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The M eriwether County Vindicator. — - ——■■ ■ - VOL. 2. fill' 'VINOH A l OK. —PT-i-. i-T-- i BY WM. T. REVIIX, AT r ,v> PKB VNM'M.IN A'..\ ANCr. Office S nth **’ ( nrt ‘ >i flkdfynil’dwfi* S ..... 1 1 k, * ; '* ’ V, : „ XT : 1 ' y .x, ; v.) UHN! i.s ** * i tt - o lnofTrmwr-s v.. % w <** “ t 1 7 oO t* t' ” H> ,45 (X* (U> • ( t o .| 7 Hi-siThl 00 !L i nr-**- 4*^' A ’.OK-rnl I’.rvl’. .-II n >l'a<i< l' l !I ‘ OM l>v the mouth _v'*r. i ■ ■■— l " —‘ ■ r wont u. r. rJir. ri * • At:.- iti. ’.*'.*• .~'4 H.trrrmrn^fe- U.n o an^LM lmt„d IB tb* Mo.uiwcf‘ " 1 -° l:nW V,:viir ' .f \< \s iIAXMN'I, r iwK o, dimity. j, m> W FUI.EEIU She iff \ .1 HINTON, .j.o, i-, *-: 1 . s ”' r - BUSINESS CARPS. 11K HoiK 1, t'EA-T 4 V '! roUN I V A 1 lA'V. , Y lilitl'.N' ■ 1 1 ' NEW I'HIM. New Goods. Hew Prices! ! ~ , 4L iV£ IUK I,AK uS I .<;A \V ”• ~;. .V M,, v,'.; ;>rr. h ' ' "V, . :, - I ' l , l o. P •* li * *•* ; </% (m aa a <■. ‘ HW-o.v Byittgtm’a Hotel. A <;K*>R(ilA ■ HTKI IS ' , • - 1,.v.-lr,v BUbtv ronvrlO' ' \ !••• 4 1 , ( :ii itU<n Vo J'l'hK gilH* o M riwth. ~~X |V Hi' It ' T't * j< ii| S W P| UK, XT I't-Hfb KVAT LA W.— KSVII I f. <• • - HjTTT£To-(* -m V-.h'oW. jxifL ilii-Jih y.H.iw • uKrT’ * ~ 7, i>Ki:n s r )i; i: oFirnH.oEo. o T-4.nl ■ ■■ T f n,.-i T3rtV*tM -i .' . ' (V 1 , .■ ■ -„„ i v i• 11 r-v , k ,, , , l , . .., . -t-——r. -in I ;Q *• •"'* , irt AO l ‘ hi!*: TANARUS. .i- ■' ■■ ’* 1 - 1 I’" i’ '* 1,1 *" U thr I' •-r ♦ : U- 'h* , f f-arlitt hi* K 4\ l tjU.i A-ia n ,lu in' TTX U :* till ul l*)" Al • ~~r:w: : -rr XLXlLtrL'' New Goods lor Kail aiuj W ii it \\ r k NOW IIAVK ti Ht m *nd will lv rrcviv _ i- s-- a largvj ud \a. k*d >uh k ot SIAFLE S’ FANCY DBY GOODS. ftooTßsml HlfO v >. LIAI> •< i I. wf;.-- v at-d >v* v \,, \ \- HAUDWAKK, wool* , I \\.l.L>" w, , . f ', v *i,! iir<H i ; Ki'-ut,' l.ur.! m. ‘ p, ~,, !, • Coffees. T-'OtaJiN *. I _v* Ac A, Jto Hsolicit mu of out stuck. bciu a*Quality ' -Price*. * < 11. B. KARRIS. <v:i: ADAMS & WILLIAMS General Dealers IN STAPLE DKY WOODS, , BOOTS and SHOES, HATS awl CAPS, (LOTH IXO DRESS GOODS andTrirntnings, YANKEE NOTIONS, HarJware A Crockery, PA'ItLmOTKftISS W iil si 1 i P uric S | i ire. -ira Sci laub.s Ci all <i ry Griffin Ga. 4 SPECIALTY mart* of trie Photo _J\_ graph* "Ia" * w-e an 1 kinds. Other ktndsof pictures of •. *tv description rt!d picture* copieJ, enlarged and painted fn'oii My Meriwether irjends are respect hiUy hi* 'tl to tilL apil .1 GREKNVILLK, MKKIWETIIKK COUNTY, OA., JANUARY 10. 174. Sjw ci il Police. ' . tx, .W .-"V to ile NNoilil' Wimiun is Krot ! Jfcl Av>Uii Hit ii m.v ii<o<it.r.. dikh>v-Tu*> VSTii i - nrrti V:ic iiuih a rnct\ oonc inviiittl t* ( Aljlcl C' **c-4> ie*l UmHI UiU HUvMAr.fO ■. n.i ,i\ —Or. J iiiuvirt ur> F* vnnle K | * i, vVouuvs iii F.ifiivl. Ryu wonuti S VriVilUtpallO ll Mil IT. IMI I Milt’ll viis 4. HIT t.v tirr l-U-httv tla hU i:fryu;anHvN of liir **: viuih-ii. it iutc> *\ I t tirt> *t iln lut-u 't ' ll 11 111 i• V 8 UlfflOV id*>liuvl .(||4 l-i j .i• &u••• r i ith• *y*Utn It lirnrfs the neves anJ purifies live bUaHi. i m ver *at Is, as v\ men u ill u >uty- valuable t <*ll i me.is prepared Am! kolii by L. U Rta<ifield s , A iantn, tia Fn.e, fl sv) jh? "Th * t I II spt*4 IttbU* if. Sept LL hi Llb't£ ltS 7 17V.NL , to itovy frrA '- • . > . !bu ere unotber tin) sliAll dawn, ~ tt> ib> ‘jLii; leITCS Will HHr ant? die, -The ("iniils til l] shtn thi* :ky, AJo £ the tra k of parting la\, With ripture fill the u /n'>v\c I.L) A N*>im to uieit and pass away I The queenly Moon, through si any skies, | With silvi iy train lend* mi Ik rmj ; | VV hen frwn her c null A rorn hits, | She tires before the oiqjht< I day. 8 1 Sj i : 0 t ine will eoine ?g.i:n ( The r-t>e ay iti. tvt t htt l! head, And, “Heath tiieye-ual Min and lain, Wid bloom ns u nviitt- lirvet d-ad. rim hi uh: rsin, too ( vi >l] rise ay tin, Aml sJh and his be uns l yoiden Fo the. 11.'i l , and Ini; and phiiiq : An t lh<*y i.'