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liov. Bullock's I’ardnn Record.
The following is un “addenda" to a
lengthy letter from Governor Bullock
in response to inquiries from Hon. John
FcoTT, “Chairman of Joint Sel. ct Coin
inittee, to inquire into the condition ol
tie late insurrectionary States,” as pub
lislied in the Atlanta New Era, ol the
1 Gth inst. The limited dimensions of
our sheet precludes the publication of
Gov Bullock’s letter, hut this “addenda”
will he read with interest. We may,
possibly, prepare a synopsis of the let
ter for aur second page.
ADDENDA.
Jim Excellency 11 if an 11 Jlhllock:
Governor —In compliance with the
rrqu< st of your Excellency, 1 have made
a thorough examination < f the records
of the Executive Department, touching
t lie action of the Department upon tie
subject of paid. ns.
Trior to your inauguration there was
no analytic record k< pt of casts of tl is
cl aracler; and the only iiifoi mathui that
can he derived on the subject is the
copies < f otders announcing pardons,
scattered through the Executive min
utes.
From July 4, 18G1, to July 4, IS"I,
x complete ricoid has been kept, show
ing in foil the application, the evidence,
te recommendation, and the Extcntiw
action in each case From this 1 ascer
tain the following facts :
There have 1 ecu d■ ring that term of
three years paidous fr —murder, 41, ol
which 25 were pardoned before trial;
murder commuted, 15; voluntary man
slaughter, 24; ii.volin.t ry inimdangli
tcr, 1 . assault with intent to murder, 30;
burglary in ti e night time, 41 ; burglary
in the day time, 11; simple larceny, 08;
larceny from the prison, i; 'urceny from
Ihe house, 14; larceny after a tmsl has
been delegati and, 5; other larcenies, 24;
assault and l alterv, 14; assault, 8; as
sault with intent to commit rape, 5; ar
son, 5; robbery, 8; slabbing, 3; cheat
ing 3; swindling,4: incestuous adulteiy,
1; bigamy, 0; fornication, 3;ndnlt'ry, G;
forgery, 4; perjury, 3; seduction, 2; kid
napping, 1; bastardy, 1; rape, 1; bribery, j
1 ; compounding felony, 2; malpractice
in office, I; aiding pi is mi s to escape,
2; road commissioner for neglect of du
ty, 8; intermarrying within h vitical de
grees of affinity, 1; misdemeanors, 29;
•coot, nipt of court, 1.
Upon examination of the < fficial rec
ord, I fii and that in many and in most all
of the cases for murder, w here a pardon
has been granted before trial, the in
dictments therefor had been found before
tl c late war, and some of them during
the war, and that justice demanded Ex
ccutive intorposition in behalf of the ac
cused, as in maty instances, some of
the most material witnesses on the part
of the defense have remevrd bcy< nd the
jurisdiction of the State, and others have
died; while in several oihei instances
the State, on account ol the absence of
its most important witnesses, lias faded
to prosecute the cases after the indict
ments had been found, and cases of that
character were in abeyance on the crim
inal docke's of the several courts so:
years, postponed and continued from
term to term, greatly to the annoyance
and detriment of the acens and party or
parties. In addition to the mciitorious
circumstances attending such case-, par
dons of that character have generally
been most earnestly recjmmended by
the Senators and Representatives of the
districts and counties, together with the
most highly respectable citizens of the
county or vicinity where the crime was
alleged to have been committed, and, in
»>n.e instances, hv the offic'is of the
cnuit in which the in lictu.cot was p"»i
ding.
j Os the 15 cases in which the sen ten -
j ecs imposed was commuted from death
; to imprisonment for life, 4 to imprison
j ment for life, 4fo imprisonment for 10
i years. 1 to imprisonment for 5 years,
and 4 to imprisonment lor one year.
; Os the 24 cases of voluntary man ■
slaughter, f r which pardons have been
| granted, one of the convicts served his
full term, and was simply restored to
civil rights, while the sentence of three
: others, on account of the circumstances
i attending the commission of tlie . dense,
' was commuted to one year imprisonment
| each—the shortest term of punishment
prescribed by law.
