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The Telegraph and Messenger
MACON. GA„ APRIL 15, 1870.
-/. HE GEOKUIa PEE88.
Tbe gentle Wood?, of the H*wkin
tllle Dispatch, his got hia baok np, end we
don’t blame him. There are pistols in
the air and oeffee* lot as many as yen
please. Hear him:
Tod Can’t Cota Down Hebe and
Sat It—In the last two issues of the
Dispatch we attempted to explain the sen
sation that is now agitating the North
regarding a “Southern Outrage,” in which
a jouLg lad/ of New York And a citizen
of this county figure as prominent char
acter. There is nothing true in the
sensation except that the gentleman, Mr.
Jaoob Lima, of thla county, went to Ma-
oon to meet a yonng lady fiom New
York, with the promise and intention to
marry her. The yonsg lady declined,
because Mr. Lonis weald not oonsent to
move to New York or live in a city. The
parties norer came to Hawkinsville. Mr.
Lonis is not sixty years of sge, and nei
ther is be a poor man. He is neither Bn
“old codger” nor “an old galoot,” as
cbaras - er:z:d by the Atlanta Phonograph
A gentleman jast from New York states
that the papers of that city are fnll of
the sensaiioo, and they believe that the
whole *t.uy is true. Jake Louis “is not
afraid of cats,” and these Atlanta editors
are laying the foundation for a bloody
dee'.
The Wobk cf the Fro.t.—In the
"State of D roly” the word comes that Irish
potatoes, beans and tender vegetables are
all on the ground, apparently dead,
Corn is bit down to the ground, and cot-
ton that was np Is killed I understand
that Mr. Hogb CslhouD, on the Dennard
plantation, had half of his entire cotton
crop np, end that it is all killed.
Sybup —la Hawkinsville there is a
good demacd for this delieens article.
One firm has an order for one hundred
barrels at twenty-five cents per gallon.
Oun friend Woods, the father of all
theso little type prodegies, is a peifeot
leviathan himself. Every body subsides
when he begins to tell a fish or snake sto
ry. Hois Is a sample of the former:
A Hawkinsville fiiherman roped in a
cat-fish the other morning, weighing for*
ty.two pounds, and it wasn’t muoh of a
time for fiibing, in fact the wind was
blowing from the eaat. The skin of this
huge fish was as thick as the hide of a
rhinoceros, and his appearance indicated
that, in regard to sge, he might have
been the first cat fish liberated from
Noah’s ark.
A Notswi bthx Fs.OT.~Constitv.tion: All
the evidenoe tbns far made pnblio goes
to show that the negroes who are emi
grating from Louisiana are not to the
manner bore; that they come from sec
tions where the eolored people prepon
derate as a political power; that they do
cot know why they are leaving; and that
thiB is not the first emigration excursion
in whioh they have engaged.
What a Pitt.—The Constitution eays:
The recent frost didn't hurt the measles.
There is still a good stand m various por
tions of the State. •
Mb. War. Hughes, Sr., a gentleman
whoso name has been well known in
Georgia for the past fifty years as a prom-
inent land surveyor, and who is now liv
ing near Johnson’s Station, Liberty
county, sent the Savannah News a few
days since a sample of tea grown and
prepared ou his farm. It was “drawn”
in the usual way, ard the result was a
most delicious beverage. Those who
want the unadulterated tea should try
the Georgia article, and they will never
after drink the indigo-colored medicated
leaf, os prepared in China, especially for
the Earopean and American markets.
Holt Weik —Chronicle: One of the
moat ancient and interesting offices of
Holy Week took place at the Catholic
churches last evening, and will be repeat
ed this evening (Monday Thursday), and
to-morrow evening (Good Friday), and
consists of the singing of the Matins and
Lands of those dates, with appropriate
and symbolical ceremonies
Tne name of Tenebi os (darkness) given
to three sacred offices refers either to the
supernatural darkness which overshad
owed Calvary on the death of Jesus
Christ, or to the extinction, daring the
Bervioes, of the lights in the chancel,
which symbolize it. The services com
mence with the recitation of the first
antiphon and Psalm G8 and other Psalms
in succession, with appropriate amiphous.
On the epistle side of the chancel is erec
ted a stand of lights arranged in a trian
gular shape, representing the lights of
the prophets and the Lord Jesus Christ,
whoso fundamental doctrinal expression
is the Holy Trinity, symbolized by the
triangle.
In the rites of tho Holy Week the
chnrch exhibits her concern and trouble
for the sufferings of the Savior and the
sins of the world, and hence all signs of
joy and festivity are suspended. The
doxology, which is usually song at the
end of each Psalm, is omitted, and no
hymns of praise are snog. The Psalms
and the lessons of her offices express
hardly anything but sorrow and lamen
tation. The ancient phrase, “The Lord
be with you,” (Deminus vobtseum), is no
longer uttered by the officiating clergy
man to a&ktho blessing of the Lord upon
the people. At all other seasons in the
year the people are invited by the church
to unite with her in spirit, and to express
in conclusion their assent by the word
Amen; but in the Tenebiw services, as
indicative of her sorrow, both the invita
tion and tho amen are omitted.
Wren Worm.—Tho Chronicle and Con
stitutionalist has been indulging in some
lacabrations npon fat meat which the
people would do well to heed. It say«
Southern speculators are solid with the
hears, and having made handsomely of
late out of bulls, are looking forward to
farther profits. We do not see how they
can possibly be disappointed, for, in view
of the immense stocks on hand, whioh
are imprudently large, and the continned
heavy receipts from the bog sections, it
would seem tbat disaster to tho bullB is
loevitabli; »o that with tho advent of
hot weather and its attendant skipper, fly
and bug, very loud bellowing will be
heard. In the meantime, the South,
besides its increase of borne productions,
having, in December end January, when
meat was down to 31 asd 4, stacked np
at a largo cumber of points, sufficient to
supply the demand until the latter part
of August, the bears can nfford to await
results complacently, and are enjoying
the efforts of commission merchants who
aro now endeavoring to get rid of some
of the ourplus crop of 1877-'78.
The Contested Obdinabt’s Election
in Augusta.—Justico W. M. Olin having
ordered that the elsoticn boxes bo brought
before him and re-counted, Mr. A W.
Walton, one of the contestants, presen
ted an application for a writ df “prohibi
tion.” to Jndgi Snead, setting forth va
rious allegation!', and denying any fraud
or mismanagement in the oonduot of the
eleotion. Upon the reotptlon of this bis
Honor was pleased to tssui the following
order:
At Osambees, Augusta.
April 9, 1879.
The foregoing petition, praying for the
lasnacca of of the writ of prohibition in
the cate of Ihe contested eleotion for Or
dinary of the county of Biohmond, has
been read apd considered. Let all fur
ther proceedings by Jnstioe W. Milo Olin
touoi..ug said oon tent oe suspended, and
the elerk of the Superior Court keep the
ballot box intact and unopened until the
for i ei o.d^r of this court, and let cause
be t)o*n, ii any o«n be, on tbe first day
of i t. m.eaiog term of tbe Superior
Conr -«*»*: > u the 21»t of April,'1879,
why said writ should not be granted as
prayed for. Let this prohibition and
Una order be filed in the olerk’s office of
tie Superior Court, and copies thereof be
served npon Jtslioe OL'n and tbe o'eik of
■he Superior Court of said ocunty, 8am-
nel H. Orrap, forthwith.