%; • wen hid holtrsight, Ami tin* M • n's • w ret I'.n r. seen lioiii fat,, WrH sbnr trpttrt r-drt 'nod ***-4-^*n | i*, A a uu .s!a- nil vt a, TTbin i-lai to Miir, 11 | Thus lib- is in pi lid ./ f tls way '\ nh 111(0141 nli 4.1 is of datU and lioiii --the ii io>ei and In ty 1. !t 1 _i n y, A ahiltuiy m - 10* of d1) mid ni.,lit. Flu; bbnrh-rrrjr 'Rune, the Ihe (!h >ud • Fit types of on rials h ii hi low ; File Minn '.the thr teal. The Rlirnu ft And ilien to mothei La th tin) jjo. i-RiU an..!lirt opeti in ill, VN in t# in , lit 1 1 ye n*l loi'ht sIjuII be f LA (.| yld; I. ,i|s~an7l' "hrmTi~~"7T~ •'-Y~ \\ lb ahiuf- Ihtoiivli•l f el iiiity. i/MUll"*, p ‘Ttrr fof!o\Tinw rrrri-fmt oreonrd mote UluMUhill y\ i r Tijjo m W * mT7P;toiT,“ and la (elated by ' ll I ye W it tire : Agni kept in oin.TiT 11 Li al.'tyV:v lai [F. nitvtvvnia Avenue, lie! tfio h.iint of : bnt ;if IVi tytlony v\bn h ofleudeii his * tneii- m n>i- ITJ tjnTTJ—m a-m In T7T t t oir*mt-e‘*lul UII 1 lili-'. Wl3 Hot h t lliiit u iln imiisc ipn n.n* of 1 -i%*e in~Ttrr* eot*ir,_as nl hH ioV*e Ot frfll TJ7n~dn V IF O') TJin > , j-ie-n. ill I jte Z :Jtl it 1 hf>f. nf and ti i 1 t iliob ram. jljiTln iveiihi , -in vt’ I m (ns i ;■ win let walking *u<l, Vi % , 1 Nuufl i*ul rrf+*i b-tmrtoHl- i-iUi* b# ii*‘> |* i*. Itil|i nrr~ and Ht*~ rP M p* kiMaw .. * fi4< n f* and Rrrk . Uub;.iq U.iutl -r-rrrtrTTp- he :1 i \\: y f rirni ■ I \ . ;|J . y /it! lit \ r }|b* IV f oil .t in j. !ii f f..i frm, har| hr £*mi out, ami Htfttm-g in h# 14. j .I^4—uti-i.L. :ee Liu. ij-ti.dke Li 4vl , It.l ; him loom. || went dilM lylo| Hie ?t ten (ii.-in hxl t\ inking Ihol lam full * i 'lit MM lJ> hitJijM Jlik S *ftn’ vlj.it oil l/y llif Mi<! N’Mfjf ft* ill till . t,.r , Mr r; t>wl tjifuii*: nimbly *ia hi* f *** •, nI • ' !>• r* 1 o no! to tUr < i ■ -ttiirlil tflm b\ Um* t*‘T o- Hal lci<l him.— i I Ilf k a urtltii>- oflJiit w:4* auxin vj'fit foul! fotriu •, the jjojif Inclndfcj, i j Mf ( vml wmm f,r n\ '■i'i t |f* j-;.* ;b to t!•- t* v% I* b I v > f ii**r* <J firoiin !, *r,<J wJimm- r ye'* •*bo a<l • h**y fniff <'* j'yin| lM* whi- , [}**}■*, fi' r *ni I irtin' brjfl \ i|ti* | i nti'l h*ttil ! mi. li* m . ili <lhv, on lif I ft "O ibf |;oat I -wr iff cin* Ht nir hit nil. fy-i uiJ run i ke the <U r l, Mix)t/;<1 one ol the 4*l<r fwjy*. Mr 4 4*y i<>4v**xi the a4vir\ nfd the £"!, when f?r#w Mm* f ii|, • *** k<* l rather lit the rowd, *M*ok J% li*uv ! (.'xnin</tiJy. anH then trotted ••IT to ) I(* hod Ia l bin fur), n*l •iid not * hip U r n • re. that day. i A KaxiKi raa is Pius i.s A prisoner in I 'he Mi**iJHri peni-'critiary, to-, wesk to j wo-k. and who had the run uiUCytriVute day a'ic-l the warden if lie could lx: allow ed to < ult >Tate a nn ill corn- r of the inclo t*r. * What and > yoti aarit to raise;’’ “Cos ■< It lilx *1 f —“ Why, y-.rU can't raiS* them here; the other pr -xiiu rs would steal them.” “No sir,” said the man firmly “they wilt not steal one- <4 4keiii” “Welp go ahead,” said the man-? .