folly of your frivolous ways ” “I havo had one lecture, Kate, pray spare mo a second. Ralph Benedict may soolc somewhere else a wife iih cold and ootisoriouH as himself.” “And yon?” “ Oh i —with a nervous laugh—“ho has kindly indicated my future for mo.” “ Flora, you will not marry Harry Vauo " Snob a brainless flirt. No I Though Ralph flattorod mo enough to think wo woll minted. Ah 1 Ralph thinks to mortify mo by his rejection; he shall mo how gladly I aooopt my freedom." Aud Flora left tho room as abruptly as she had entered it, to fly to her own ohambor, look tho door, nnd indulgo in a long nnd hitter lit of weeping. That, afternoon Ralph Benodiot was riding and musing. With his own hand ho had tern from his heart its one bright spot. In tho few’ glimpses Flora had lot him see of her generous heart, her many soorot nets of charity, her tender caro of her cousin, ho hml learned to lovo the bright littlo beauty, nil tho more that hor vivacity so strongly con trasted with his own rather stern nature. His life was one of earnest aims nnd steady Hooking for tho highest ends ol life. lie had soon iu his short time of practice such hard roalitios of lifo, such scones of suffering, such calls upon his doopost feelings that, lifo had become to him one broad Hold for the exorcise of useful ness and solf-sitorlUor. llis one dream of happiness ho lmd broken that day, because ho dared not trust tho hopos of his lifo iu tho hands of a trillor. Yob, ho hived hor, lovod her as such a nature as his loves tho bright lovoliucHH of a gay littlo bounty liko Flora, and hiR heart nohod sololy as ho took Ins long, lonoly rido. lie had promised his nuolo to finish his pro moted visit and romain Homo wooks ongor, and ho was nerving liimsolf to think of his cousin as tho wifo of other, lost to him by his own act. ho drew his horse up to tho stablo-door of tho servants onmo running to moot him. “ Oh, Dr. Benedict, T am so ghul you havo come ! Miss Kate, sir, is vory ill. Will you come to hor quick ?” THE POOR INDIAN. iiptiu' Tho mayor of New Orleans announces to tlio common council that tho city cannot pay both tho neoosaary oxponsos of iu*. k« v - nmout and tho interest on its debt, and tho imor must have the preference. Attorney General Field filed informa nt in the first district court at Now Orleans against George C. Denham for obtaining *35, 000 from tho state nn fraudulent vouchers Tho transaction on which tho charges are based was devolopod during the tigaUra against Auditor Clinton still at largo. Gen. Henry L. Banning, a prominent lawyorof Georgia, died at Columbus on Hat- nrday. Ho went into tho war as colonel the Seventeenth Georgia regiment, and early In the struggle won the sobriquet of “Old Bock,” by which he continued to be known long as thero wae any southern army. Throe severe wounds attested his gallantry in action Tbe cotton congress met at Raleigh, N. C., on the 18th inat., President Butler in the chair. Gov. Brogdeo welcomod the mem bers to the capital of the stato. He said it only remained for our people, and particularly our mechanical and farming in; together more harmoniously and energetically make this country all that its most ardent friends could wish. Among the prominent gentlemen present are Judge J. D. Jones, of Arkansas ; Col. D. E. Butler, of Georgia ; R. b. Hiras, of South Carolina J Dr. Maxwell, of Tennessee. thero is no one to rem< becoming frightful. I’uorto do Los Caches by bandits. In I’iedo< destroyed, at d at Barn in ruins. The Vonozt if possible, moie soy hian. *10,000 woro hoi for tho relief of tho mi: , tho s tore -lie this city MISCELLANEOUS The secretary of the Interior has telegraphed to Ouray, one of the powerful chiefs in southern Colorado, requesting him to allow Prof. Hayden's expedition to pa** through that section without molestation. The Australian Steam Navigation his place, according to, Hoyle. I company's steamer McGregor, from Sydney, Tobacco Growing In Connecticut. The Hartford Times says that nearly one hundred vessel loadsof manure lmvo been shipped this season from Nov York, Brooklyn and Jersey Gity t* Glastonbury »nd East Hartford for th use of the tobacco growers, while at leait fifty more vessels have unloaded in towns along the Connecticut river. Fully one hundred loads have been ro- oolved at Sheffield and other towns on tho west side of the rivor by rail. The vessels average fifty cords each and farmers pay from 812 to $15 a cord. Twenty years ago a cord of common livery stable manure would havo been deemed extravagantly