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p9wannah Weekly 3Uujs WATITBRAV, NKPTKMBIR 18, 1875. lUE.'RlprioN, New*. One Vttr * <M '▼eelily New*. Nl* .Month* I OO Weekly New*. Three Month* 50 lhtily New*, one year, |lO 00; fix month*, *•’’ 00 ; three month*. $3 so. 1 ri-W eekly New*, one year, |H <<o ; six month*, t-t oo; three montlut, |i no. A!1 subscription* payable in advance. Tapers 0} mail are *topp<d at the expiration of the time paid for without further notice. .Subscriber* will please observe the date* on their wrapper*. ADVKHTIHEMENTS. A Ht|U AHE i* ten measured line* of Nonpareil I or Weekly New*. h insertion, |1 00 per wptare. Liberal rate* made wltli contract advertiser*. CORRESPONDENCE. T'orre*i>ond<*nce solicit**! ; hut to receive atten t ion, letter* must, be accompanied by a re*|on*i ble name, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. All letters should be addressed to J. 11. EMTILL, Savannah. <*a. Exaggeration. The New York Times objects to the ex aggeration of the wealth of individuals , in which our people are so apt to indulge. This kind of gossip, although not, in deed, generally malicious, is by no means always harmless. Great injustice is often | thus done by charges of parsimony ■* and want of liberality, which would be greatly modified if the real state of affairs were known. Hut this is not the only evil. It is very strange how often pecu niary credit is given almost entirely on the strength of unfounded popular reports of an individual's wealth. The experience of the community for the past two years lias, indeed, taught some terribly severe lessons on this point. f** Another exaggeration dodge is fre quently resorted to for the purpose of imposing on the credulity of and ex citing the marvel of the gullible public. We refer to the enormous salaries said to lie paid to prominent artists. Barnurn, Htrackosh, or some other show or opera manager, effects an engagement with some famous acrobat or vocalist, who is played out and no longer “draws” in Europe. The announcement is made in the American papers that the gTeat show man, P. T. Harnum, has engaged Herr Shumpoverdovorlt at one hundred thou sand dollars for a season of six months, or Mr. Htrackosh has engaged Madame * Hcrctchowly, the renowned jrrirna donna, to perform one hundred nights in the United States at a salary of one thousand dollarsu night, paying besides all personal and traveling expenses of the lady and unite. The artiste is flattered by tho lie and never contradicts tho story, and the shoddy of our great cities willingly pay ten prices for tickets of admission and go into ecstacies over the performance, not because they really npprociuto the ability of tho rope dancer or tho singer, but be cause they are said to receive salaries larger than Grant’s. The noodles novor stop to consider tho utter absurdity of a t manager paying to a single individual a salary that would absorb very nearly, if not quite, bis entiro nightly receipts, leaving nothing with which to pay sub wdinates, fiddlers and bill stickers. This is one of tho many means by which the public is humbugged in these days of progress. > ■**■-* Uriines, ( asuallles anti Disasters of a ■* Day. There seems to be an epidemic of crime, casualties and disasters prevailing throughout the country. Tho llrooklyn Argun of Friday last thus sums up the record oi asiuglcdaj: “An Illinois Judge testified in a church scandal trial, and was shortly after assaulted by three per oou.i, wlio represented a lady lmpUeaceu ~ in tho case. Two persona renew .*1 pi ''‘si wounds, and other' <■ time in for umt roesu. A little boy shot a youuge: brother at Hamilton, N. <J., “in fun,” as this divertisemout is called. A Brooklyn 7 Wan fired four revolver shots into him self and then cut his throat. There was a fight over a funeral at Montreal yester day. Bt. Louis reports shooting affrays and burglaries too numerous to mention. A rough killed a gentleman at a wedding in Dayton, Ohio. A train on the Haiti more and Potomac road was thrown from the track. An unknown woman was killed on tho Erie. A man was killed at n railway crossing in Newark. There was a smash-up ou the Shore Line and several persons were injured. And, finally, a bridge gave way under a train ou tho Wallkill Valley road and sent seve ' ral hundred people returning from a camp meeting down a ten-foot embank ment. No lives were lost, but twenty fivo people were injured, some very seri ously. Those of the passengers who did not get into tho scattered farm-houses near tho scene, spent the night on the . ground, with fires nud beds improvised [ from ear-cushions, shawls, Ac. These | are tho prominent disasters reported to day. It is a startling reoord for a single F twenty-four hours.” Geobgia Vindicated. — Grant’s kitch en organ, the Washington liejmbUean, , heads the telegraphic announcement of tho acquittal of Gorday Harris with “The Black Man Vindicated!” “whereas,” says the Capitol, Don Pi att’s paper, “j,t is in truth the white man vindicated—vindicated in the face of the oppressions of so many years, in the face of the old and new slanders which have been heaped upon them by the Republican press, party and earpet { baggers. The aotiou of the Georgia au * thoritios has done more than any event | since the war to enlighten tho public and to lead the country back to tho doctrine of legitimate State rights. It is the first fair opportunity that a Southern State has had of acting in its own independent sovereignty in a case involving tho an tagonism of races, and the negro could not have received fairer treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” — Murder Mania in New York.