‘if your cncum tx;ri> are stolen don't come to me with your complaints.” “You will never hear from me on that score, sir." The .cucumbers were panted, watered, tra ned ami cultiva I te<l, and aa immense crop was the result i*A* fast, however; aa the ft uit ripen*. ] it ilia 1 p; eared.and the warden became convinced that the owner sold it (ir liqvur, produce, or vonre other contraband article. He dir ; ected Uie :nin to he aatched, and final'/ i ue wa detected u the act of carrying ho LU-.UDihera to Use bospi’a* and giving !hem to the poor ielkrws who, m their sickness uared them Not one had he'-u stolen. why am lawyers like fiC.ra:’' I don t meddle *id dc iubjec’ Pomp.” Why, don't you ** e, ni^ga,because 4y sm so l->- 4 j oh de bate.” ■ Henry 4Var<| Ileerlior on (he, D®wii-'Urodd‘i South. ll wonM Ik- Utrd to fi-t.l in il.e hUlr.ry ot | o hI. tii nmiona > more swii.ieiiiiig or & , <i!siiul picture of tlie wreck <tn<)dmil>|mm> , ul s.Kiely than is 4 rem-led ut this m-nuenl j m Souih Carolina; ad the c n iilion o! ' Svnilh IVrolina, \\r su|ijaisi-, vh,t< |H •limps ! mote pi.'lureHipifly miseruhlo is but a i v|- ; the aot ial wretihedncss and tin* |>oliti 1 eni shatu? wtiiob stiach to the other Nuic sil Uic l.ii S.nitli— Thcsn aia tacts which , con 'em n t sloiic tin. Slates tnmiO.'lnTfly ‘ immersed in ibis civic chaos. The nation is a part urn-hip. in diseases and as well as in iienetus ; witli tin; sultcring' .ail ouc mem he, all the uutnhcrs s.ificr, juui hsierer is a blot upon Texas or (i.toraia stains through to Maine. The lin e has 'Tufty anlvcd w ten all cltliens who do ju j_ | helieve that “ot.r political system can stand ; am tiling ami doty am,long" should con tiiormi to raM ftllßlQ ttOCioUS r': - ,tiers ppO|| ; the liaphta eirctimstances ot out hieud? ml tncthrui ol the Southern N atis Ot 3 '* wp may Iw sure; that thtv present apa thy ot Northrru people upon this snhjec. iin aifci )v eoinlilio he J" o'l lla eir ignor a nee T,T ■ i tie iral slate ol tho Case ; and the dilllculty with u liiii. Inen lhal we could not all go .''.null an ;mv tor ourselves, amt that we < ouhi not thoroughly eotitide in the testi mony,,! those who lid go. It is greatly to h* desired that some Non hern nun ol ■calidi'lny, amt of Jimru -liomthle u-j.iju: among ua, could pass through the Southern iamK and study lire nr dual situation, and report to us in terms which we could alto gctlicr trust. - 4iom llii. p ,t of view we deem il : n ' tto |s partt< ulai ly meullonsd that one sm li eiiiz.ui, Mi. James 8 Pike, an old abolitionist, a journalist ol high standing, amt by appv.intnter.t ot President Einrofn, . iaii Mmihbrol tin United Slates at tlie 11 TgTtr; tr-ni; thr tmttfTbr to go to B-rtilh * 0011111 l lit the 1.1.-l si , ioll ol Us l.lgislil Bite, and to p iid two montiis at Its capital m tlie study ol men and tilings. Ilu bus now made ids report, and lias einlaulted it _m a little book, ju and issued liy llm Apple toll*. Tile b ioW is so small lint it can be reud TTi un evening,• Imt iUs targe enotlgh tn give - lojieiv Am. ia an .mxmils iitlecliun lot many day. Mi P.ke fl ids sdelely in Hotttk Carolina "faoßo ~ ' I.- up The neonle of cliarac l”i and i idt'iie, tt )i , in a tiollil ll and ilgli i mid Kao I. • jntj.ii plot i < and are fr im pil'd Ulf'el !o**t broHr~*-t-ot—v~|-fHg~ hat bs - intie itior-t i; mu.ml democracy that -a-iaiound r, < i a.iw ” _ “Llie dlegk ul flic T opui.i' |, 7] ‘latn p. It-'il iti the t'dn * "i-Bret*-. ttilcJiigcut piedu i -to:s, anil us eitlngyivi i ilo in .lii-ana. ul..uui.iiifn.