1 find, upon further examination, that
; many of the convicts pardoned of the of
f uses ii| burg'aiy in the night time, had
! served each from 4to 5 years, in pur-
I snanco of their respective sentences,
| which in ev»ry instance was imprison
; ment for life, and that all the pardons . f
! that class of convicts were granted
since the General Assembly, in its wis
if m, fad deemed proper to altar and
J amend the statute, reducing' the punish
j ment for burglary in the night, from
death or imprisonment for life, to im
j pi isonment for a less period,
j In the case of the person pardoned of
the offense of incestuous adultery, par
don was n commended by the Judge of
! the Supoiini Court lefore whom the con
vict was ft it and, on ti e ground that he
; had been sufficiently punished, having
nearly' served out his full farm.
While several of the pardons granted
for the c flense of simple larceny were
Ibr horse stealing, yet most of them were
j in such cases where, by the law, the act
I committed is recognized as a triisde
| meaner only, for which the punishment
; general y imposed varied; as, for in
| stance, in some cases imprisonment in
| jail, in others imprisonment and a fine,
and in others work on the public works
and a line, or, in some cases, all of these
j punishments, ns the Judge presiding at
i the trial, in his discretion, deemed prop
er. in many of these cases, where the
|pi isener was 100 poor to pay the fine
! imposed, that alone was remitted, or
, n (liiced to a smaller amount. In many
f the cases w here pardon was granted
i for the < fit usi sos assault with intent to
| muider, assault and battery, stabbing,
etc-, it was generally upon the rccom
riu ndation of the prosecutor in the case,
the paity' injured by the cornu ission of
tic offense. Among the twenty-nine
cases of misdemeanors, for which par
dot s w ere issued, I find most es them to
be for using opprobrious words, enticing
and decoying servants to leave employ
i r, riot, vagrancy, etc.
Asa general thing, I find that nearly
every one of the persona pardoned ser-]
v< ands m ■ part of the term of ids sen
letiee, and that pardons wi re only gran-j
ted up n the solicitation of the most well i
known and respectable citizens of the!
counties from which said convicts were
sentenced; while, in many instances, |
paid o s weie granted to those only who!
liad nearly completed the term of con
finement imposed upon them, upon tile
recommendations of the officers and j
1. ssecs of the penitentiary, for good be
havior, or on acccnut of such physical!
disability as made them unfit to perform J
manual labor, and would have, had I hey
been kept in further confinement, proha- !
!.!y caused death. Where pardons were
-ranted f< r good behavior, they took es- j
!< ct one or two days before the expira- j
lion of the lei in of coi fiucmcnt imposed j
in the sentence of the Court.
Pardons have been refused in the. fol- j
lowing cases, to wit;
Murder, 10; manslaughter, 5; assault I
with intent to muider, 4; burglary, 4;!
horsestealing, 3; simple larceny and
other larcenies, 8; rape, 2; assaults, and j
assaults and buttery, riot, 1; fo-gcry,
1; cheating and swindling, 1; peijury, 1;!
robbery, 2; stabbing 2; fornication, l;j
adulteiy, 1 ; bastardy, 1; receiving sto- ]
It'll goods, l; carrying concealed weap- !
ons,2; playing and betting, 1; and other!
misdemeanors,3
Very respect fully,
R. H Atkinson.
Secretary Executive Department.
A Good Dog Story-
Mr. Beecher, in his Christian Union
vouches for the truth of this story:
A narrow log lay as a bridge over a
raviue. From ti e opposite ends of the
lug, at tho same moment, there started
to cross ii a big Newfoundland aid a
little Italian greyhound. Os course
they met in the middl •, and there was not
loom f'r them to pars; neither could they
go hack. The height was a dangerous
one lot the hound and to the water at
t 1 e bottom he was extremely averse.