— looks very much as if the press of the of moral ideas" will have to f a p,jdon their hackneyed theme, the bar jfc irfsm of the South, and turn their nearer home for examples of blood-thirsty savagery, with which to thrill the hearts of their sensitive readers. The lJerald of Saturday says: “Murder in the slums of New York is becoming so frequent that killing must soon be looked on in the light of a slight offence. It is certain that the rough element of our population no longer look upon murder as anything more than a venial sin against public morality. On the slightest provocation the knife is brought into re quhition, with the most deadly results. Something must be done by the courts to stop this wholesale, eowardly assassina tion. Thyßrooklyn Argus says: “Careful observers of the South apprehend trouble between whites and blacks when the emancipated negroes have- passed away and the lawless, undisciplined and insu bordinate darkeys shall have taken their places. There is reason in this, and it emphasiies the duty of Church and State to educate and train these people, amd to teach them tho importance of industry and of correct habits. The blacks now coming on the stage Lack the drill that |laveiy gave, and are less tractable than Lbostjirho had been brought up under ifipntwli U relitji J. 11. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR, The Inconveniences of a Scattered Government. The disadvantages and embarrass ments, to say nothing of the expensive ness, of a gallivanting government, is strikingly exemplified by the delays in working up the scheme for a Federal dragouade in Mississippi. On Thursday last, Milksop Ames, who has bt recently returned from his home in Massachu setts, telegraphed to his master in Washington, to know if the proclamation of last year could be so con strued as to authorize the sending of troops into Mississippi at this time. This long dispatch of the Mississippi satrap had to be telegraphed from Washington to Long Branch. Grant then telegraphs to the Attorney General in Washing ton, submitting the question to that offi cer. Attorney General Pierrepont tele graphs to the President at Long Branch that the proclamation of last year will not serve for present purposes. The de cision of the Attorney General is, by direction of the President, forwarded to Ames by Private Secretary Lucky. Next follows from Ames a formal requisition on the President for troops to enable him to suppress the insurrection and maintain a Bepublican form of government in Mis sissippL This dispatch having reached Washing ton is forwarded to Grant at Long Branch, whereupon the President telegraphs At torney General Pierrepont at Washing ton to know if he can comply with Ames’s requisition without first issuing a procla mation warning the imaginary insurgents to disperse within a given time. The Attorney General telegraphs to the President that a proclamation must first be issued. This important document can only be performed by the Secretary of State, whose whereabouts, at this im portant juncture, isunknown to the Presi dent. At last accounts Long Branch and Washington were telegraphing over the country to find the lost Fish. Now, all this red tape and telegraphic wire is both embarrassing and expensive, and in case of a real necessity for prompt action on the part of the government might be the cause of serious consequences. Ah it is, qpthing disastrous is likely to rosult from a few days delay, and as the election in Mississippi does not take place for some weeks yet, Grant, by offering a liberal reward through the newspapers for his missing Secretary, may find that important functionary, have a proclama tion issued, and all things cut and dried in time to take military possession of the polls on the day of election. This may all be accomplished in good time to guarantee a Republican form of government to the people of Mississippi, but it would have cost the tax-payers less if the “government” had been at the Capital attending to its legitimate duties instead of junketing over tho country. DeSIBED ReTBOOKHSION TO MARYLAND —A petition is circulating among the citizens of Georgetown, D. C., praying Congress to pass a bill retroceding the ancient m-H'ry Ihu < 'l i,- ~i, ■ il: moth***- Ltg is ..nrw f-.V ILuli more tiu/i • trorn thirty-five to forty years since retrocession was agitated in Georgetown, and it is a good many years ago since the question was decided favorably upon by a vote of the people there. There is an impression that the State of Maryland once formally, through its Legislature, expressed its willingness to accept this small portion of the territory it had ceded to the Gen eral Government, provided Congress should consent. Alexandria was retro - ceded years ago to her mother State, Virginia, through the assent of Congress, at the solicitation of its people. At least two-thirds of the population of George town and tho Heights are pronounced retrocessionists, and it is said almost the entire population would express them selves in the same manner if their views could be obtained. This is not at all re markable, as the advantages of retrooes sion to Georgetown would be obvious. That old Maryland city would not only be relieved from tho corrupt rule of plunder ing Uacfioal rings by which her people are now sorely oppressed, but she would thereby regain the right of self-govern ment, become the second city of im portance in Maryland, and enlist the fostering attention of the Maryland Leg islature and people. A Radical Raid upon the Neoroes of the South. —Alluding to the movement now on foot to reorganize the