high at twelve dollars a cord or six dollars a wagon work load, bnt the high price of the weed sends np that of the fertilizers reqnired to produce it. Manure is so costly in Massachusetts that a farmer living in Springfield coaid not, on a fair experi ment, raise oorn for less than two dol lars a btisbel unless ho marie the crop in part at tho expense oi the soil's nat ural fertility. Southern and western formers, who are unconsciously wear ing out their landed estates, littlo dream of the fntnre cost to fully recnpeiate them. Flcr. “ He knows In „ . if he is, and ho is the host fun in tho world.” “ And you would offend Ralph ? ' 1 tell you I hate him 1” and Flora dualled ont of till) room, leaving her invalid cousin and confidante aghast at r sudden outburst. In the parlor tho merry beauty found hor betrothed, his large oyolids closed over tho useless eyes, and apparently fimt asleep. ; wish I could piny some joke and f it would astonish him when ho uwoko,” she said. “ Not in the least, if I know it be forehand,” Raid Ralph, lazily opening his eyes. “ How dare you protend to sleep? cried Flora indignantly; “ 1 might have talked secrets.” Then I should not have listener. Oh, of course not; nothing half so naughty oould occur to you," she said rather sneoringly. “ I t rust nothing dishonorable oould. was tho quiet reply, though for a mo ment his cheek crimsoned with vex ation. “ I ask your pardon, I did not mean to be bo rude,” said the frank littlo penitent, holding out hor hand. Ho only bowed gracefully, and, snatching away the rejected hand, she threw herself down on tho piano stool and dashed off her pique in a stormy oolka. The polka went off into a dream like waltz ; and one of Beethoven’s son atas followed; till, as tho room grow almost dark, the subduing influence be came stronger, and, us the last note died away, she began to sing, not as he had heard her sing before in dashing opera airs; hor voice rose cloar, but subdued, in sad melodies, old ballads, and those longing airs of “Auld Lung Hyno,” bo seldom heard now-a-days, What is it, Nora ?' “ Oh sir ! one of those dreadful spells she used to have whon she first hurl hor spine,” Tho quick, firm stop of Ralph wns tile first grateful sound Flora had hoard flinoo being onllod to her oousin’s side. All embarrassment was forgotten as alio sprang to moot him. “ Oh, Ralph, liolp me I” “You havo soon nor in thoso attaoks before,” lie said, gravely: “tell me what you (lid thou, and now she has boon takon now.” Oloarly aud oonolsoly, while sitting at tho hedsido of the suffer or, Flora do- soribod former at neks and their treat ment, and tho probable oauso of tho presold one. Quick to dooido nnd prompt to not, Ralph made Flora useful as nurse, while ho tried his skill with loving zeal to ouso tho goutlo girl hoforo them. His undo onmo in late in tho nftonioon, and, sooing how things wero, refused to send for any other mlvioo, and, thus freo to net, Ralph was busy, faithful, and uiitiriug, y t his hand was not firmer, his stop quicker, or his mind dearer than those of tho pale, yot steady little nurse. For throe nights and days sho never left tho siok girl’s side, and in thu whispered talks beside her whon asleep all levity was gone, all trifling vanished. Borrow and anxiety did what harshnoss or coldness oould never have done subdued tho frivolity that wits on the surface of Flora's nature, showing tho devoted lovo, tho quiet presence of mind, tho unwearying oapaoity for self- sacrifice, that dwelt under the vivacity. At last the danger was over, and after a fortnight of devoted watching Kate was pronounced convalescent, and her weary littlo nurse consented to leave her for a long afternoon sleep in her own room. “ If you please, sir,” said Nora's soar.’d voice at Ralph’s door,” “ Miss Flora has fainted clean dead away, sir.” “ Whoro?” cried Ralph, starting up. “ In her room, sir. Hho is altogether worn out with nursing." Worn out, indeed ! Ralph thought, as lie raised the little figure in Ids strong arms and looked into the pale, very pale face. It was only tho reac tion from fatigue nurl anxiety, and in a few moments Flora opened her oyos to see Ralph bonding over her, his face Arraigned. The New York Tribune publishes tho following letter from Prof. Marsh, of Yale Oollogo, to President Grant.: Hir: Tn two intnrviuws I had with you on Indian affairs, I was improved with your earnest desire to do justioo to the Ituliaus, and with your broad ami philanthropic views on the whole In dian question. This must bn my ex