Given under my band and cffielal slg-
natuie. ibis day above written.
Claibobnx Snead,
Judge Superior Court.
FunxbalotColonel Josephs. Clao-
hobn.—Savannah Homing Nines: The
faneral of this worthy citizen, whose
death at his residence at Isle of Hope on
Tuesday was noticed, took place ‘from
Christ Church yesterday afternoon at
half past three o’clock, and was very
largely attended. After the nsual ser
vices of the Episcopal Chnrch the cas
ket contalaiog the remains was borne
from the sacred edifice and placed in
the hearse, and the faneral cortege pro
ceeded to Laurel Grove Cemetery, An
cient Landmark Lodge No. 231, A.F. M,
and Chatham Artillery attending. The
pall bearers were Messrs. O. Phillips,
Wm Hunter, J. L. Warren, J. D. John
ston, P. Prenty, B. H. Footman, George
L. Cope, and fonr members of the Chat
ham Artillery,
On the conclusion of the church cere
monies at the grave, tbe remains were
interred in the family vault with Masonic
honors by Ancient Landmark Lodge.
Tbe Chatham Artillery then fired the
customary salute over the grave.
The Dabien Gazette.—We are re
joiced to announce that our friend Grubb
will soon ze-issoe his popular journal
under more favorable auspices than ever.
Wbat would Darien be without the
Gazette ?
The Pharmacrctists had a mest en
joyable excursion, at the bands of their
hospitable Savannah entertainers, to Ty-
bee, acd were even allowed the privilege
of paying tribute to old Neptnne on tbe
bine main.” They cascaded, they did.
Sick Gardens.—Fresh water not worth
a cent. Would mixing better it ? Daw
son Journal: Last Saturday morning we
had a heavy frost here. Early before the
Ban rose some of onr most “intelligent”
gardeners were ent at work, pouring fresh
water upon tender plants, in order that
the frost might be washed off; but that
did no good. The plants froze and died.
Irish potatoes, beans, cucumbers, etc.,
were badly damaged. We tiied the
“fresh water” system, and have decided
that it is a grand humbug. Hereafter
we shall prefer a warm bed to pouring
water on tender plants. In some instances
corn and cotton were killed. We don’t
think the frnit crop is materially dam
aged.
Didn’t Sat Tubketto Him One Time.
Joamal: Last Monday a darkey’s tnrkey
was scratching np one of onr citizen’s
garden truck. Said citizen shot said
turkey and said citizen was arraigned
before tho mayor acd fined ene cent for
ehootiDg said tnrkey. Evidently said
citizen did rignt in snooting said tnrkey.
What do you think about said case ?
Capt. John C. Buthxbfobd, of Macon,
will deliver hie lecture on “Paris” in
Dawson soon for the benefit of onr Sab
bath schools.—Dawson Journal,
Give Heed.—Albany News; Brethren
of the Press get your linen dusters ready
for the Convention and then come to onr
Spring Fair.
Cheering ip True.—The News says:
So far as we have heard of no material
damage has been done by the late frosts.
Some early vegetables were slightly in
jured, but the fruit orop is entirely unin
jured, as far as we can learn.
Albany Pluck.—Nits*: A crew from
the Albany Boat Olub will probably be
sent to Bainbridge to pall in the regatta
to come eff daring the fair there. Bon
voyage, gentlemen, and may you come ont
ahead of the stake, if yon go.
Rav. H. F. Hoyt.—This worthy gen
tleman, the News says, arrived in ouroity
on Taeaday morning, and Taesday even-
iog announced to the congregation of the
Presbyterian chnrch that he would prob
ably accept the pastoral charge of this
ohnrcb. On Sunday next he will preach,
forenoon and night. Mr. Hoyt Is not a
stranger in Albany, having had charge of
this ohnrcb prior to the war, and bis many
friends welcome him back, both as a citi
zen and a minister.
Church Dedication. — Washington
Gazette: It is expected now that Bishop
Beckwith will dedicate the new Episcopal
church on the 8:b proximo. Several
other ministers will probably be here at
the time, and services will be held for
several consecutive days.
A Big Tcbksy.—The Gazette says:
Ojptain Erwin killed a wild turkey out
in the country Tuesday which weighed
twenty-eight pounds. Tbe turkey was
a fine specimen, and there are hundreds
more in the county.
A Kind Word pob an Excellent Ma
con Boarding House—L'he Corbett
House.—Eastman Times:
We spent a day and night at this hotel
last week, and take pleasure m commend
ing it to the traveling public as a first-
class hotel. It is situated on Second
Btreet, second door from Poplar, and next
to W. W. Collins’ carriage repository,
and is in easy distance from the carshed.
The rooms are well furnished, the beds
nice and comfortable, and the table sup
plied with the best tbe market affords.
Col. E. C. Corbett, the gentlemanly pro
prietor, seems to anticipate the wishes of
each and every guest, and spares no
pains in providing for their wants. The
chargee are very moderate—supper,
lodging and breakfast for one dollar.
Hardly anything conld be eatd of Mr.
Corbett that the writer would not cheer
fully endorse. He is a perfect gentleman
and model host.
Another New Journal.—Perry Home
Journal: Mr. E. T. Byington will begin
in a few days tho publication of a new
paper in Fort Talley. It will be a semi-
weekly and will be called the Recorder.
We wish the clever proprietor and his
enterprise great auccesp.
Tobxsotkes Bridge Fees. — Perry
Home Journal t The toll gate at TobeBOf-
kee turnpike has no longer any terrors
to the people, and tbe bridges are now
as free as the air we breathe. The first
payment of $2,500 was xuado by Bibb
county oa the second day of April, and
the old gate was swung open, and may
now hang there and rot npon ite useless
binges. We must congratulate tbe peo
ple of HacoD, as well as the citizens of
Houston and Crawford counties on the
achievement of this much desired object;
and we believe tbe opening of the ob-'
atruction mill be of mntnal benefit to all
interested. As it relieves our people
from a burdensome and nnjust tax, it
will also greatly tend to increase the
trade of Macon. The Bibb county com
missioners have done a gcod work, and
we are glad to commend their enterprise
and pluck in thia matter. We_preBume
they will give the road across the . cause
way some much needed attention at an
early diy.
A “Lusua Natubab.”— Bnena Vista
Argus: Mr. J. T. Be'.k was in town last
Sabbath evening, and showed ns
monstrosity—made so by excess of
parts. It was a Btnall ohicken of appa
rently perfeot form, except a third leg and
foot, perfeot in shape, oolor and size, at
tached by a piece of membranous cord to
tbe end of tbe tall bone. The third leg
and foot was as large and folly developed
in number and length of toe nails and
color as the two with whioh it walked.