black wing of the Union League in Louisiana, the New Orleans Times says: “The political dead beats are about to make a raid upon the negro. The two millions stolen under the pretence of a Freedman’s Bank is about done with, and we hear that in many of the heavy negro parishes the white political dead beats are trying to revive what they called the Uniory League. These secret societies are al ways organized for the purpose of swind ling the simple-minded and ignorant ne groes. They are made to believe that these organizations are to protect them from their natural friends, as if they needed any protection from people whose bread they are eating, and who could starve them all in one season if they wished to do so. And all this is for the sole purpose of cheating these poor people aut of their money. If planters were to apply a good stout boot toe to the person of any of the robbers who are prowling around the negro quarters as “organizers,’ they would do a service to their hands, and rid themselves and their neighborhoods of a dangerous and troublesome lot of white and black dead beats. ” According to all accounts that Lay torpedo at Newport is a wonderful crea tion. It travels under water, loaded with 500 pounds of dynamite, and may be guided and turned in any direction by a single wire held by the man on shore. The Lay torpedo performs only a single act. Nothing so becomes its life as its manner of leaving it. It is headed for the enemy's ship, it goes for it straight, it strikes one blow, and up goes the eusmy and down goes the little iron cigar to the bottom of the sea, a sacrifice to the tremendous energy with which it does its patriotic work. The number of sailing vessels has greatly increased throughout the wo.-ld since 1870, while a steady increase is noted in steamships. According to a report presented to the London Statisti cal Society, the total tonnage of the great nations indicates their relative rank as follows: First, Great Britain: second, the United States; third, Sweden and Norway; fourth, Italy; fifth, Germ anyr oad sixth, France. In 1874 the total tonnage was 5,226,886. Affairs in Georgia. Because Colonel Bob. Alston had a photograph of Ralston, the newspapers are calling him a “cosmopolitan.” We didn’t think it was as bad as that. Way cross had a grand meteoric display one night last week. The Griffin News says that the Georgia Grange “strongly intimates” that the At lanta Herald is controlled by Kimball. The Nexen does not fairly state the case, j The firange, we regret to say, makes a distinct and unequivocal charge that Kimball supervisas the editorial columns ; of the Herald. In short, tbat he edits the editors thereof. Three or four circuses are preparing to invade Georgia. The negro who recently attempted to burn the dwelling-house of Captain T. B. Cabaniss, of Forsyth, has been sen tenced to the penitentiary for life. An Elbert county negro attempted to outrage the person of a little girl five years old, the other day. The villain was subsequently arrested. The crop prospect in Appling county is very gloomy. An Elbert county man named West went to White county recently to see his sister, and while there he had the urbanity to steal her horse. He has been arrested and caged—the naughty man. An attempt was made recently by several parties, some of whom are known, to Ku-Klux a Mr. Thornton, a well known farmer of Wayne county. Some arrests have been made. A red fox, which had been guilty of eating conference chickens in Atlanta, was appropriately and consummately slaughtered by a dog. Mr. James H. Rogers, the husband of Mrs. Loula Kendall Rogers, of Thomas ton, died recently. Mr. A. J. Booker, of Valdosta, is dead. The whisky troubles in Dawson county still continue. Wholesale arrests are the order of the day. The people of Liberty Hill fear negro troubles. Louisville, Jefferson county, is steadily improving. A boat is being built on the Chestatee to work the bed of the river. Bard isn’t going to start a paper in Atlanta, and we won’t have him for a target this winter. A negro barber was killed by another negro in Sparta, the other day. A Newnan nigger kidnapped another nigger the other day. Houston county has had her share of the negro troubles. The Atlanta Herald not only denies that Kimball owns any of its stock or controls its editorial columns, but has brought suit against the Georgia Grange for so stating. We are glad that the matter is to be settled. Jefferson county has occasional shoot ing scrapes between obstreperous colored people and rantankerous whites. Louisville, Jefferson county, has a daily mail from Bartow. \lr B- A. SIDVEHt I-*- -* <r<- ti„j ' vorally, 'bos assumed editor of the Athens t ieorgian. The Athens'/e will be changed into a daily at an early day. Here is the gist of the Atlanta Herald's denial in regard to the charges of the Georgia Grange: “Mr. H. I. Kimball does not and never has owned, directly or indirectly, one dollar’s worth of stock in tho Atlanta Herald, and has never dic tated a single editorial, or influenced, or tried to influence an editorial line in the paper.” It is rumored in Columbus that Ben Hill has sold his stock in the State Road lease to parties in Baltimore for $120,000. A correspondent, writing from Jeffer son county, says that the yield of cotton in that section will barely reach two thirds of a crop. An attempt was made to sell Girardey’s Opera House in Augusta at auction the other day which resulted in a failure. There is considerable complaint in Car tersville that the colored religionists of that place conspire to make night too hideous to think about. A Jefferson county correspondent