I’hu Newfoundland con’d have taken the
1 leap in safety but evident did not want
to. There was a fix! The little dog
rat down on his l aunches, stuck his nose
sti a ght up in the air and howled. The
Newfoundland stood intent, his face
bohmn with inwaid workings. Pres
ently lie gave a nudge with his nose to
! the howling grey-hound—as if to say,
‘Be still youngster and listen.’ Then
there was silence and seeming confabu
lation fir a second i r two. Immediately
! the big dog spread li s legs apart like
. Cullossus, best i iding the log units ex
treme outer edges, and balancing him
self carefully. The little dog sprang
through the opening like a flash. \\ hi n
they reached tfie oppisite shores the
grey-bound broke into frantic gambols
of del glit; and the Newfoundland after
Ids moie sedate fashion expressed great
complacency in Ids achievinent —as he
' surely had a light to del
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UN A WED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN
QUITMAN, GEO., JULY 28, 1871.
incidents of tlio New ‘York Riot.
From the New- York Sun, of the 14th.]
THE BATTLE GROUND.
\ That portion of Eight avenue lying be
| tween Twenty-third and Twenty-ninth
streets, was crowded all day yesterday
j with curb sity seekers from other parts
I of the city.
i Wherever a person who had happen
ed to ho present at the riot began to re
cite his version of the scenes there, twen
ty or more would instantly gather and
listen patiently until ho had finished.
Down every cellar a crowd gazed at
where dead men were supposed to have
lain, and every bullet mark in window
or upon wall had its knot of examiners.
The east side of the avenue about 8 o’-
clock was fairly impassible from the mul
titude.
THE FIRST ATTACK.
It is hard to tell where tho first attack
was made on the Orangemen, but it
seems to have been on the southwest
corner of Twenty fourth street, a four
story brick house, occupied by McMur
ty’s grocery store below. It is assorted
that two men standing on the awning
fired a revolver, and were instantly
(shot down. The northeast ct ruer is
! riddled with bullets, the shutters and
I doorway s are pierced, and deep inden
! lures were made in tie brick walls and
on tho browi.stotie copings. This street
j toward the cast must have been sub
Ijeclrd to a hot sweeping fire, as for a
I long distance on both sides of the way
| the houses are badly chipped.
TWENTY-FOURTH STREET.
As the head of the Orange portion
of the procession reached Twenty-fourth
street, another bait occurred. On the
northeast corner ol this street, where it
intersects Eighth avenue, is a liquor
| store. The head of the Orange por
| tion of flic procession halted just past
this street. The left flanking regiment,
j the Eighty-fourth, were marching loft
j in front, or at least were load by B Com
party. Wli le this ha’t was made, drop
| ping shots were heard front further up
I and down the lino, fireu by unseen hands
at the Orangemen and soldiers. Aside
from this the silence was ahs. lately op
pressive. It was the calm which pre
cedes the earthquake.
A SUDDEN BURST OF FIERY VENGEANCE.
Presently, from the second story of
the liquor store, apparently came two
pistol shots, bang! bung! An immedi
ate rush was made by a score of police
men toward the house. But it was not
for them to vindicate just there the
rights of American citizens. From the
front rank of Company B, then faced
i toward the sidewalk, came the sudden
j sharp ring of a musket shot. Instantly,
:as if communicated by electricity, the
i fire flashed along down the company and
tho regiment toward i!s left, leaped
[ thence into the ranks of the Sixth, and j
roiled away over to the Ninth; and f*»r j
thii ty seconds the death-dealing missiles j
| hailed into the houses for a distance oh
; [our blocks. It was a supreme moment, j
The police who were in front of a p r- !
j tiou of Company B, threw themselves
upon the pavement, and the bright flames j
of death rolled over them leaving them,
! with one exception, unharmed. Then,
us if quenched by some instantaneous
arid irresistible command, the firing died
awav, and the sulphurous pall of death
lifted from the ground.
AFTER THE VoLLEY.
The scene which was there discloied
! was enough to make the stoutest heart
! quail and turn Rick. The dead and dy
ing lay thickly strewn upon the bloody
pavements, and the very gntteis ran
with-gore. Within twenty feet of the |
muzzles of the muskets, with upturned
countenance, over which the gray Color
of death was stealing, lay a well-dressed
man, witli blood pouring from his breast.