The extra leg and foot were saspended
behind and dragged on the ground as it
walked or turned abont.
Mobs Good News About tbe Fruit.
Quitman Beporter: It -is thought- tbat
the frnit crop in thu seoton did not euf-
tain much injury from frost la-t week.
Toe leaves of the trees probably afforded
ample protection.
The convention of the Southern pas
senger agents, assembled at Atlanta,
have agreed to a ; general redaction of
rates from this date, which will be good
news to the traveling public. The
freight pools are still under consideration
by the Southern Bril way and Steamship
Association. Up to this writing they
have arrived at no decision.
The Constitution continues4te erntade
against the carrying of ooncealed weap
onB,and quotes extensively from the press
of Georgia in support of its views. We
heartily endorse the position of our con- some; This was unwelcome news, and
indeed shonld be classed among the co-
temporary.
Atlanta is clamoring for a genera]
market. She does not need it more than
Macon. Here the middle men haTo it
all their own way, and there is very little
competition.
Not So—Genxbal Fitzhugh Lee.—
Constitution: There is a common im
pression that General Fitzhugh Lee, who
will deliver the memorial address in At
lanta, is a son of General Robert E. Lee.
He is really a cousin of the lamented
chieftain. His father »ai Richard Hen
ry Lee, a brother of General Bobert E.
Lee’s father. The son of General B. E.
Lee, for whom Mb cousin is so often mu-
taken, is W. H. Fitzhugh Lse. Our
memorial orator was oua of the most
gallant cavalty Generals in the Gonfed
erate service.
Mb Cohen, of Washington, Wilkes
county, is in earnest about pumping the
water out of the hole in the Newford
creek, where the Confederate gold is said
to be. He is now making arrangements
to that effeot.
The Wat ct the Transgressor is
Habb.—Atlanta Post: The boys dropped
■pon a highly respectable and ltfloential
citizen and ex-sheriff of Towns county
quietly jagging along with two good
horses and a wagon loaded with the
“crooked,” and they jnst took the gen
tleman, team and oarge (abont 112 gal
lons of mountain corn whisky) into cus
tody.
We are told that the gentleman con
fessed hfs guilt, told where be obtained
the spirits and what he was going to do
with it. He was arrested and bound over
in thesnm of $1,000 to appear at tbe next
term of tbe United States Court in this
city, and in default was Bent to Faiton
oonnty jail.
Bxoovebxng.—We are delighted to
chronicle the following from the Bain-
bridge Democrat:
Bev. J. T. McBryde, whom wo‘ men
tioned Iastweek as being very ill, recov
ered sufficiently by Saturday to sit up
and on Sunday morning, notwithstanding
his weak condition, was in his pulpit. He
also preached in the evening.
That Bainbridge Regatta.—Democrat:
We learn that the Albany boat crew have
challenged the Bainbridge crew to poll
against them at our coming Spring Fair,
and that the challenge has been accepted.
Oar boys should look well to their laurels,
for Albany baa a fine team. Captain
Smitb, of the Oak City crew, though,'
feels confident ihat be will come down
on the home stretch at least two boats
lengths in the lead.
Bullock county Guide: Twenty-five
persons—operatives with their families—
left here somejdaja ago for Bainbridge,
Ga., to work in a cotton factory there.
Twenty-five others, we hear, will join
them next week.
Nxw Biscuits in April—The Bain-
bridge Democrat says:
Hon. J, E. Donalson send a to our office
a few specimen stalks of an eight acre
patch of wheat, measuring an average
height of 36 inobe3 and well headed. He
expects to cat flour from thia wheat by the
30th instant. It will be early flour. Who
can beat it?
Ealy corn bit the dust last week, ia the
way the Greensboro Herald puts it. Moat
of the peaohes also were kilted.
1woDido3.—The Greensboro Herald
comes to tbe front with another Dido who
we hope will behave himself.
The Task of Sysifhub.—Cartersville
Express: We beard of a woman who is
going to try to keep her mouth shut three
thousand quarter houre. If this new
departure should become epidemic what
a mighty peace would settle down over
this tronbled land.
ACock Fioht.—LaGrange Beporter:
There was a cock Sght a few miles from
LaGrange, in tbe country, last Tuesday.
We are informed that only a few whites
were present. Some of tbe pupils of the
LaGrange High School, who had been
notified in advance not to go, did go to it,
and were promptly expelled therefor. Is
there no law by which persons can be
punished for having cock-fights? There
ought to be.
We heartily say, Amen.
Memorial Day.—Bev. W. H. DaPrade
has been ssleoted as the orator for Mem
orial Day in LiGrange. Gov. Oolqnitt
will perform tbat office in-Colambui;
Gen. Fitzungh Lse in Atlanta; Hon. J.
F. Pon, ef Coiambus, ia Talbottor; and
Bev. George G, Smitb, of Milledgeville,
in Ms cod.
The Reporter says there Is great mor
tality among the negroes in the vicinity
of LaGrange.
A Strong Argument in Behalf of a
County Court.—Times and Planter:
Within the past year forty-three crimi
nal cases were disposed of in Hancock
County Court. It is the opinion of the So
licitor General that these prisoners would
have averaged two months each in jail,
at a coat of abent $20 per month (jail
fees, doctor’s fees, clothing, and every
thing) making a saving in this one item
of $1,720.00. The Superior Court could
hardly have disposed of these at four
cases per day; so that at least one ad
journed term would have been necessary,
and this would bave coat the county some
$800 to $1,000 more. This is leaving ont
of the account the numerous civil cases
that wonld have gone to oocupy the time
of the Superior Court.
Caor3 in Henry County.—The Weekly
Bays:
We are all pretty blue down this way
just now. The damage to fruit by tbe
tote cold Bpell is regarded as a serious
calamity by many. Corn has been badly
injured also—so much so that some of
my neighbors are plowing up and plant
ing over again; yet it doesn’t seem to set
them back much. They are going ahead
with their u sual vim and energy. Cotton
planting is the order of the day now, and
the ground was never in better condition.
Wheat looks finely. OatB seem to be
doing well, toe—that is, spring oats.
Fall oats were pretty well killed ont by
the hard freezes last winter.
Nxteb.—Henry county Weekly: The
Ctawlordtvilla Democrat names Parson
Felton as a proper person to be nomina
ted for Governor. Sorely “Borne has not
so entirely lost (he breed of noble b’.ood
as to be thrown npon this resource.”
A Wild Shot.—Gainesville Eagle:
On Monday morning fonr gentlemen
stopped on tbe sidewalk on Main street to
disease soiro very interesting subject.
White they were thus engaged a yonng
lady stepped ont on tbe piazza of a resi
dence near by, with a pistol In her hand
for the purpose of shooting a neighbor’s
chicken which was browsing among her
flower beds. She let fly, bnt like a wo
man will, she shnt her eyes as she fired,
aud instead of killing tho ohicken tbe ball
went whizzing nnoomfortably close to the
afore gild gentlemen's heads, breaking np
their conversation in short order. Moral:
Mind you don’t stop to talk around where
there’s a woman who shoo Ur.