says that Mr. J. F. Upton took from his fish traps in the Ogeechee the other day, eleven young sturgeon, weighing, as he supposes, about sixty-five pounds each,, making seven hundred and fifteen pounds in all. Mr. Andrew McKinley, a son of Col. Wm. McKinley, of Milledgeville, is dead. He was a very promising young man. A colored woman in Cartersville killed her newly-born infant the other day and threw it in a well. It was several days before those who were using the water found out what was the matter. Five prisoners Tir tha - jr. Hamilton succeeded in escaping the other day. '—-; The Atlanta Constitution is organizing an expedition for the exploration of the great Okefinokee Swamp. The negroes in Spalding county are getting to be almost unbearable in their iiisoTence. Governor Smith has issued the follow ing order to the Comptroller General suspending the cotton tax: Whereas, a petition has been presented to me by a number of the citizens of Morgan county, representing that the tax receiver of said county has included in the digest of taxes returned by him for the year 1875, as taxable, all cotton held by farmers and producers on the first day of April last, and has required said farmers and pro ducers to return the same as taxable; said petition praying that an order be grauted by this department suspending the col lection of said tax until the next meeting of the General Assembly; and, whereas, in the opinion of many persons, it was not the intention of the Legisla ture in enacting the act of 1875, to impose a tax upon produets in the hands of the producers thereof ; and it being a matter of the first importance to pro ducers that the intention of the Legisla ture in this regard should be clearly un derstood, and that they should not be unreasonably limited as to the time within which they may dispose of their products, and thus be placed to that ex tent within the power of speculators; and Whereas, The public interest can suffer no injury by granting the prayer of said petitioners; it is therefore Or dered, That the Comptroller instruct the several tax collectors of this State to sus pend the collection of the tax upon cotton and other products in the hands of farm ers and producers on the first day of April last, until the next meeting of the General Assembly of this State. The Enterprise says that the citizens of Thomasville offer the following premiums: For the champion club of two States, a silver-mounted spring bat SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1875. and one hundred dollars; for the second best, seventy-five dollars for the third best club, all entrance fees of the clubs that may enter. All clubs that wish to compete for the above prizes will be charged an entrance fee of five dol lars, and must send in names of the nine to play, with entrance fee en closed, before the 21st of October, 1875, as after that date the list will be closed. Each club must bring record to show that the members entered have be longed to the clubs not less than thirty days. The game will be governed by the rules of 1875, with the exception in the time of membership. All clubs are invited to come and contest. The fol lowing special premiums are offered : by Messrs. Thomas A Black, a pair oi fine New Orleans box toed calf boots to the o*e making the best score of the best club; by W. C. Echard, the Artist, one very fine photograph of the members of the champion club. All communications to be addressed to T. J. Shau 'al. It is not true that Col. J. L. Sweat, of Clinch county, is shortly to remove to Gainesville. The rumor to that effect was probably based upon the fact that he recently invested in some real estate in that section. We are glad that Southern Georgia is not to lose so valuable a citizen. The Atlanta nerald alludes to our “petty wrongs.” If our wrongs had been inflicted by the Herald, they would in deed be petty. But neither the Herald nor its managers have ever wronged us. You are probably of the opinion that Griffin journalism is not vigorous. Be fore you settle down into such belief, however, just borrow a copy of the News and Messenger, and read the remarks in regard to the veteran editor of the At lanta Commonwealth. Mr. Jesse T. Mullings has been elected Sheriff of Jefferson county. It is not necessary to put a bumble-bee in the pantalettes of an Atlanta editor to get up a fight. Just ask him for the ad dress of the Trained Journalist. The red rust has appeared in the cot ton in Washington county. It must be consoling to Hi Kimball to know that a charge connecting him with a newspaper is considered grossly libelous. We are almost beginning to pity Kim ball. The Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, of In diana, will attend the State Fair. The old block-house in East Macon has been removed. Fort Hawkins, however, is still standing. Charlie King, of Macon, formerly of Marshallville, is dead. A protracted meeting is progressing in the Methodist Church at Marshallville. The Atlanta Constitution says that Mr. Hill has not attended a meeting of the lessees since February, 1874. It is stated that an attache of the Courier-Journal got ’into a row with his wife on a Georgia Railroad passenger train the other day. had to be quieted by the conduotor. While the* ~ ?c v. Corday Harris was in i°'i p* cm., frifl ids atom Suit o, uiOthes. Water moccasins catch catfish in Bibb county. A reporter of the Atlanta Constitution has discovered an old well full of putrid corpses near the Medical College in that city. Personal in Gainesville Southron : “Why is it that George Turnlm can’t come to town and get drunk without being notified of it