*mJ to I tptii n iliiougli ilu. inexorabht machinery of a m j 'iiu ot niuubet " Cnrpet ling rule is .ai an cm! in '•> uilh C.ir-i'ina, for the carpet b iggets W ei - , -m (lie -fill si. Ji: at ii asl, W bite ai.cn_ Evil negioes tainted With white libael, ami *oTT7TffitHwutU*__as to have the r ~t)lTrftni>s:-Trt- +tr’ nwr Htruf ftttrpK*- 4-lim Ji: blilL.il 111 ililu HUUIL* oh ad u ul ytll'jW. in* to |i <•! the roti empfuou** mi : "> of the utimixed Alrictn, who i iiiiMimlu baYt: ihm in ad Inn own *;i\ llium i nml tin|ninetpled rh**r * Imvi ink* u riM))>h*l.e <| the ! m'ni of ilm Hiufi*. And what oorl oT a a'"V'! mill nt limvv tfii-y f MiM*d r A<ordii | / ii 4 * • limony of M Pike, tint rule of .~k'Ulj) ( ii.o if in ‘‘oil* ul i not lx di.iiifliMl wilt* llte iiumc id itiMii'Ut jim Tli- tm ii abnbn t' .1 in ' oiilr.jt, nil till ion n Ini n-iM ]j\vi it In control, nit tin i pickml vlllnrin of Vibe t< iinniinily. " 'I In > me tlm li |{liMuynnii of the Ktnb’. Tin y urn |irofe*iorml l<'>^i\iiltYI• rolilmm. They ire men Him hint ►lmlieii ami I’ruc iceil the uri r.l lej'Hli/.eil ihell. They nre In mo miohi• rlillereiil Irom, or hetti r llinn, the men who (iil the (iriminn ano |ienitentiaiit* of tbe n orlil. 'I hey me, in lai.L, of jireeie ly ol thnt < nihh, only more <tnriiif{ anil h'i Ihmoiu. 'i he Hole, h*c olijact ii to iroiye tin' irnlivhiual with jnihlic jilurnler. Hnviojj done it, they turn around, buy i/urniinily for their im.ih by abating '.heir gnuiH •illt the ignoran', pauperirted, hem it ted in *-l who Imve chowen them to the ntationi they fill, and wrluch enable them thui to rob and plunder ” A Kansas: Grangrr went to town to s< I iwdttad of buy. Leavenworth was the town. He hay.and put the | 0 he got for it In ins re t pocktl Prr '.y he felt for the money and cnuld 1 I ii—fi2o gone. There appealed to be ri" more ho| lor hm in life He linx g< borne to that woman, without the hay or the money. What would she think? Hi did not know, but he tlxmght he’d fit il He went to the telegraph oiliee, to send a message hi his wife- It was, Hint he inten ded to throw bimsell urvh r tire wheels ol the first (lain. Good bye, Louisa Jane The telegraph boy saw hay -seeds in the Granger's iiair, and melancholy in bis eye He delayed the dhpa'ch an I sent for a jei liceinan. Th* “• op” came, and took charge of the desj erute nun. He told ins fiitie story, and the policeman hc l | eJ biin search hia pockets again.. Well, the %W> uuii ul green hacks wxs found, ntised with other papers that had aijpc l - through th torn lining ot his pocket. He ha l a Her ! interval' due officer siw his mind ni l got around fight again and let Mm drive his team home. The; boy, however, violated the secrecy of the telegraph. President Mitdison mid Hr. Hr. Nwenriiigiii. l’resuient Madison was lon l of icllins tin's ory ol a vi-it mt e (•, him hy one ~r liis snpporiers. Alter due introdiieb-rj discussion of the wealtrrr and tire stale or parlies, (he voter explained to the Pres, drn that he Iral ended upon him to a*l, lor the cilice of Chief ,!udi,c oF thr Uuited Stales. Mr. Madison was a little surprised, hit' with that Uady tael which he hud hruughr from his dipVuinlie experieh, e, he edit (rated Iris astonishment, lie took down the volume which contained the Constitu tion of the United Stales, snd explained lo dhis MtV Swen;iturn if that were hi name—that tile judges held . fflee on lire ti nme of good behavior, and that Judge Marshall. lber|Htr ornament of the lielreti; could not be removed to make place for Itin. f Mr.dswcaringtn reeetvd the nntmtniee uieut 4 nelly; atul, aft a a moment, sai 1 Ik* tlumglit lie ijrould liko to be Secretary ol Stale. gj I'lie President said that was undoubtedly a place wlitic a lanti could tfo goes I service to the country; but that Mourn*, like Mr, Hwrartt’jjin and himsrll was a