Mies Lizzie Golden, the sweet singer
of Columbus, is dead.
Feacas in Columbus.—Enquirer Sun:
Yesterday morning Bn alternation took
place on Broad street, between Messrs.
A. A. Boyd acd J. T Gibson. Tbe dif
ficulty grew out of the late nenepaper
correspondence between the two. As in
•very affair of that Mod, there are two
■idee. Toe fri-nds af Boyd eay Gibson
made the eltaok, while those of Gibson
have it the two came together almoet
■ multaneoualy. There were bat few
blows passed, whan Polioemen St. Clair
a .d Pickett arrived on tbe soeno and ar
rested both partiesr A few minutes
after, Mayor Wilkins very wisely swore
ont warrants for botb, and oi being oar-
r ed before Judge Williams they were
placed under bonds to keep tbe peace.
Not Hurt.—The samd eays:
The recent heavy frost, it was feared,
had killed or great injured the fruit crop
in this section, and was so reported by
lamitieswe mortals are heir to. We are
glad to state tbe reports are erroneous.
Yesterday a farmer, who has examined
and knows whereof be speaks, informed
ua cone was injured rave, probably,
plums.
DeW, in a letter from Butler to the
Columbus Times, says, while boring a
well on his place, several miles from But
ler, fc few days ago. Mr. H. J. Baffin
struck a mineral vein of some kind 15 or
20 feet below the burrace, the specimens
of which very much resemble silver,
He has forwarded specimens to
tbe State Geologist to be assayed.
Pieces of wood, in a state of preservation,
were also found near the mineral. It is
of a very fine grain and soft or easily cut
and looks like cedar. I tball look anx
iously for tbe Geologist’s report.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, April 10,1879.
DULL AND DZCLDUOia.
This is ihe latest quotation for thu politi
cal market The passage of the army bill
ty the House has flattened the trade in that
whig of the '’.aoitol, and It will probably be
two or three days before the market at the
oihsr wing wilL fairly open. The probability
is tint much euperflous steam having been
let off ouring the army bill debate, there will
not be each warm times over tne legislative
bill. Bat aB some eighty members almost
broke their necks and ran pell mell over
each other yesterday in the race for the
Clerk’s desk, there to book their namee for
speeches on <ne latter, that may prove a
mistake To have seen that scramble, one
would have supposed that a heavy premium
had been offered on the first entry. Most
of the entries were by Democrats, but there
was a fair sprinkling of Badicals—muatly ol
very light weigh'. Among the Democrats
who are down for speeches are Messrs.
Blount and Speer, and perhaps others of the
delegation. The discussion will doubtless
prove one of the ablest and most entertain
ing of any for a long time, and if the Demo
crats get on ihe right line and rernee to be
either badgered or irritated into los ng their
temper, tiny will mako something out of it.
If not, I am somewhat skeptical, however,
I have Been them “give themselves away”
so often since I bav<- beon here, under the
skilful taunts and provocations of their an
tagonists that I almoet tremble when the
battle is to be joined.
THE HOUSE
spent jesterday in tinkering I'.b rules and
made an all day job of tt. Some proposed
changes evoked a wealth of chin mu'is, es
pecially from certain small calibre chaps who
didn’t know anything either abunt the rales
or the proposed changes, and only saw an
opportunity of showing off and getting into
he Record. Tho changes made were doubt
less reported by telegraph, so I need not re
fer to them hero. The prinapal ones were
giving the commercs committee the same
powers and piivileges to report bills making
appropriations lor rivers and harbors as is
pjsoessea by the appropriation committee
with respect to other bills, and authorizing
tho w.ys and means, banting and currency
and comago committees leavi to report at
any timb, and authorizing a majority of tbe
Bouse to fit a day for the consideration of
any pnblio business repotted by tuem
ail this was naturally rather dull :.:d so a
little episode that struck tho House just in
the midst of the diy d'seostion was especial
ly rolished. It came in the shape of a gen
tleman in cne of tho galleries who made
matters rather l.vely for a time by iisiug
and calling out in a deep, sepulchral voice:
“Woo woe! woe! to Ibis con of thieves!”
all the time looking steadfastly down on the
Uadical side of the honse. Of course iha
general comment is, that he has uns lppcd
his mental radler, and lhsreforj not re
sponsible for hiB declarations, bnt there are
those who, from the evident direction of lis
eyea as he uttered the solemn words, seem
inclined to doubt it Of course he was
speedily bounced, but not before he had
momentarily atopped ail business and creat
ed a gale ot laughter, daring which I hoard a
hatchet-faced, vinegar-voiced and exceed
ingly attenuated female exclaim in those
musical tones so often heard in Now Eng
land: “No wonder the poor man is moved
to exclaim woe! woe! when he sees and
h9ara Stephens »nd other rebels taking such
prominent part in the affairs of onreonatry.”
(With a decided emphasis on “our,” be it
remarked) Aa this ancient and fish-eyed
spicBter Jins delivered herself she looked
straight at me, which might, or might jot,
have been intended in a complimentary
sense. I inferred the latter, ana therefore
judiciously held my peace.
ANOTHER “LOYAL” SPASM,
Tho bummers, camp-followers and sutlers
who make up the majority of the Washing
ton G. A It., Were prancing around on their
ears yesterday and last night They haven’t
had snch a shaking np in months. The oc
casion was the visit ot a volun.eer company
from Norfolk to a Washington company and
thu torn put for a grand parade of the two
without the Federal 11 og I The visiting com
pany carried the Yugm.a tstaie colors. I
happened to see them as they came ont of
tno armory on tne Avenue and form prepar-
tory to marching towards the White ; House,
but strange to say I did not notice the emic-
sion nor aid I hear any of the large crowd
which lined tbe sidewalk mention it My
first and only thought was. that the day was
tho fourteenth anniversary oi the awful ca
lamity at Appomattox and that very proba
bly tnece were in the two companies now
men wno then wore different onuo-ms a d
marched under different flags. This was
my reflection; hut now sadly lacking in
“loyalty’* I am 1 The fact tbat the “ stars
and et ipee” were.not di played in that nau
seating profusion and ostentation so char
acteristic of tiooly loyal bummers, beats,
•to, of tho G. A K. items to have turned
matters upeiue down in that camp. The
morning papers nave rang ecco ms of a
meeting bf the G A B aforeiaid, last night
to cavort and r solute over the matter and
some of the speeches fairly blazsd with
“ patriotism.” I append a few by way ol
illnstration:
Mr. Bavdio said ihe rebels had a whole
some dread or the flag in tbe past, and that
was the cause of their hate now.
Mr 8. Lincoln taid he was not surprised
that the visiting company did not carry a
United States flag, aB a major! y of ite mem
bers were opposed to it. These creatntes
had oome to Washington and flaunted an in
sult in Ihe faces of Union meu. Company A
were i-nch tender-skinned creatures and had
so much fee 1 g for theeo rebel whelps that
they should be the ones fired at. aud not
tbe visitors who had sash a holy horror or
the flag.