through the papers? And yet George comes to town every time he gets drunk, and gets drunk overy time he comes to town.” General Robert Toombs is in Atlanta. A young Mr. Echols, of Washington county, accidently shot himself recently. He was killed almost instantly. The Waynesboro Expositor has entered upon its sixth year with good health and prospects. Gainesville is now happy. A mineral spring has been discovered in the very heart of the city. Thomson had a very severe storm the other day. As the Sandersville Herald remarks, freaks of nature will occur. Mr. W. JET S., who lives near the Ogeechee ja“ver, about forty miles above Fenn’s -Bridge, in Washington county, has a cow which recently gave birt*. to a calf having two heads, each being perfect and well de - fined. They were joined at the neck, at right angles, and g%re the appearance of a side view to an observer standing di rectly in front. Each head had a perfect pair of eyes, ears and mouth, and the body otherwise was that of an ordinary calf. This singular specimen of the bo vine tribe died soon after birth. Hmesville Gazette'. A friend informs us that a remarkable phenomenon oc curred in the upper portion of Tattnall Tuesday night. About nine o’clock, a most" brilliant light appeared in the north, and remained stationary for some time, and then fell to the earth, accom panied by a most terrific explosion like the bursting of several shells. The shock was sufficient to jar the ground. Nothing as yet has been seen of the place where it fell. Irwinton Southerner: -Judge John H. Jones reports that he was out on last Sunday night and saw one of the most brilliant meteors he ever saw. It was about 11 o’clock in the night, and the meteor sent forth a light for a few sec onds as brilliant as the noonday sun. It traveled with a velocity second only to electricity, taking an east course from the south of a parallel line overhead, and when near the eastern horizon it exploded into thousands of blazing fragments, which immediately disappeared into dark ness. About half a minute after all signs of the meteor were gone he heard the re port of the explosion, and compared it to the distant report of a 34-pounder. Others have spoken of the same phenomenon. Some who were in bed and did not see the light thought it really was the report of a heavy piece of artillery. Comptroller Goldsmith has issued the following circular to tax collectors : His Excellency the Governor having suspend ed the collection of the tax ou cotton and other farm produce, in the hands of the producer for sale on the Ist day of April last, until the meeting of the Legislature, it is therefore ordered that you desist from the collection of said tax. As the digests do not show whether or not such returns were made, you are di rected to ascertain from each tax-payer, when he presents himself for the payment of his taxes, if he re turned any cotton or other farm produce. If so, you will deduct the amount from his taxes, and enter the amount deducted in a blank column op posite his name, so that you may know who to call on and for what amount, in case the Legislature determines that said tax should be collected. In making your settlement with this office you will enter the amount of tax so relieved in your in solvent list in order that you may get credit for it on your account here. Per sons claiming to have included in their return cotton and other farm products must be sworn as to the amount Correspondence Oglethorpe Echo : There was a three days’ meeting of the colored Methodists at Green’s ChapeL On Tuesday night last a most powerful sermon was delivered by Elder Thomas, of high renown. After its delivery one of the brothers (Eider) got ready for shouting. But the minister cried out, in a loud voice: “Hold on brothers and sisters—don’t shout yet!” He then or dered nil the benches moved to one end of the house, which was obeyed. At the command, Brother Dick Smith, of Athens, put on his beaver and marched around the room. This was the signal to commence, when the entire congrega tion. little and big, old and young, turn ed loose in a style that would have put a menagerie to blush. The voice of the minister could be heard far above the din and noise, uttering such sentences as “ SLout, children, until the walls fall! ” “ Everybody, saint and sinner, shout! ” “ Miss Susan Yancey, why ain’t you shoutin’ thar?” “Brother Dick Smith, fire up that unconvarted comeV over dar ! Put ’em to shoutin’!” Then Bro ther Smith marched out the door, a'i the congregation following. After marching around the house three times, all snout ing at the tops of their voices, they re entered the church. Pen is inadequate to describe the actions and expressions of the darkeys. Of one thing they can rest assured —if shouting will take any one to heaven, the passage of that congregation is paid. Macon Telegraph: It is again very warm and dry in Middle and Southwestern Georgia, with the result of great damage to the cotton crop. The new and tender growth, superinduced by the wet weather of the middle of August, succumbs to the sudden drouth and blazing sun, and even the field peas which were relied on to supplement the meagre corn crop are perishing under these combined influ ences. A friend told us a few days ago that in the course of twenty miles’ travel in the neighboring county of Houston, the total wreck of crops is distressing. The cotton fields are as black from rust as they ordinarily get to be after the heavi es! frosts of November, and are absolute ly bare of foliage. Even the pea crop is almost an entire failure. One of the largest planters in Lee and Dougherty told us a week