cuse, as a private citizen, for ooming to you to lay before you a statement of wrongs committed on tho Sioux In dians, mainly under my own observa tion, during a recent visit to their coun try. My vi* it to this region was wholly in tho interest of soieiioo, with no in tention or wish to investigate Indian affiirs. Tho frauds 1 observed were brought to my knowlodpo by R.ul Oloud, who refusod to allow my party to enter their lands tiut.il I had prom ised to submit his oomplaints to you in person. Hinoo my interview with you I lmvo been informed by the commis sioner of Indian affairs of tho appoint ment of a oom mission to investigate tho affairs at Red Cloud agency, and was invited to lay a statement of tho facts boforo thorn. This T am quite ready to do win never the commission request. I must decline, however, to givo my statement to tho interior dopnrtmeub alone, for tho following reasons: 1. I havo no eonfldonoo whatever In tho secretary of tho interior or oommis- solner of Indian affairs, whon they publicly nnnounoD thoir wish nnd de termination to oorroot tho prosont abuses iu Indian manngomeut, buonuno I havo reason to know they lmvo long boon aware of thoso abuses nnd havo made no sincere effort to reform thorn. 2. In all my intercourse with thoso two officials thoir objoot has boon to find out, not so much what tho frauds ac tually wero, as tho oxtout of my infor mation concerning them, bo ns to pro vent, by all means iu thoir power, all publicity or exposure of thorn. 8. Tho ovidenoo now iu my possession rofieots unfavorably on both Secretary Delano and Commissioner Smith. For these reasons I have thought it best to lay boforo you, to whom, in accordance with mv promise to Rod Glond, I mndo my first, communication of tho accom panying statement in detail, in coufl- tlenoo that tho ovidenoo presontod will ot with tho consideration its iraport- ...uo demands. In tho statement whioh ncoompnnioB this letter I lmvo glvon tho results of ray investigation into tho affairs of tho Rod Cloud ogenoy, tho largest and most, important in tho west These results olearly indicate gross mis management, osjieoinlly in tho following particulars: 1. Tho agent. J. «T. Snvillo, is wholly unfitted for his posi tion, and guilty of gross frauds upon tho ImliniiB in his almrge. 2. The number of Indians at this sgonoy 1ms boeu systematically overstated for pur poses which can oiily result in fraud. 11. Tho last issue of annuity goods whioh I witnessed was a suspicious transaction, and part at loast fraudu lent. <1. Tho beef oattlo given the In dians havo been inferior, and, owing to systematic frauds, practiced by tho agent at the, beof contractors. 5. The pork issued to Imlians during my visit was not suitable for human faro. 6. Tho Hour was vory inferior, oml evi dence of fraud in this artiolo was con clusive. 7. Tho sugar and coffee issued net good, although better than other supplies. 8.-The tobacco ob served was rotten aud of little or nonso. 9. In consequence of fraud and mis management tho Indians snfferod greatly during tho past winter for want of food and clothing. 10. Tho contract^ for FAOTB AND FANCIES. —A candidate for treasurer of a Mis sissippi oounty nnnouneos that, if olootoil, bo will pay all bis debts. —“ Gently the duos aro o’or mo steal ing,” as tho man said when ho bad thirteen bills presontod to him in one day. —A darkey oalled at Owensboro, ICy., tho other day, nnd wanted to know : “Does dis postorlls keep stamped ante- lopos ?" —Perkins suggests Hint, tho rnoing crews of our boat clubs might bnlanoo their shells better if thoy parted thoir lmir in the middle. —“ I go through my work,” uh tho needle Hftid to tlio idlo boy. “ But not until yen are pushed abend,” nn tho idlo boy said to the noodle. —The people of Georgia woro ox- oited a few (lays ago oyor tlio supposed discovery of a gold mine. It wns nflor- ward found that tlio donesit consisted of gold foil stuck around tho rooks with mucilage. —A test was rocontly mndo of tlio buoyant powor of a loaf of a water lily known as tho Victoria Rocria, in the botanic garden at Gliont. Bricks wero heaped over its entire area, aud boforo it was submerged in tho water a wo gilt of 701 ponmlfl was floated. —A young man got into trouble at a flpiritualist woman's soanoo last, evening, no oanght hold of n “ materialised child introduced by tlto performers, and it provod to bo a rag baby. For bis in terference ho went away with a bloody noso.