Just beyond him lay another, dead. In
Iront of the liquor store lay half a score
;of disfigured bodies. One man, with
j face all shot away, was rolling from side
i to side in speechless, dying agony. Near
| him two others, their brains protruding
! from the shot holes in their heads Not
{faraway a confused heap of female appa
!i el marked a woman shot through the
head and tho body. She had partly ful
j leri upon two men, who lay near, stone
; dead. Not far away was a lifeless little
| girl, aud the wounded lay on every side.
THE T-RROR CF THE M B.
i From this sodden hurst of fiery ven
i geancc ti e mob fled in the wildest dis
j may. Tne front of the house from which
the doubly fatal shots were fired was
| marked from roof to basement with bul-
I lets. For a few minutes the entire
procession stood silently waiting a re
newal of the attack, but it did not come.
: Then, striking a national air, and leav
ing the dead and the dying where they
! fell, the line of march was resumed, to
! be no opposed by any organized attempt
at mob violence, and ouly to be inter
rupted by r ingle shots at points along
: the line, in some cases fatal, hut none ol
them accompanied by circumstances
which would exasperate tho troops to a
reply.
AT THE TOMBS.
The priso cis who were arrested for
inciting the riot and taking part in it
were sent from the Police Oeutia! Office
to the Tornhs yesterday. The transfer
of so many prisoners, mainly known des
peradoes, required extra precaution, as
it was known to the police that the pr:-
i Buueta’ coiifcdeiati s who had escaped
arrest intended to effect a rescue if pos
sible.
a child's recognition of her father.
As the prisoners filed out of the Cen
tral Police Office, a pretty hut scantily
clad child of about nine yours of age,
stood by the steps, peering into their
faces as the men emerged. Catching a
ghutpse of a face she knew, she uttered
a heart-rending shriek, and instantly
J fell to sobbing as though her heart would
I break. Detective Elder approached her
[ and asked her tho cause of her soirow.
She pointed her finger, saying, “There
is my father,” indicating a tall, brawny
Irishman, who had killed a man in the
rii t. The poor creature was led away
by the kind hearted detective.
BOR I)KR V U.VGEANCK.
Chicago, July 14.—The Prescott (Ar
izona) Miner of June 24th gives the fol
lowing particulars ot tho slaughter of
fifty-six Apache Indians, at a point near
Fonto creek in that Territory. It will be
recollected that the cause of the slaugh
ter was the killing of Bowers & Co.’s
herds, mid the capture of their herd l>y
the Apaches.
THE CHASE.
The Indians had no sooner obtained
possession of the herd than a messenger
was dispatched to convey the news of
the outrage to the people es Prescott.
Upon receipt of the news, a patty of ele
veil citizens starti and in pursuit of them.
Arriving at Aqua Trios, they were join
ed by a party of five citizens from the
valley, and early in the morning the
whole force, nine men, started on trail of
tho savages. After proceeding thirty
five miles, Iney met a command under
Lieutenant Charles Morton, a tionp of
the Third cavalry, which was likewise in
pursuit <>f these Indians, lleie the fore
os blended themselves intoonecommand,
under Lieut Morton, and the journey
j was at once resumed with flash vigor.
After traveling twenty-five miles to the
j Verde, the command went into camp at.
a late hour in the evening.
On the Blh they again look up the trail,
which thev followed for a distance of
twenty miles, and at 1 o’clock i*. M. came
upon a rancheria, which they quickly
snrroui ded, killing twenty.-.one of the
inmates. Feeling that there were abun
dant Ind aus in the neig horhood, and
deteimined that they should have the
least possible time to prepare for battle
i r to effect a retreat, the command moved
quickly forward in seuioii of another
rancheria.
This tin y discovered on the following
day, after er ssing the divide between
tho Verde and Tutito creek. A fight at
t>nee ensued, in which twenty-three In
dians were killed. At this p'ace thirty j
of tig- Captured horses were discovered, j
One was recaptured and two were killed I
tiy the Indians, when they discovered
that they were to fall into the hands of I
the command.