Virginian, and he did not like to remove him. Then, said Mr. Swearingin, I will he Secretary of the I'rcasury. Uuloriunately, the President strid, lire pl'csid. UL mc-ltllll; 111 Wlla lleeesam y lo (*"H Ciliate PturasyUauia ; and Ire could not re nt,n him. Then, r-aid Mr. nriugin, I think F will go abroad. I should like to go to France. l)o you speak French, risked tire Presi dent, kindly. No, uo; 1 speak nothing Imt )!d ~l)‘> minion English good enough lor me, Mr. I'IC'I i- nl. , . Yes, yes; and for me. iiut I don't think it will (to to send you to the Motmscers urilcsa you can speak their iangimge. Then PllgQJbf Euglitu, l . Ah, 1101 l will never do; King (Il’Oige might rememlxpr tuny olum your lutlier siiniiped Ins rife at tend (lormvallis. So Kutope w* exliauxied, ami Mi Swear in (ill tell Imt k t>n one and another colli e : t asliii ,ii v and OfJI c, ntslriet ttUofueystitp, bit for each apßUeulion the iwtttte F'resi dent bad hi* reply. i think, I lien, Mi President, 1 will be -pmlnmstrr ttf mj?it(lh:c n> Inline. Mi. Mndisott had iiirgotti n w loTh TT*at "w is, Tdit-lHiU'ntOj' ’b lit It w:m irßfttr-Cmdrp Four slt*rne|s, IJ letourt e iimty, Virginia, ho sent for ->ht r.-gister Al-ta !it - piuved tlist the office WHS ill the hands lif one ol Moigau’* vvtemtia. Impossible to remove him. T.itly, Mr. M l tUM obllg.fti to you dlrtieulties lh#t sttftoUMif you. Now, see- I tin/ \on enniiot jive llie I lot elliel justice’* j place, tior M M'l.nioe’s, t.m tlie Treasury, not itny of iLmoC-UlhiJS, (I-'tiT yon Ibinli v .a coal I glyt me a pan <•! o and b ailiet ( !,|i lies ? ~ ATi Ifi.fl, n rtTmrjphrirr mnf* —dr+Tirt : l-o , grkvo bin* an order on his tailor lor the } breei lies, ami Mr. Hweaiin-in, went Imp I p jy on los w ij'. Mint Cilll tful I'Uilly Im* Npnretl, Voiiug men, thin it the first i|iie#tion your einploj em will theinai lvi a wln n Inialiier* liiiouuia hliii k, and when it in thought neiethnry to •' •uoml/.e In tin- mutter ol mini ii h Thin ipu rtion la itntwi-red in an Ann iloin Journal to onr kutlalitellnri. gjl miHwera the i|ue tto i who can h Ht lie npar •ol thin way I'lte bainaeles, the eliiikw, dm make fttiifU, noineliody * nephew, Homeliody'* go'id-for no'hiiiga. Voting men plea**! remember tluil tlieae are fiot the ’>nen who me lalled lor wtien reßposihli lioaition* ste |o he fill' and Would you like io gauge jo ir ow n fltne-H for a iiosilion 01 , protninetKJe f Wouhl you_like Pi know the. probabilities of your getting aueli a pon| 1 non'' Inquire within ! you dninir to urike yourself valua’ile in the p.mitinn | you now occupy 1 if you are doing with | your might what your build* pud to do, I the chance* are ti n to one that you will s ion become so valuable ill that jiositlon ! that you cannot easily Is* |wri I from it; 1 .id then singular to relate, will be the very | lime when you will besought out for pro. notion to a tetter place. Be content to i grade among the men who can easily be -paied, and you may rest assured that noth ng will “spare" you so certainly and se easily as promotion, Waistkd •Ta-ikii,"— At one of the hotels yesterday was a family traveling West from Vermouot. The wife was con tinuiiH badgering the liushind for his tsetli o I of doing this and that "evidently suppo sin? that everybody was .noticing his unaristocratic way*. At the table she pas sed him the potato# and lie t>ok of! a final mountain, and in thru*; ruin t ■ he lield his plate for more. Hire winked at him tail he was determined and shouted: “ Kliltbeih Jones, you may wink and blink alt day but I’m gofag i* have some more later or burrt th t<nk He get some. An “ anti grab league' has been formed ,n Caldwell, * f, d it moves for a na'ionai “anii grab convention ' at Clnci.