— Boston Traveler. •—Tho pnddlo wheels of_ a largo stoamor on tho 8t. John rivor in Florida stopped suddenly, a few nights ago, anil then camo crash after orasli in tho wood work. A pnuio followed, ovorybody rolling ont of his bnnlc and rushing for tho deck, nnd it was soon ascertained tlmt a big nligator had beoomo on- taugled in tlio revolving wheel. —“ Fred Douglas, in a fourth of July address at Hillsdale, Pn., advised bis raeo to cultivate indopoudenoe. Tlie cultivation of independence in woll enough, but. they phpuld not make it a specialty. Thoy should rosorvo n raero garden-spot for independence, and de vote tlio far greater amount of thoir aoroago to tlio cultivation of oorn, cot ton, and ohbbnge. —To be rend by moonlight only: “On tlio Erio railroad, botween Port Jorvis nnd Buffalo, there is a oomluotor known as tho * Rosebud Conductor. Many yoars ago bo was ongngod to a beautiful girl, aud thoir wedding day was fixed. She was taken ill and died a few days beforo sho was to beoomo a bride. On hor deathbed slio said to her lover: ‘If yon will alwaysoarry a rosolmd inyoflt button*hole, no aeoidont will over liofall you.’ Ho lias carried a rosebud over sinoe, and no ill 1ms befallen him. He is still a single man.” —Thomas Oarlyle has numerous ad mirers on this side of the Atlantic, bnt probably California does not take muon stook in bis philosophy. Ho blurted out to a lady of that State, tlio other day : “ You aro doing no good service there; yon aro harming tho world. Cover ovor your minos, loavo your gold in the earth, and go to plant ing potatoes. Every man wlio^ gives a —Precooious boy, munching the fruit of the date tree : “ Mamma, if I eat dates enough, shall I grow up to be ac almanac?” The tea-boll broke in upon the pleasure, and the light dining-room foand Ralph as dignified and Flora as saucy ns if no music had stirred their hearts into a new and strange com munion. Kate heard, day after day, with pain, of tho marked coldnehs between Ralph and Flora, and of her increasing flirta tion with Harry Vano. At last the crash came. “ I am free 1" Flora threw back the door and rushed in, with burning cheeks and flashing eyes. “I am free, Kate. My charming cousin came to me one hour ago and asked an interview—a private oi which I granted, of course. Hi formed me that when ho graduated as a physician, with his heart full ol tho glory and responsibility of his pro fession, he had come here trusting to find a wife who would be his companion and true helpmate in tho arduous life before him. He had hoped that my liveliness was merely youthful spirits, full of tender, anxious love. “ Flora, poor child, you out. 1 havo been cureless and selfish not to watch you more closely. Oh, Flora, can you ever forgive my impor- tiuent harslinoss, and lot mo tell yon how I respect as well ob lovo you ?” “Ralph, I am a good-for-nothing flirt,” but if you will trust such a tor ment once more sho will try to bo a wifo worthy of you. And as Flora afterward* declared, “the man actually began to find out what his magnificent eyes wero made Hfr.” Ho sho consent .d, and was from youth to age tho pride and joy of his faithful heart What Was in tub PnooiUMMB,- -A colored man employed as a deek hand on a propeller, was rushing arom d town yesterday and enquiring whore the pulls W “ Polls ? Polls ?” repeated u citizen, “ why there’s no election going on now.” “ There hain’t?" . “No, The man stood for a moment looking greatly disappointed, and then turned to tho rivor with the remark : “And now do programme is to find dat sleek young man who said dey was paying six dollars apiece for votes 1 — Detroit J ,x ree Ptchh. —A market house philosopher says : “The race is not always to the strong,^’, because if it was, tho onion would bo a-bead instead of cabbage. freight from Choyonno to Rod Oloud agonoy, was fraudulent, as the true dis tance is one hundred aud fifty miles, whilo contractors were paid for 212. 1 would especially call your attention to the evidonco of fraud in beef outtlc, as presented in tl»e aooorapunyiug state ment. This subject I investigated with great, euro, as hoof is tho principal ar ticle of food of the Hionx Indians, aud tlio framls I observed havo caused groat poounbirv loss to the government. The statement L have prepared is supported in all itH asssntinl parts by tho testimony of officers of the army who woro with me my expeditions, or at tlio Rod Cloud agency. Among those oflloers i oral personally known to yon and all are gentlemen of high character, Should any part of my statement bo seriously questioned I trust you will allow these gentlemen to bo heard. If tho mtmding oflloers of all posts near Indian agencies or othor equally trustworthy and diaintorosted observers thero could likewise testify, I think it would bo found that I havo but faintly indicated the corruption pervading Indian affairs. 