Mr. S. E. Thomas-n said some action
should he taken relative to rebel companies
vmi'Ing the nation’s capital and failing to
display a Union emblem Last year no less
than fonr companies from Virginia visitea
Washington, all or whom failed to exhibit
anything but a bine rebel flag. The time
had come for Union men to do somethin'-.
These infernal rebel* had been whipped at
Appomattox Oourt-Houee by men who car
ried the Stars and Btripos, and slunk off
like whipped curs. Now tuey are coming
back and exhibiting rebel rags, instead of
the flag of the nation
■ »N INSULT TO TEE FL1G OF THEIB C3UKTUY.”
To the Editor of tbe National iiepnblican:
hr a: All mn anu women in the District
of Colombia loyal to the flag of their coun
try, were surprised and indignant to see the
Washington Light Infantry escjrt their Nor
folk friends through thsstieo sof Washing
ton yesterday without any TJn ted Hta ea
flag The Norfolk company were dressed in
rebel grey and were also without any United
States flag, but oarried the colors ot Vir
ginia. Are these menaahamec of the old
flag ? At this 'ate day do they auppoee they
era Uamt the dig of their o umry ? Thoy
tried it once down in Virginia and got badly
whipped, and promised to behave them-
selves. Have they to soon forgotten their
promisee ? Have they forgotten that Vir
ginia has boon converted into a mausoleum
tor their aead, and a waste of '’esolation at
a oontiquenoe of >.ncli treason ?
11 llama-.on and Lincoln must have held
high rank in the wagon train dnring the late
unpleasantness Tney are also iffi re holders
and would doubtless relish a little pro
motion
THE LTNOTH OF THE SESSION.
Opinion strengthens sveiy nay that the'
flowers of May wilt have fuliy bloomed .be
fore it oomte to an end. There ia a grow
ing sentiment a least in the Honse fur en
tering npon general bu iueas, and the action
of the li<m>. ratio caucus last night indi
cated that there will be no more adjourn
ments o.er Monday to choke off numbers
who want to'set the legislative mill on a full
grind I still hope for the bust bnt rather
feebly and I fear the woret. The greenbtek-
ers are jubilant and every one of them has
a bushel barker of bille ready to empty upon
tb - Honse next Monday. If this flood is
once let loose there is no tolling whan aud
where!- will a d, aud but one tiling a cer
tain, viz: sure and serious ha:m to the
Democratic party and the consequent ad
vancement of the Grant movement We
can’t stand much more damage -nd still
BY TELEGRAPH
New Yobs, April 12.—General Bieh
•rd Taylor, a well known General in the
Confederate service is lying dangerously
ill at the residence of S. L. M. Barlow*
in this city. He was supposed to be
dying yesterday, for he remained in an
aueoDscioas ooudition nearly all day. Ia
the afternoon be rallied sufficiently to
receive the holy oommunion- His sister,
Mrs. Bettie Taylor Dradridge, of Vir
ginia, ia with him. Everything that skill
and loving oare oould do for Gen. Taylor
has been done, bnt his disease is one that
bifihs eo'.enoe.
General Biobard Taylor, of Louisiana,
the only son of tbe late President Taylor
died this morning at the residenoe of S
L. M. Barlow, in this city. The cau3e of
his decease was dropsy.
Nxw Yoxk, April 12.—A special from
Yokohama, Maroh27tb, via San Francis
co. April Ilth,eays that the Spanish an
thoritit-8 at Manilla, have finally seized
and advertised for sale the Ameri
can b3rkMasonic, fora fine imposed on
the captain in oousequenoe of his cargo
being short 22 oases of kerosene.
The vioe consul of the United States
protested in vain. The captain-general
would not even reoegniza his ooromnnl-
cation. His treatment by the Spanish
authorities has been exceedingly insult-
ins aud rude. The owner’s interests are
probably lost.
Wafhington7April 12.—The House is
in Committee of the Whole on the legisla
tive appropriation bill—the amendment
under consideration being that increasing
to $25,000 the appropriation for control-
ing and eradicating contagious diseases
among domesticated animal?,
Providence, R. I., April 12,—The
Supreme Court this morning rendered
deciBion making a perpetual iojnnctien
restraining the city treasurer of Newport
from paying the cost of a ball given to
the officers of the British fleet last year.
Washington, April 12.—After a long
debate, npon tbe amendments increasing
the appropriation for eradicating the oat-
tie diseases the whole snbj act was stricken
from tue bill, and the proposition agreed
to in regard to reoommending tbe Honse
to refer tbe whole matter to the Commit
tee on Agriculture, with instructions to
report promptly thereon.
On motion of 4 Mr. Haikell, of Kansas
the appropriation for Investigating the
habits ot tbe cotton worm and other in
jurious inseots was plaoed under tbe con
trol of the United States Entomologioal
Commission. Tbe political portion of
the bill having been reached, it was
passed over for the present,
Mr. Yonng, of Tennessee offered an
amendment providing that the investi
gating agents under the Southern Claims
Commission shall give notioe to the
claimants whose claims it iB proposed to
investigate of the plaoe and time of tak
ing testimony, who shall havo the right
to cross-examino witnesses, tbe agentB
alao to examine any witnesses who may
be presented by the claimants,
Mr. Hauok, or Tennessee, stated that
he had noted as an investigating agent,
and knew of instances where he bad been
misled by ex parte statements, and bad
reported against statements which shonld
have been allowed.
Mr. Bragg, of Wisconsin, moved to
strike out ali the provisions for the
Southern Claims Commission and to in
sert a clause repealing tho law creating
that commission. The consideration of
tbe amendment was postponed until
Tuesday. The committee arose end tho
chairman reported back the recommen
dation to refer the paragraph in relation
to pleuro-pneumonia in cattle to the
committee on Agriculture with instruc
tions to report forthwith, which was
agreed to, and the Senate adjourned un
tit Monday.
Washington, April 12.—A communi
cation from the Secretary of the Navy
waB laid before tho House this afternoon
giving information in reply to the
House resolution, regarding tho breaking
ont of yellow fever on the United States
ship Plymouth. The Secretary says the
opinion generally prevails among experi
enced naval men tbat the freezing pro
cess is sufficient protection against the
appearance of yellow fever after it has
once appeared on board a vessel.
There are instances where it has resulted
otherwise, although they have not been
sufficiently numerous to entirely destroy
the opinion. Why the Plymonth
wea not sufficiently frozen and fumigated
has been referred to a medioal board to
report thereon. It is a remarkable faot
that tbe disease broke ont at the pre
cise point in the ship where it appeared
in November last. It may be supposed
to weaken somewhat the theory tbat tbe
freezing process is a reliable remedy. A
single example oannot however be euffi
cient tq entirely overthrow the presump
tion in its favor. The Department will
continue to resort to it in all oases, bat
will at the same timo add to it all other
known sanitary measures, as well as such
as additional investigations may discover.