* go on the 7lh ol May. Tnc i lea meets w ith ryi*f and die conventon promi-m n, be Urge. Tire track pay members of Con ares* will pfeaso take D'/oe and govern theme;vcs according'/. v M hal will Become f t uhn. I The Uitiiled Slates Government, perhaps, • ia lost 4ho i p|>orluniiy to lake Culia I Aljeiher il was wise to Ul tlij op ( aruiiii. | y slip is s (piesiion about which (here may je honest dill-rvtiees ol opinion on il,e 'Hit ul out people. Tlie race up or which ( t snceesslul grab A' live iwl.imt might have wen made by *‘Une e Bam” was t're Yir fiiil'ts all or Too spit it of an ovei wln lm mg i ousci vatisni gave a did* nnt dfreelim Lo lUe puitey ol the G. veniment in tin mallei. Oyr- cilicfiis were murdered in cold blood. Spain apologised and submitted to the demiWU ol the yuiled States lor re- Utrii of tlie Virgudus ami In r stit viyors, and a promise to salute oui Hag next Tliurs day, on ceitiin coiningeneics. And now we have tctegraptric news to the rth rt that the saltt'e ia not to be given heeau-'e if has been decided by tlie Attorney General, upon Spanish evnbmee, Umt tits Vliginiua wa*< not eutilied to fly tlie American rtae. •<n the heels of the sedlrmrnt i v rd rs rcrican difficulty in tin ViigThTilsTTfalb*r, cothca tlie news Itdtl the British lion ri ars with threatening upon the shores of Culia, and we have il that serious complications have arisin between the Mtitisli and Kpiini-li Governments In regard to Cuba ; and that the West India -ipradron of Great Brituin is ordered *o the vn I'nty.b! the Ciibun pmis. W bat is ilu nnt'jrc o! the eomp ications, has not duns pirc I to Hmi public, ilxtl as tlie lliitish Government is very jealous ol her tights and very strict in the protection of her citizen*, she may have a detusnd to make llial w ill rnptirti the got,tiling up ol Cuba as a piece ot a ilisluctiou. •Bet'll a result yymffd imt lie exactly Com fsHAshf* Ams.. the Aenrcteatt (iox< rwrfo-rtt' - With her po-scssions Upon lire niHtlieni hoi (Ids of I lie United Slates mill a strong giaap Upon f'liha, eonirol lug, tnrtt Wt If, tlie very l ey and lommaiid of tlie South western channel ol navigation, it would p ace tlie United Htnles at the mercy ol Great Britain In the event of a war, either witli that Government or whit itny other foreign government witli which Gieat Britain thigitt sympallilze or have a pet uni ary interest in, Foi Ibi" I, , * oils, il they 111, not at fault lines t.ol the ipmstio i occur, luive we not lost tlie oppottuntty ol mukmg more seeuie Tim own detenu'll try tailing to take advau— rage ol'ahrewnalanois. dial might have., ac cured the annexation ol Culm to the United Mates lill,l kept the. "g-'lll "I I In' Autllle.' out ol tin* paws of the British lion ? Timng I'redS nillittry Hank, East whiter, wlien Frederick Grant was sot out to Chicago to displace tbu gutlsni Geo Fo ay the on Sltcrldat) I *Halt, tua Hint it bunt Ot nenil ti It const mined lo • Tpl tin TtT a g-'iiciui Ot del that young GrantV-tftitr of Ideiitnnant Colonel was only n local rank, to lie dropped whenever lie retired Until llie stall Gem III! Stu ii bill at lie lime tie ioaiie.l llie older eoli'ailling III" idiove in lot unit !• m, probably believed whip lie wrote, iitTrf evjteeled tii.ll line Ipropnisi* would be hiifHted, but a recent event goes to hbow-tlint while tin may pHtpeesej It. •pHeidenl d(H;.