1 have purposely oonfined myself in this statement to a single agency and malifly to the time of my riiit, without reference to mu oh other testimony whioh lniK corne to nr- incidentally in the pros ecution of my inquiries, showing frauds of equal magnitude at other points. This corruption, whioh is it constant sourceo d hcoutent i,lid hostility among the In Buns ihemselvi.B, in my judg ment, is a natural result of tho present loose .md inosponsible system of fur nishing 1.1 io Indians with goods und sup- pi.*, a ayhtom that tends directly to in vi e I mid I do not beliovo that any thing but a radical change in this re ap* et will prevent continued demoraliza tion of the Indian service, You alono have the will and the powor to destroy that combination of bad mon, known as tho Indian Ring, who ure debasing this aervice aud thwarting tho efforts of all who endeavor to bring to full consum mation your noble policy * f peso.-. Very respectfully your obedient ser vant, O, G. Mahsu. Tlio letter is accompanied by a long and interesting statement, corroborating points specified in tbe communication to tile president. - Feathers *aro shooting all over the toilets. The gossip*- s.iy font her fans, feather parasol*, ami to Hi* r bats ar > all tho go. Feather iriimiungs are now arranged with so much lightness and beauty that thoy aro considered as euit- ablo for summer as well as winter v They aro mounted with fringe us well us bands, thongh as bands they ore used for the trimmings of bonnets and para- solfli lllg poillWJwn. wroij o- ~ pofcato to the world is tho bonofaotor of tliH rnou ; but you, with Tour golil, »ro overturning Hooiety. making tho ignobla prominent, inoroeniug everywhere tlio expenses of living, and confusing all things.” , A CHEYENNE ABDUCTOR. Tlt« Itoniniice ot llonler Ml® In Kwiim. One of the main tributaries of the Littlo Arkansas rivor is colled Running Turkey creek, ot tho mouth of which is Jim Geary’s rancho, on old and some what notorious stopping-place in the days when government provisions wore hauled from Fort Itorkor to the Indian territory by means of bull and mulo teams. Among the early settlers was a family from Ohio named Falconer, winch consisted of Robert Falconer,-his wifo Sarah and an only daughter, Bessie, at this time about soventeon voars old. Tho young girl was engaged to ft young farmer, ana bad nothing happened would have been married last Friday evoning. The timo for tho marriage arrivod, so did tho bridegroom and in vited guests, but, strango, no bride appeared. Hor parents, supposing she was in hor room, wont to tho door to warn her that tho timo for tho perform ance of tho ceremony had arrived, when thoy found tho room empty. It was early evening and not yot dusk, so thoy walked to the window to endeavor to discover the truant. Their horror may bo imagined when thoy saw rapidly dis appearing through the timber on tho orcek bauk, a man carrying in his arms the form of a young girl, wliioli, from tho dress, thoy immediately recognized us that of thoir daughter. In an instant tho alarm was given, nnd tho whole party, woll armed, started in pursuit. Within a few minutes they were within gunshot of the fugitive, Put were un able to use thoir weapons iti conse quence of liis shielding Ins body with the loved form of the brido elect. The young lover was almost frantic, ,n Ills frenzy appeared to have gamed the fleetness of the antelope. Overtaking tho almost breathless abductor, he seized him, and after a brief struggle wrested the girl from him, at the same time discovering that the abduotor was a Oheyenne Indian who had beon around tho neighborhood for a year or two. At the same time that the farmer regained his sweetheart, the savage, with an eel like wriggle, escaped from his hold and stented on a keen run down the creek. Tho pursuers, however, woro too muoh for him, and one of their number brought him to tho ground by moans of a well-aimed bullet from » It was soon ascertained thot the rea man was only woundod in the thigh. Ho was then taken prisoner and lodged of, although » diligent neoroh has boon made by tlio friouda of the y.°u“k whono wedding bon boon indefimtely postponed in oonnoqnence of an attack of brain fever, the result of the fright she reoeived,—St, Joseph {Mo.) Herald•