In the meantime, whatever experiments,
either soience or experieooe may suggest,
shonld be tried in order tbat nothing
Bhsll be omitted to arrest the progress
and ravages of this terrible scourge.
Boston, April 12.—Irregularities bave
been discovered in the books of Isaac A.
Barnes, Treasurer of the Forboro Savings
Bank. The bank commissioners bave
demanded his removal acd invest
meat. The committee, being refused the
keys of tbe safe, put men in the bank to
guard its affairs.
Hartford, Conn., April 12.—Hon.
Alfred A. Burnham, formerly member of
Congress from the Third district, and ex-
Speaker of the Connecticut House, is
dead.
New Orleans, April 12.—This was the
first day of the spring meeting of the new
Louisiana Jockey Cinb. There was a
good attendance. The weather was clear
and pleasant, and the track in good
condition. The first race, a hurdle race
for a puree of $200, the first horse to re
ceive $150, tbe second $50. Mile heats
over fonr hardies. StsrterE: Yerdigrie,
Cannon, Jim Hinton. The race was won
by Verdigris, Cannon, second, Jim Hin
ton last.
The second race for the Pickwick stakes
for three year old?, $25 entrance fee, play
cr pay, with $350 added, of whioh the
first horse was to receive $300, the second
$50, mile heats. There were six entries,
three staiterE: Gabriel, Buckshot and
Sam Eckee. The race was won by Ga
briel, with Buckshot second and Sam
Eckes third.
Tbe third and last race for all ages,
purse $300, first horse to receive $250,
second $50. two mile heats. The starters
were Leroi, Ella, Bowett, Kingaland,
Willie H., Judge Hancock, Essiliah and
Blue Gown. The race was won by Essi
liah by a half length, Judge Hancock
second, Kiogeland third, beating Blue
Gown, Ella, Bowett, Leroi and Willie H.
ia the order named.
Halifax, April 12.—A petition has
been presented in the Newfoundland
Legisiatnie from the united fishermen
urging the creation of a fishery depart
ment or scientific commission, with
wbom all questions connected with tbe
fisheries shall be a special charge.
London, April 12.—The weather is
cold. Ic is snowing here and in the
northern parte of the kingdom.
Durham, April 12.—The striking mi
ners and owners are now separately die
cussing the Ufau tor a settlement of
their difficulties, A joint conference af
terwards will be held whioh possibly may
end the strike Immediately.
Bomb, April 12.—William Palmer, M.
A., brother of Lord Selborne, is dead.
Lisbon, April 12.—The Queen cf Por
tugal is seriously UL
Washington, Aprill2.—A well attend
ed caucus of Republican Senators was
held this afternoon. There was a very
general aud harmonious interchange of
views concerning the course to be pur
sued by the minority of the Senate in
regard to the army appropriation bill.
No formal action was taken, but it wax
agreed that every possible effort should
be made to defeat the pas-age of tbe
bill in the present shape for the rearaa
that the euactmeats of its sixth section
bold a retpecUblecli»DC3for it80. At legist that taocuactDiefliB or iw iixtn section
80 it ipoka to«e jostxrtw. A W.w. ^ouHT. in the opinion of the minority,
prevent the use of a posse comitatus or
tlection day for the execution of civil
processes of any and all descriptions is
sued by United States authority.
Several other provisions of (he bill
Were also considered very objectionable
and in need of essential amendments
whioh will be offered by varions Bepnb-
lioau Senators. Among them are clauses
whioh propose to prohibit appointments
and piomotions in the army until other
wise piovided by law, while, st tbe same
time, the bill holds ont inducements for
tbe oreation of additional vaoanoics, by
providing that all- effioers hereafter re
tired by reason of wonnds, shall be re
tired npon the highest ranks respectively
held by them in the regular or volunteer
service before retirement. A number of
What
Ac
re Yankee Minister
eomplisked.
A Vermont minister, besides his two
sermons every Sunday and lecture and
prayer-meeting and pastoral calls, raised
last year on two-thirds of an sere of land
100 bushels of roots, 2 tone of fodder
coin, 30 bushels of ears of oons, 200
squashes, 78 watermelons, 80 mnskmrt
one, 3 bnaheis of peas, 3 bushels of pota
toes, 15 bushels of tomatoes, 5 bushels
of oucambers, besides flowers; fatted one
hog weighing fonr hundred pounds, kept
one cow from whioh bntter was made, and
kept hens who supplied many dozens of
„ uumuol ol The Negro Exodnc- .
Senators expressed the belief that the Boston, April 9.—A number of repre
purpose ot these provisions is to prepare
the way for the appointment Into the
army of the friends of the dominant
party
Although no propositions were formally
adopted, several amendments to the sixth
section oi which notice has bfTen given in
the Senate were speken ot with general
favor, especially those submitted by Mr.
Blaine and Mr.'Faddook, the first provid
ing for heavy penalties against the
presence of any person bearing deadly
weapons, either concealed or displayed,
within a mile of any polling place on Fed
eral election day,the second providingjthat
the posse comitatus clause of the act ef last
year shall not be applicable to any
treops employed in tbe protection of
life and property in the Statea of Nebras
ka, Oregon, Nevada, Kansas and Colo
rado and tbe Territories subject to Indian
incursions or npon Indian reaeivationB.
Ur. Faddack’s amendment was adopted
unanimously by the Senate last year, bnt
was stxioken off the bill by the commit
tee of oonfetenoe.
From the tenor of the remarks it
seemsproboble that a great many speeches
will be made upon the army bill by the
Republican Senators, and that the debate
is likely to be prolonged for ten days or
a fortnight.
New London, Conn., April 12.—The
representatives of the freshman orews of
Harvard ana Columbia colleges met in
this city to-day, and agreed to row an
eight oared, three-mile, straight-away
race, on the Thames river, at 6 o’clook
on the afternoon of Monday, June 30ih.
three days after the Yale and Harvard
University race.
Danville, Va., April 12.—A firo on
Bridge street this morning destroyed
eight bouses, eight thousand pounds of
tobacco and some personal property.
Loss $8,000.
Nashville, April 12.—Collector Wood-
stock to-day received information that
large illicit distillery had been destroye
in Putnam oonnty, and a number o ar
rests made.
St. Petersburg, April 12.—The Kei
correspondent of tho St. Petersbnr
Journal gnat tbe following acoonnt o
the outbreak among the politioal prison
era last month, whioh was briefly men
tioned by telegraph at the time. Persons
under arrest in the Keiff prison resolved
some time ago to tnnnel under the walls
and esoape. The scheme wts betrayed
by ono of tbe conspirators. The author
ities allowed the prisoners to continue the
exoavation. When the tunnel wa3 com
pleted and the prisoners had entered it.
one after another, intending to oome
up through the openlog beyond
the prison procincts the soldiere.previous-
ly posted at the opening, shot the escap
ing prisoners as they came up. When
they bulk of the prison era, terrified by
the noise of the firing, stopped and re
mained in the tunnel, the soldiers were
sent in from behind, and the unfortunate
wretches, oaught between two fires were
all shot down. The proceeding seemed
to give the officials much amusement,
and the director of the Kieff prison has
been praised and decorated for having
acted with such cleverness and decision.