*.H- H It ia not an unusual thing loi tfiT; t/‘li'li‘t Magistrate l-1 dhb-r with hi* a iborillmties gn inciters concerning the welluie ol a tnt mix r of Ids own lutnily • in the lai a: ol hberi'lan'a onkl' lmlmujnr dered Fie.l to WaHhingt<iU and appointed him iiiijHli-iing and diHliurainjj oflleer, with tint rank and pay lie ei Joyed while a mem ber,of Hie Lieutenant Getieral'a military family. The only du'y cxpecleJ ol th >• yotlllg man J-t to draw the pay, the details ol the office being pi rfoime I by a <nm;ie tent oflleer holding a lower rank and diaw iig small pay. Thjsaciion of the Pied dent is of n piece with the withholding ol General I'oriei 'a resignation. Not satiafie I with having his own ralsty doubled, he has taken advantage of hiagieat i lllda to jump lit* son I torn Ibevel fWond l.ieutin anl to liieuUnisnl .‘olonel, with the eor rusjion liug increase of pay. (ivntgltiao I'tti.M In. The hills for the removal of the disabilities "I Messrs. Hi cock, ol Virginia, and It gun, ot Texas, have now fussed both Houses, lloth uerr tie iien are anxious to go to the United Hi ales Semite, and the removal ol l hell ilia ah Inie* enable!, their Irien Is to bring 111 Ir names before tin: Legislature* ol Virginia and Tt-xaa, which will soon he called upon to elect Hc-nalors. Hon ly hut suicly the intelligence <*f the Houtli i* again being re presented in Hie council* of the uatlt.n, and aU_u<iditatit day Hie voice ol the carpet haggi r wilt rio longer be heard in the had* ol Congress. A Nkw Lit a ix Aotticut.TUttK Prof. I>.xlge Haywad, ot Verm mt, deltveted a Ires lecture yesterday at the Capitol, Ixifore a body of Havana, on anew Era -in Agri culture. People be Said were’ruariing < f.gy over Nitrogen in the aha|Xi of aium IU4. Nitrogen was in Ilia air and rain sti|>plhd the earth with it in abundance. Five per cent, of mineral fertiliser was required. au.J he could furnish a formula to supply it at a c ol $7 per too. If lie can pract ca ly demonstrate his theory his fortune i* made. V go<al fertiizer at $7 jei toa will be a pul.de bvnefacHoo. Two yo.in* la-lie* ol 1.l t ro.-u- w.*ic Man- , they didn’t know bow to cross, wln-n their, escort cried "nake," and they cleared it • at a bound. Goner al Iteun A negro woman made a Christmas p, B f- i her lout, who is in jail al Allien*. The ibilf* Jatlor eumtntvl it, an 4 tuund three files. > b'>x of matches, et<x • Fore G.xl inass'r, she said, *'f dunno how dal ole rooster rber swallrr dem lilt**. The M ttfelts J uhhwl ?s not hr fsor of a Convention. It say* the people had better •vail Hit I see what fb, ogress is going io do vith the civil rights bid And then what* A fa-in. r o' I* da ki c-unity made <>■ % two-horse (arm last •eaWMt hmrleen rwles ot coiton, five hu.rtfred lnr*iieKs ot corn and ihree hundred gallon* of syriSQ, "Oxitig to John Boliinsoi% g in town, the regular Tluw-diy evening plater meeting In*- born po*ipotted,''said a recent numberjol the Kuterpri e, Dal tar* T*. xaa. A fellow, wlio ia nearly as big i b>re as tin* ll ossc tunnel, w is t Idug in oitj-oifi e, t'ne othvr da> ol a song thm always carried htm nwav. tjunlrat, looking around,gently ii unite I, if any one present could sing that song. A Nevada paper *iy*: "Hie many liiepds ol Bill Tourpson will regret to hear that lie was haslwut up hy a catamount to day, on Nixon’s hill, while lying iu wurt to shoot a < 'liinatnan. This was always a world ol disappointment. Tommy, my son, what are you going lo do with Hi it club ! Bon i il to the editor of roure. But wlist are you going to sen | it to tin* editor for T C ui-e' lie say* if snvltody will send lilili II club, he will