From this place they followed the i
principal trail for three miles, when they j
discovered three Indians in tho distance j
m muled on two horses. Two of these j
were slot dead and tho third wounded,
and both horses captured.
The supply of provisions being by this j
lime well nigh exhausted, and tho dis-j
tanco from Camp McDowell to the near j
est military post being upwards of 50!
inih s, it was decided to at andon further !
pursuit and return at once. Tho com 1
mand accordingly took up the homeward
j urr.ey, arriving at McDjwell on the
morning of the 12th.
The Ulan who Hadn't any Objec
tion.
The author of St. Twel’mo, noted for
liis love of practical joke and a slight i
impediment in his speech, was‘on duty
at the fair of the American institute,
and, finding a convenient point to rest
behind a pyramid of paste and blacking,
went quietly to work to write up his
notes. lie had just completed a glow
ing euh ginrn on the merits of a patent
bean sifter, when he was interrupted by
a tall countryman, wl o asked:
‘ifanw do ye sell yer blackin,’ mister?'
‘I and d-don’t sell it,’said the absorbed
writer.
‘Don’t gin it away, du “ye?’ said the
querist, handling a b x covetously.
‘I ha-lia-haven’t g-g-given away any
vet,’ replied the still busy knight of the
pencil.
‘Hain’t got any objections of my tak
in’ a box, have ye?’ persisted the tor
ment.
‘N-n-n not the 1-i-h nst in the world,’
| said the now thoroughly aroused joker,
I calmly closing his book, and beaming
blandly upon the interrogator.
The countryman immediately seized
upon a box of the polish; a sharp boy
! standing near followed his example; the
j news of free blacking spread among oth
| c, v sharp boys, and the pyramid of black-
I ing was soon reduced to a plain, when
! the newspaper man was overtaken a lit
! tic further in the hall by the blacßing
j dealer, irate and red-faced, with twopo
! I icemen, who had the original offender
j and a half dozen boys in custody.
; ‘V’hat the blazes do you mean,’ said
! the man of polish, in anything but pol
-1 shed language, ‘by setting people to
steal my blacking?’
*M in-my dear sir,’ said the paragra
pher urbai ely, ‘the g-g-gentl-man asked
me if I ha-ha-had any objections to his
t-t-t-taking a box of the blacking, and i
hadn’t any obj ctiou at all, and I <1 don’t
koow why 1 should have.’ And he walk
*ed quietly on in put suit of his labors,
| leaving Messrs. Day & Martin In charge
a gross of paste blacking to profit uuJ
loss.
M*<> JV*l2 V.
I All men desire money, money is snc
jcess. It is evidence of learning, talent
and ability. But there aro many who
err in the way which they manage their
pecuniary affairs. To all such we rec
ommend the following extracts, from
Samuel Shiue’s able work entitled ‘Self
Help.'
‘How a man uses money—uses it,
saves it and spends it—is perhaps one
of the best tests of practical wisdom.
Although money by no means ought to
tie regarded us a chief end of man’s life,
neither is it a trifling matter, to t.e held
in philosophic contempt, representing, as
it does to so large an extent, the means
of physical comfort and social well-being.
Indeed some of the finest qualifies of
human nature are intimately re'atcd to
the right use of money; such as genoros
ity, honesty, justice, and self-sacrifice;
as well as the practical virtues of ec mo.
my and providence. On the other hand
there are their counterparts of avarice,
fraud, injustice, and selfishness, as dis
played by the inordinate lovers of gain:
and the vo’ces of the thriftlossness ex
travagance, and improvidence, on the
part of those who misuse and abuse the
means intrusted to them. ‘So that,’ as
is wisely observed by Henry Taylor in
his thoughtful ‘Notes from Life,’ ‘a right
measure and manner in getting, saving,
spending, giving, taking, borrowing, and
bequeathing, would almost argue a per
fect man.’