ago that in twenty years of farming he never approached any where so near a total and absolute failure of all crops as he does this fall, and the talk of twenty acres to the bale in the Southwest is no joke, but a sober reality. We judge, therefore, that the cotton crop of this part of Georgia is not likely to be equal to even that of last year, while it is true tbat the cotton crop at large may go beyond it. Augusta Chronicle: “The season for burning gin-houses has commenced. Last Friday two in Scriven county, on the edge of Burke, were destroyed. One of these belonged to Mr. W. O. Wadley, and was situated one mile from Millen. There were in the gin-house at the time seven bales of cotton, which were also con sumed. The fire was caused by matches in the seed cotton. Mr. Wadley prose cuted some negroes, a short time since, on the charge of breaking into his store, and as the wife of one of them was em ployed in picking cotton, it is supposed that she placed matches in it through re venge. There is no positive evidence against her, however. The other gin- house belonged to Mr. Jame*- Brinson, and was located two miles fro.u Millen. Several bales of cotton were also destroyed with it. The fire, as in the other instance, was caused by matches in the . otton.” Augusta Chronicle: “Atlanta's Custom House cake has rapidly turnei •to dough. Just to think that after all her struggling and scrambling for public mftney it was “ rumored ”in the city Tuesday “ that an injunction would be applies for on be half of the city to restrain Jlv. excava tions on the foundai’ons of -Ousteri House lot!” The cake is certainly dough. ’ Atlanta has been sold. Sharp, shrewd, wide-awake, go-ahead, enterprising, de veloping, cut-and-come-again, bragging, brassy Atlanta has been taken in and done for. The knife has cut itself, At lanta has overreached herself. She is not a port of entry. She hasn’t got a Custom House. Vessels for that port will be compelled to head for Rabun Gap and Knoxville. It has been discovered that Congress made an appropriation not for a Custom House, but for a Court House and Post Office, and Atlanta’s fifty thou sand lot, donated to the government by the City Council, will contain a Court House and Post Office. Only these and nothing more. The Herald complains that the building of these buildings will not do the Gate City any good. That there will be taken out of the citizens’ pockets the rents which Uncle Samuel formerly paid for a Court House and Post Office. And the Herald, fears that the injunction won’t hold water because the City Council was silly enough to make a deed to the gov ernment of the lot “for a Court House and a Post Office, instead of a Custom House.’’ Innocent Atlanta, swindling Uncle,/Sam! We fear the commerce of M ne port will be ruined unless President Grant shall call an extra Session of Congress for the purpose of undoing the mischief which has been done. Ships will avoid such a port and carry their rich cargoes to inferior har bors, perhaps to Savannah and Charles ton. The wharves will rot, the harbor fill up with mud, the sailors will starve and the longshoremen languish in idle - ness. Unhappy Atlanta! She mourns as Rachel mourning for her children and refuses to be comforted because they are not. The municipal -Becky Sharp is metamorphosed into Niobe weeping for her Custom House. “Tears, idle tears, I know not what you mean.” Murder at a Spelling School.— The Nashville Republican-Banner says: “A gentleman from West Tennessee informs us that last Saturday night Shady Grove, four miles from Union City, was in the full enjoyment of a spelling match. The contest had continued to grow more and more exciting from its very commence ment. The audience were intently en gaged in looking at the class, now fast narrowing down to a few, when they were startled out of their seats by the sharp and sudden report of a pistol in the midst of them. This was followed by still another report. The utmost ex citement immediately ensued. Men jumped upon the seats to gat a glimpse of what was passing before them, women screamed and shrieked, a rush was made toward the spot, anxious inquiries were made, and for a time everything seemed m a perfect tumult. It was ascertained that a young man named Frank Williams had come up the aisle to the pew in which James Turner was seated with a young lady, and had placed the muzzle of a re volver to the back of his head and fired, the ball passing through the cranium. Williams then shot at his fallen form again, the ball striking the leg of another and producing a slight wound. It was stated that Turner had seduced Williams’ sister, and her brother had pleaded with Turner to save her from disgrace by mar rying her. Williams had that night call ed him out of the house and remon strated with him. telling him at last that if he did not lead her to the altar he would kill him. Turner responded that he would not marry her, and that he was not afraid. The sequel of that conversation was Tur ner’s death. ” How One Illinois Ku-Rlux Was Brought to Grief. — Springfield , El., September 1. —A case ef Ku-Klux on a small scale occurred in this county last week. Some carpenters, building anew house for William Curry, about two and a half miles north of this city, found nailed to their work-bench on Wednei dav last, a letter, in which the writer dt manded that Mr. Curry should furnish him by Saturday night last a sum cf money, which he was to put in an old boot-leg at the end of a lane about a ha.f mile from the house. On failure to do so he might expect to be picked off at any time. Mr. Gurry informed the Sheri! of the matter, and he