send them a copy ■ I hi* paper. Eliza, my child, sai Ia prudish old tnaid, to her p/efly fldUb .w '>. - waW curd her hair in ilngl tf the Ivird had in tended your lialrlobc curled,lie would have dm.e it Ifunsell. fte IM. aniity, w hen I w hs u baby, Imt lie thinks 1 am big t nniigU lo cm I it myself. M lien was asked by a friend whether lie would instinct Ids diughter in His dllfercnt fangU'igt S. His reply war -“No, **r; one tongue ia enough fo. a woman n “Wbatpnrtbf speneli b half asked a diime Hie other day. “.Masculine," replied tin sellolit r. “Inde •and! Then wTiat’s the leminitiei'’ “Why, bonnet, to be sure. 1 ' A man wlm load puiehuseil u pah of new alines, (biding (lie nmd lo lie rather a rongn line, decided id put IllC l-hoes ll|l(|eTlrt>lFflT arid wfdktif In me bun tort, and, After awhile lie slulibed his grCIU tTTJ tai;ili|ftlie Dil ofl ns clean as a w histk*. How iueky ! lie ex claimed; what a treweßd-uia kick that would have been tor the shoes 1 A oaf sss*f iTptftMr,'Mt tw about to deyortr It, wdten the fcphrrow Midi No ge dlematt eat enUMII lm WU-hes Id* ac-. Tlie eat, slruek w ith thE re ntitk, set tint sparrow down, and begaw to wadi bis lace wlifi Ills paw, liol (lie, sparrow fh*w away. ' .rills vexed the eat extremely. Wild he said: “Ashing as I live 1 will eat first Mid wash ilfy face afterwards, ‘ which hII CStS. In to t hi* day. During a < hhii h fair, in Tiv,' Mew Ymk entered Hie crowded room and pleaded lor 1111. They said they wne starvilig, and their p i-;ht o tclieil lha It -arts and wall It -il thc i r iwd Alter colh-cllitg a goo I sum of money, the r.> lor.-d couple wiped the burnt cork from tlreir fuo. a, and two of the brethren of the church we uraveile I The define was to so in-1 tire cUiriih-s of tlw pen, l. The Is’otfToss Advance mys that the A', hints papers preterit tbelr readers with none but the Hunt futile argument* iftlie'.r con temporaries lu favor of a Stats Convention and gloat over their refritartonnf these as if they embodied all Ibo points at issue. Can't the g -mletnen band c the main points in the dbrctwlon? Tire young ladies ol Dig Rlisnty, a s'ati ui on Ilia Mate It rad, armed Uicnilelves with gin* on Cliistmast day and embarked on a lerualc bird bun 1 . Ibdurn rig, tliey formed a line and fired 0.l a salute. * g A reinarkhle ini' mec of the in licence of , li ;q>lin in the Husslan. army is said to have, (cured recsnlly at a fire in the small low ii of Itardosek, where IM.* houses worn burned. A ssntioel who was ns duty, bav in. been forgotten, temained at bis post. (Us watch Ixi* was consumed, and hi* clothes were already on fire, when a cor |xiri<l arrive ! to re iefe him. The Empe ror, upon hearing ot the cicutaslsnoc, sent the man fifty routdes, d.xioratfd him wills the Order of Ht. Anne and gave instructions for him to lx: made a non commission officer. At a council of the GraugeK in llurkc county last we< k, re*olultons were passed disi'ou■ aging the filmndouinenl of the s; l • tern of furnishing slock audsupp ies to irres ponsible lensnt*,igrsding the price ol laisi r from the mssinium eight dollars a month to tlie minimum ol lour ; and declining to imrclimse guano lire coming season excpl for csslr, or tor c*xt.*n witli-xit classification at eighteen cent* a pound. The Atlanta editors areso opposed to the rein -r-:c on of th • Iswof Imp-i onovnt for .. it a H ofpnntrs*tonal *vm pathv. ae shall opjrose H too. We do not , |, -Hire to hi-c the re- enactment of a statute that would roll journalism ns wet Tis wxl ely (at least for a season) of such orna incut:. NO i-