Berlin, April 12.—An apparently
8emi-offioial communication reterring to
the dispatch of an American iron clad to
Somoa, points out that the German shipB
Ariadne and Albatroaa are still there
and folly suffice for the protection of for
eigners.
Constantinople, April 12.—It is ex
pected that a Eurspean deputy Governor
will be appointed for Eastern Boumelia.
Paris, April 12.—M. J. H. Cartier
DeVilla Messant, a well-known aatinoal
writer and journalist, acd long the di
rector of the PariB Figaro, is dead, aged
67 years.
The Couuoil of Ministers came to no
resolution in regard to Egypt, simply de
elding to sot in unison with Eogland.
sedative colored men of this city held
meeting to-night to oonaider plans for
furthering the negro exodus from the
South. A committee wee-appointed to
call a mass meeting in Faneoll Hall, at
an early day, and arrange for means to
transport as many as may be desirous of
leaving for new homes in the West.
Tbe Resignation ot Archbishop
Pwreell Declined.
Cincinnati, April 8.—A letter was re
ceived to-day by Archbishop Purcell,
from Cardinal Simeodi, secretary to the
Pope, declining to aooept the Archbish
op’s resignation, on aoconnt of his long
servioe to the Choroh. The Arohbishop
was instructed to select a coadjutor, with
the right of snooesslon to the Bee of Cin
cinnati.
Thh largest infant at birth of which
there js any authenticated record was born
in Ohio on the 12th of last January. The
new-born boy was twenty-three and
three-quarter pounds in weight (the or
dinary weight being about six pounds),
and thirty inohee in height (the ordinary
height being about twenty inches). The
circumference of the head wtut nineteen
inches, and the foot was five and a halt
inches ia length. Six years ago the
same woman became the mother of
child . eighteen pounds in weight and
twenty-four inohee in height. The size
and weight of the babe, though extraor
dinary, are proportionate to the size of
the parents. The mother, Mrs. M. V.
Bates, of Nova Scotia, is seven feet and
nine inches high, and the father, a Ken-
tnokian, ia seven feet seven high. The
London Hospital Museum can boast no
longer of its giant infant, which is only
twenty-four inches high, with the head
thirteen and a.half inches in circumfer
ence.
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gree of vigor to the body which is its
best guarantee of safety from malarial
epidemics. Nerve weakness and over
tension are relieved by it, and it im
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The Destitute Emigrants.—A Leav
enworth, Kansas, dispatoh to the New
York Herald gives a gloomy piotnre of
the condition of the 2,000 colored people
who have arrived in that State from Lou
isiana and Mississippi. They are quar
tered principally in the cities of Leaven
worth, Wyandotte and Topeka, though a
few of them have scattered all over the
State, seeking work as farm hands or any
thing else they are capable of do<cg.
They bave no plans for the future. A
great majority of those who have arrived
are absolutely deat.tne and thinly clad,
whilst the weather is still qaite severe,
causing much suffering. Wbat will be
come of them nobody know?. The color
ed citizens of Leavenworth and other
Kansas cities are endeavoring to raise
subscriptions for their benefit, but much
more than local aid will be required to
maintain even the best equipped of them
before they raise a orop.
0 Mrs. Morrell was an Irish lady lately
deceased, who, in her youth, was a mem
ber of the Mtlbanke household, when
Lady Byron, after many quarrels with
her husband, returned to her father’s
house. Those quarrels ended one morn
ing at breakfast, when Lord Byron was
in a tantrum, and his wife brought mat
ters to a crisis by asking pointedly: “By
ron, am I in your way?” Byron, leonine
against tbe mantelpiece, answered sav
agely, “Yes, damnably l” Lady Byron
immediately left the room, and soon after
the house. She never saw her husband
again, and the last werds from htBlips
which fell npon her ear was “damnably.”
A Htmn of Praise Abruptly Ended.
—Tho old ladies of Connecticut are
among the best story-tellers of New
England. Mrs. Hannah Forward Clark,
of East Granby, is now in her 90th year,
and yet tells with grim humor a quaint
tale of the olden time when it was the
c&atom to “line hymns in meeting.” The
deacon adjusted his spectacles, raised his
hymn book and incidentally said, “I’m
almost blind,” and the congregation
snng the words as a lino. The deacon,
very greatly annoyed, explained, “I
can scarcely see at Ml,” bnt this also was
snng in solemn measure. In holy indig
nation the deacon raised both hands and
exclaimed, “You're all bewitched!” and
this, too, was rendered into praise,
whereupon the deacon vociferated loudly,
“The devil’s in evsry one of yon!” Such
a change in the sentiment as well as the
meter, brought the singers to a stand
still, and after some oonf nsion they sang
the proper pBalm.
Negro slavery existed in all tha orig
inal colonies. Vermont passed an aboli
tion aot in 1777, bvfore ebe joined tbe
Union. Pennsylvania in 1780 passed a
gradual emancipation ao\ but sixty-feur
negroes were still living in slavery iu tbat
State in 1840. Massachusetts abolished
slavery, aooordiog to her Supreme Ooury
by the aot of 1780, adopting the State
eonstitntion. Khode Island and Connec
ticut eaoh passed a gradual emancipation
sot New York did the same thing in
1807, but in 1817, before the limit was
xeaohed, she passed .another act, declar
ing all slaves free on the 4.h of Jaly,
1827. New Jersey passed a gradual sot
it, 1802, bnt 240 i-laves were living in the
State as late as 1840.
Elecglon in Uae Mormon Church.
Salt Lake, April 9.—In the Mormon
conference John Taylor waB re-elected
President of the Twelve Apostles and
Treasurer of the Church. Moses Thatcher
Logan was elected to fill a vacancy aB one
of the Twelve Apostles. No President of
the Churob, successor to Brigham Young,
was elected. Q. C. Cannon, Delegate to
Congress, advocated polygamy as a pre
vention of prostitution.
Wixbor’s Ocd Liras O z and Lime.—The.
friends of persons who hare been restored from
confirmed Consumption by the use of this origi
nal preparation, aid the grateful parties them
selves bare, by teoommending it and aokuowl
edging its wonderful efficacy, given the article a
vast popularity in New England. The Cod
Liver Oil it in this combination robbeu of its
unpleasant taste, and rendered doubly effective
in being coupled with the Lime, which is itself a
restorative principle, s»pplying nature with
just the assistance required to neat and restore
the diseased Lungs. A B Wilboe, Boston, pro-
prietor. Sold by a!l drusgists. apifieodAwlt
Not a Good Beginning.
From the New Tork Sun, Ind.
Both sides have been fighting for posi
tion, looking entirely to tbe Presidential
contest mxt year. The Republicans
sought to revive the sectional issue, and
went back a quarter of a century to gal
vanize the dead and buried politics of
tbat period, as it there saj no question
of interest for the differing millions of
this day worthy to attract the attention
of Ccngrr??. : They failed, and failure at
such a time and under such circumstan
ces, after forcing the fight, ia not a good
beginning for tbe Presidency of 1880.