sent out a posse to watch for the man or men. On Sundaj about § o'clock Mulitou§ Hanston was seen to approach and take from the boot, leg sixty dollars in counterfeit money that had been placed there. The Sheriff s posse immediately arrested him. and ke is now lodged in jaiL South Carolina Affairs. Sheriff Geiger, of Lexington, has now in his custody ten prisoners, committed for different crimes. Union Court House is to have a steam laundry. Twenty-five prisoners are now in jail at Abbeville, at a cost to the county of $lO a day for their board. A colored woman in Conwayboro has been in a religious trance for six days, during which time she has eaten nothing. Mr. Geo. Reaves, an aged and highly re spected citizens of Marion county, was killed by an accidental fail from his piazza on Wednesday of last week. The German butcher, George Bech, who was so badly cut in an affray with Win. Palmer, Jr., at Union Court House, last Friday week, died from his wounds Wednesday. Palmer is now in jail. Died, at her home near Fishing Creek Church, Chester county, on the 25th ult,, Mrs. George C. GUI, in the forty-eighth year of her age. The improvement fever has taken a good hold on the enterprising people of Union at last—from the merchant down to the mechanic. Several stores and houses are reported in process of con struction. By an order from the Post Office De - partment, the carrying of the mail on the Carmel Hill route has been changed from Wednesday to Friday. Mr. Richard Roper, factor, has received from John’s Island the first bag of new crop South Carolina sea island. It was grown by Mr. F. Y. Legare. The prepa ration appeared to be excellent and the color good. The new hotel at Union has been eased to Messrs. E. R. Wallace and W. T. Thomson, who have gone North to purchase the necessary furniture and fixtures. There is a movement on foot to estab lish a shoe factory at Hodge’s, Abbeville county. Twenty-three hundred dollars have been subscribed in the neighbor hood, and sixteen hundred dollars in a community near by. Four thousand dollars in machinery and equipments have been purchased by parties from Lynn, Massachusetts. A heavy hail storm occurred on Tues day last between Windsor and Mont morenci, on the South Carolina Railroad. The duration of the storm was consid erable, but no damage has been done to any of the crops in that vicinity. The new town hall of Timmonsville is completed. The Republicans of Aiken have nomi nated Dr. P. G. Rockwell for Mayor. The election occurs on the 13th inst. On Monday the citizens of Williams burg met in convention for the purpose of selecting a municipal ticket. The fol lowing gentlemen were nominated : S. A. Swails, for Intendant; G. P. Nelson, W. J. Lee, J. S. Beck, and Ben Mouzon, for Wardens. The Baptist Union met at Black Creek Church, Darlington county, on the 27th ul*. Ten churches were represented, and after transacting the usual business the convention adjourned to meet next at Cheraw. * The first bale of new cotton of the sea son at Sumter was grown by Mr. J. B. Roach, and sold to Mr. A. A. Solomons on the 26th ult. It weighed 466 pounds, and was ginned from 1,308 pounds of seed cotton, at Mr. A. Hauser’s steam mills, by one of the American needle gins. The new'mail route between Columbia and Fairbanks, better known as Koon’s mill, has commenced operation. The mail is to be carried weekly, leaving Fair banks on Friday for Columbia and return ing on Saturday. The town guard house at Aiken is so full of county prisoners that for the last two weeks when there was anew arrival the Sheriff had to place him on guard, armed with a musket, to keep the others from running away. The total value of the real estate of Charleston is estimated at $18,122,810; value of personal property, $8,538,824. Tlie Methodists of Darlington will have an entertainment on the Bth instant for the benefit of the organ fund. A spell ing bee will be the principal feature of the occasion. There are fifteen cotton gins within five miles of Aiken. Mr. N. \V. Lafoy has been appointed conductor of the Blue Ridge division of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, vice Mr. T. Douglass Sloan, who has re signed with a vie\y of engaging in mer - cantile pursuits in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Greenville Green, one of the most popular and successful farmers of Sleepy Hollow Township, Aiken county, died last Friday of a congestive chill, at the age of sixty-two years. The Laurens Railroad has been com pleted to Martin’s depot. The fiyst bale of new cotton sold in Ab beville this year was bought on Monday morning from Mr. J. S. Britt for 13 cents a pound. It was raised by J. U. Britt, and classed good middling. They turn out five white boy children in six weeks on one plantation in Spar tanburg county. An excellent letter appeared in the Greenville News of the 2d, from T. B, Ferguson, Esq., addressed to parties in Massachusetts who contemplate estab lishing a manufactory of agricultural im plements in the South. The advantages of Greenville as a site for this purpose is set forth in many convincing state ments. A Grange meeting took place at Irwin’s Mills, on the Saluda, six miles east of Honea Path, on Wednesday last. It was addressed by Colonel J. N. Lipscomb, State lecturer. Twenty-five hundred persons were present, including a large number of ladies, A subscription of $35,000 was made to build a ootton fac tory at that place, the capital stock of which has been fixed at $50,000. The fine water power is presented to the com pany by the liberal owner, Mr. Erwin. The prospects of getting the factory into operation at an early