‘Hence the lesson of self-denial—the
sacrificing of a present gratification for
a future good—is one of the last that is
learned. Tliobc close s which work the
hardest might naturally be expected to
value the most the money which they
earn. Yet the readiness with which so
many are accustomed to eat up and j
drink up their earnings as they go,
rendders them to a great extent helpless
and dependent upon the frugal,’
‘Any class of men that lives from hand
to mouth will ever he an inferior class.
They will neccssarially remain impo
tent and helpless, hanging on the skirls
of society the sport of times and seasons.
Having no respect for themselves, they
; will fail in securing the respect of oth
[irs. In commercial crises, such men
| must inevitably go to the wall. Want
in g shat husbanded power which a store
savings, no matter how small, invaria
bly gives them, they will ho at every
man's mercy, and, if possessed of right
feelings, they cannot hut regard with |
fear mid trembling the future possible j
fate of their wives and children.’
‘There is no reason why the condition j
of the aver go workman, should not be J
a useful, honorable respectable and hap- j
py one. The whole body of t’.c work- j
mg clas es might (with few exceptions)
he as frugal, virtuous, well-infoimed,
and well conditioned as many indiridu- |
als of the same class have already made I
themselves. What some men are, all !
without difficulty might he. Employ
the same means the same results will
follow.’
•But the man who is a'vvays hovering
on the verge of want is in a slate not far
removed from that of slavery. Uo is in
no sense his own master, hut is in eon
slant peril of falling under the bondage
ofoth' is, and accepting terms which
they dictate to him. He cannot help
being a nr asare servile, for he dares not
look the world boldly in the face; and
in adverse times he must hwk either to j
alms or the pour’s rates. If work fills
I.im altogether, he las not the means of.
moving to anotlulr field of employment; !
lie is tied to his parish like a limpet to
its rock, and can neither navigate nor |
emigrate.’
‘To s' cure independence, the practice ;
of simple economy is all that is tieces- j
sary. Economy requires neither supe
rior courage nor eminent virtue; it is
satisfied with ordinary energy, and the
capacity of average minds. Economy,
at the bottom, is but the spirit of ordei
applied in the admiirstration of and rms
t:c affairs; it means managem uit, regu
larity, prudence, and the avoidance i !
w.ust,' 1 . ‘J’he spirit of economy was ex
pressed by our Divine Muster in the
words,‘gather up the fragments thai
remain, so that nothing may be lost.”
His omnipotence did not disdain the
small things of life; and even while re
vealing His infinite power to the multi
tude, he taught the pregnant lesson of
carefulness, of which all stand so much
in need.
‘Every man ought so to contrive as to
live within his means. This practice is
of the very essence of honesty. For it
man docs not manage to live honestly
within h’s own meins, lie must neces
sarily he living dishonestly upon the
means of somebody e'se. Those win
ate careless about personal expenditure,
and consider merely their own gratifica
tion, without the regard for the comfort
of oth ts, generally find out the real us
ies of money when it is too late. Though
j |,y nature generous, these thriftless per
sons »re otten driven in the end tod
■ very shabby things. They waste theii
i money hs they do their time; draw hills
i upon the future; anticipate their earn
| ings; and are thus under tlr: n> cosily of
j dragging aflt r them a load of debts am
! obligations which seriously effect
j tbeir action as free and ii,..tepetideui
I men.’
| $2.09 per Annum
NO, 30
The proverb says ‘an empty bag cats
not stand nprig'll l ;’ neither can a malt!
who is in debt. It is also dificnlt for a
man who is in debt to he truthful; liencit
it is said lying sides on debt’s track.
file debtor has to frame excuses to hraT
creditor for postponing payment of the
money lie owes him, and probably also'
to contrive falsehoods, ft is easy enough
for a man who will exercise a healthy
resolution, to avoid incurring often life,
comes a temptation to a second; and 1
very soon the unfortunate borrower be'
comes entangled so that no late exertion 1
of industry can set them free. The first
step in dept is like the first step in fafsC
hood; almost involving tho necesity of
proceeding in the same course, debt fob*
| lowing debt, ns lie follows lie.’
A Great Cancer Crire.