Muskeoon, Mich., August 27,1877.
De. B. V. Pieros, Buffalo, N. Y. t
Dear Sir: Your Golden Medical Dis
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day?, bnt, thaoks to your remedies, I am
now well and strong. Yours trnly,
Manly Maxin.
OPINION OF THE OLEBGY
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J. H. ZEILIN Sc CO., Proprietors,
set upas a naoensseni to the dlsocvuy of
Amerloa I y Nor'hmen
—The inscriptions on the Dighten Rook,
believed by many Boeion students to hive
been mule bv Northmen, ore now pronoun
ced the work of .ndisne by the Royal Socie
ty 0 f Northern An*iqnanans of Denmark. . _
i e t the took is to be moved to Boston, end the members ore trying to settle knotty
-Sitting-Ball says that ‘there is no 4merf-
can who weues trousers who is sot a ras
cal.'
—Workupon the Lee mausoleum, at Lex
ington. Va, is progressing, but $2,000 is stU-
needed for ite completion.
—Mr, Henry M Stanley is now oa his way
to Zanzibar with a oommiseioa from ths
King of the Belgians to reorganize the hither
to unsneoeesfal Belgian Expedition.
—Should the Tolmage trial go on long
enough, says the Philadelphia Times, 6very
member ot the Brooklyn Presbyteiy msy
hope to hear himself called a liar at least
once. This is not religion, hat it looks as if
there were a limited number of people who
think it is.
—Ben. Butler in Ooutt: ‘From his watch-
chain there bnng a bone woistle, mounted
with gold, a Florida bean, a heavy seal ring
and several other trinkets, which, dnr.ng Ills
addres* to the jury, dangled against bis
round, full slomaob. making a noise like tho
jingle of a car bell’
—Fred Douglass, after inquiry and reflec
tion, concludes that the exodus of negroes
to Kansas will not prove beneficial to them,
and he eays that in Kanese they will have to
suffer the eevero cold winters, whioh will kill
them eff ‘faster than the r.fle clubs of tho
Bouth.’ Which is very true, bccrase theso
rifle dabs do not kill any negroee.
—A very proper lady to her Frenoh gover
ness—T am shocked to find that my daugh
ter hie been receiving letters irr,French from
a young nan.’ Gevernoce—‘Pardon, ma-
dame; It is only my little rase to cheat mam’-
solle i-:*o study When sho would rtply to
on unknown lover —a Frerohman - mon Dieu,
bow qntokly she will learn my language!’
—While tbe cattle disease cn this side of
the Atlontio ia pretty well stamped out,cable
grams announces that it is becoming incres-
einsiy formidable in Bohemia, where several
hundred places are now affected. Agricul
ture in many prices is *t a standstill, draught
cattle being locked up wherever the diaeaeo
Occam. Tho apprehension is that it will
spread all over Germany.
—It is freely stated in London society that
Dean Stanley, who recently visited this coun
try, is about to join tbe Church of Rome.
His sister, who was oenvertod many yfais
sgn, ho?, since the death of his wits, assum
ed great sway over his mind, and has tnrsed
it toward the study of Roman Catholicism,
especially as enunciated in the wotks of
Fenelon.
Personal Explanation The Biohmond
Dispatch of the 10th says the gentleman who
attracted aitentlcn in one of cur churches
last Sunday by crying out 'Holy Moses!’ had
no intention cf distal bing the congregation.
He had been tacking downaoarpet the day
before, and jnst os he eat down in bis pew
he was s- ddenly reminded that he had half a
paper of taoks in hia cost pocket We make
this explai aiioa in justice to the gentleman.
Got. Hendricks —Last evening, says tho
World of the 9tb, a World reporter at Port
Wayne, IncL, Interviewed ex-Governor Hen
dricks, who talked more nnreeetvedly upon
men and things than he has ever spoken be
fore He modeetiy reviews bis own record,
itfeis to:he financial question, diesnsteeall
the questions of the day and declares he will
never aocept a second place on any Presiden
tial tic et.
—Davit Snodgrass, tho only lawyer In
Farmington. V*, became cones si for come
v»ry detestable criminals. The people of
that village were indignant, and scouted the
idea that the worst of culprits are entitled to
legal defence Then be grew angry, aud
told hia neighbors to attend to the r own
bn-ineee rather than to hts That night Mr,
Snodgrass was taken cut of his bouse, whip
ped, toned, feathered, aud ridden on a rail.
—Much of the meat sold in London as
prime English beef ia American. American
betf tent over in refrigerators is just ae good
as English —many think it better. At one of
the firet clubs in London recently there were
served on anglish and an American sirloin
of beef, and no one con’d tell the difference.
Hungarian and Bohemian beef, too, ia com
ing into the .London market at 12 cants a
pound, and much game, especially j htasante,
from Bohemia.
—In Bombay when you pay year fa'eiin a
street car you reoeive a ticket that ent ties
you to & chance in a lottery which is drawn
every month An American gentleman
writes f ram India to The Sun, and expresses
the opinion that it beats all the bell punches
and poeeenger registers that ever were in
vented. Possib'y the managers of ourstreet
ear lioea snd elevated roads, who are so
solioitons shout the moral welfare of their
employee?, can devise some similar and
equally effective expedient.
—Gen. Fremont, Governor of Aiizona, who
is now in New York, bos submitted to tho
government a plan for bringing the waters
or the Galf of California book to their old
b-ein in Southern California, wbio i, be says,
wonld create on inland sea suitable for navi
gation about 200 miles long. 5J miles broad,
and 8i0 feet deep; converting what te nows
desert into a highway of commerce. He
thinks also that the ciimate of Southern
Arizona and Southeastern California wonld
be tempered snd improved by this obaege.
—Some persons in New York,' says the
Cincinnati Commercial, who ought to know
better, are n-ging the eoepension of the coin
age of si.vtr dollars by the United States.
Time is wsetedin talking about thir, for it
cannot b. done. Tbe accumulation of silver
will Dot hum any one Ten years wonld be
required to ooin as many silver dollars as
there ore ei. ver five-franc pieces in the Bonk
of Franos. Ths bnt thing we can do U to
go on os we ire. The nations of Europe
will want to see at again cn tbe money ques
tion before many months, and they can corns
to see ns or invite ne to meet them in Lon
don.
—Tbe Texas Legislature has been tbe
queerest Legislature of the orop. A few
asye ago a member arose and addressed his
surprised fellows in the Bpanteh tongue.
Nobody knew what he woe talking abont, but
in oonrteey to him they passed his bill.
Again, the Texas Legislature msy be said to
have abo iabed grammar. In the new oodo
adopted for the schools it is deolared that
hear fter the minds of the ohiidren shall not
be bothered ‘by tenses and genders, and
other mysteries of the school ’ Jost now
points in a proposed homestead law and a
new rai’road bill
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