Cundurango does not soctri' to havo
proven itself to ho a humbug in fho qase
of Mis. Mathews, the motlief 6f Vice
(’resident Colfax; who has been suffering
from cancer fob some time—no matter
what it may have done in othfei - cases,
!’o a friend of Ids in Baltimore Mr. Col
fax writes as follows:
I am glad to be able to tell you' that
S mother is on the high road, apparently,
; to a perfect cine, although she lias on'y
I taken quarter d' ses of cubdurutigo in
consequence of its scarcity. When wp'
left Washington in April, her case' was 1
absolutely hopeless, the cancer growing
fearfully and angrily. Now the tumor
is three fourths gone and apparently di
minishing. The pain is almost gone,
, and every symtom is favorable; Hinca
the first fortnight she has had onlyquar-'
ter doses, and now has none. She : i#
more like herself than she has hern for'
years. How it currs, or affects cancer,
I cannot imagine. I know how incred
ulous many donors are about it, aud I
would he, too, if I had not seen its re
sults. It seems to depurate from the
blood whatever it is that causes the can*
cer, and 1 don’t know what that is any
more Ilian 1 know why Femvinn baric
cures ague. You can toll jour friends,-
however, when they obtain it they wilf
notice on the fourth day improvement,
and the ninth day will Bee themselves
that the c nicer is going away; that is
il it nets with them as with the cases f
have seen. I’m longing for its arrival,
and glad that Dr. Bliss so promptly sent
his partner to that distant region nr if.
1 have most piteous appeals lor it flow*
friends offering hundreds for it if it will
only stop the growth of this terrible d : is>*
ease, hut I hare not an iota, and 1 1 guess
all in the United State is now used up^
This cunduraudo, about which str
much is being said, and which was for
a while the In pc of so many of the vie*
tims of cancer, is a drug said to be de
rived from a plant which grows on the
highest peaks of the Andes in one-of the
districts "of Ecuador It is Very difficult
to obtain, owing partly to its scarcity
and partly to the unfriendly characterof
the Ind ans inhabiting the district, and
the dangers attending the ascent and de
scent of the mountains. A Washington
physician has gone there to obtain »
supply of the drug, hut ho reports that
of the many aiders recently received for
il from the United States and from Eu*
rope none have yet been filled.— Courier *
Journal.
G'cru F'-n Heat.—At this season many
persons suffer terribly from tho eruption
calk and prickly heat. So familiar is it
that all persons know it. It is caused
by the solid perspiration matter not
pas-ingots in a dissolved state, as should
bo the case. It fs easily cured hr one
day by using t'.o warm hath for ten
minutes, then rubbing tho affected part
with lemon juice. Tho warm water
dissolves the salts that are lodged un
der the skin; so does tl.e lemon juice.
When the eruption stings aud barns,
lemon juice rubbed on the part affected
will give relief in a few momenta. Pos
sibly, strong apple vinegar might act in
the s inie way. Persons who cannot get
lemon juice might use nitric acid dis
solved, twenty grains to an ounce of wa
| ter.
Wahtino OrunK Pkopi.k’s Time.—«A
f cominitte !of eight gentlemen fad an
appointment to meet at twelve o'clock.
Seven of them wore punctual, but tho
eighth came bustling in with apologies
for being a quarter of an hour behind
time. ‘‘The time," said he, “passed
away without my being aware of it, I
had no id> aof its being so late,” etc.
A quaker present said, “1 am not sore
I that we should admit thy excuse. It
! were a matter of regret that thou
\ shoiddst have wasted thine own quarter
'ol an hour, hut there are seven besides
thyself, whose time thou hast also con
sum and, amounting in the whole to two
ours, and one eighth of it only was
thine own property.’’
Woolliull & Claflins Weekly, pnblish
ished by two disre ntaldo women in
New York, assert that "one half of the
j creme dc la creme of the fashionable
‘world are prostitutes,” Being‘prosti
■ utes’ themselves, they seek to clothe over
their own iniquity, by slander of the vir*
nous ol their own sex.
Massachusetts satisfies proclaim that
eleven whito girls married colored men
i n Best n last year.