day are quite good. Shares are fixed at $25, and may be taken by others than those who are members of the order of the Grange. The enterprise is not limited to the Grange, but is pro jected under its auspices. Hi Kimball has bought the Clay Springs property in Orange county for SB,OOO. We thought Hi was bankrupt. Nassau county has plenty of peaches. Orange trees in Southern s’-16ridft aye blooming the second time. Key West has no more sickness to speak of. Palatka gloats over a cabbage palmetto tree. There is at least one man who has re ceived a prize in a Texas lottery. His name is H. H. Hoeg, of Jacksonville. Heavy daily rains are reported in Orange county. The Agriculturist says that Colonel Hardee has sold seven acres of land east of the well-known Honeymoon nurseries, and west of the Felton land, for S2OO per acre cash, and fifteen acres to Dr. 11. Scott for $l5O per acre. All these lands on McCoy creek have advanced 100 per cent, in the last twelve months. Marion county is ahead. The Ocala Banner says that John Simpson has a turkey gobbler that some time since be came animated with the maternal spirit, and by his actions and manoeuvres showed very plainly that he wanted to be a mother. He (the gobbler) took to a nest and set one week without having any eggs placed uuder him. Mr. Simpson then concluded to let him try his hand on vl ee eggs. The gobbler set three ’weeks and brought forth a brood of three young chickens that now follow this self constituted mother, who acts toward them in precisely the same manner as a hen would. The same paper says that Mr. George Pasteur has had picked in the last week, with an average of thirteen hands, 5,000 pounds of long staple cotton, and on Friday, with twenty-one hands, among them six small ones under twelve years of age, 1,547 pounds. The highest pick ing is one hundred and twelve pounds, and the next one hundred and eleven pounds. Thus the Jacksonville Union: We have a patent on the following conundrum: “Have preachers,by entering into politics, within the last ten or fifteen years, purified said politics ? If not, why ? and if so, how ?” The Union says that on Friday even ing last, an infant child of Mrs. Frank Howard, residing in Parkhurst’s Block, corner of Forsyth and Ocean streets, fell from the second-story window, striking on the brick pavement below. The child is still alive, though very badly injured. Any one wanting a fine orange grove can get one on Lake George by applying to C. Oodrington, Esq., editor of the Florida Agriculturist, at Jacksonville. Some of the trees are just coming into bearing. There are between 3,000 and 4,000 trees in different stages of growth. The property is thirty-five acres, and the price $6,500 cash. The owner, seventy years of age, is unable to attend to it. The Agriculturist says that the culti vation of the banana in Florida is now attracting considerable attention. One gentleman at Welaka is putting in 800 plants, and another person from the Halifax river has ordered 10,000 plants from the West Indies. We have re ceived letters from people in the North, who are coming here for the express pur pose of cultivating bananas. Most of the Florida fruit that is sent to this mar ket has been gathered too early. The bananas are not fully matured, while the starch has not fully formed, which turns i&io sugar ant! givoc flavor to the fruit. They are not fit for market until they are quite filled out, presenting a shining ap pearance. When cut at that stage in warm weather, the top fruit begins to ripen in three or four days. In the West Indies they are obliged to gather them for shipment before they corqe to ma - turity, or they would spoil on the long voyage. In cold weather they will keep for three weeks, even if fully ripe. On this account the foreign fruit trade is only conducted in the winter season. In this State, where they can be got into market in a few days, there is no neces sity to send unripe fruit. Doing so will injure the character of the Florida ba nana trade. The Marlboro’ Times of the 3d inst. says : “It is generally admitted that the cotton crop of this county has been seri ously injured by the heavy rains. From the most reliable information we have been ablo to obtain, our estimate is that it will fall twenty per cent, short of the crop of last year. Some go further than this, and say there will be a falling off of at least a third. Our estimate of twenty per cent, is, of course, intended far an average. In some places, and on some kinds of lands, the falling off will be much greater, while on other lands the crop promises to be as good as that of last year. From the same information on which we base our estimate of twenty per cent, loss in the ootton crop of this county as compared with last year, we estimate a corresponding increase in the quantity of corn produced. This has been a good year for corn, and the area planted is greater than last year. The pea crop in low places was partially drowned by the heavy rains, but the prospect is good.’’ Lexington Jtispatch > On Wednesday last Trial Justice Harmon heard an action brought by D. L. George vs. Jesse K. Dooley “for recovery of damages for ten sheep killed by Mr. Dooley’s dog, in com pany with a strange dog.” The case was one of interest, and created much ex citement among our citizens, it being the first of the kind brought under the late laws of this State. Messrs. Rice and Meetze were engaged in the suit, and ex pounded the law fully and mu. The case wss finally submitted to a jury, who found S2O for the plaintiff, whereupon both parties appealed to Circuit Court. Aiken Courier-Journal: Must we not acknowledge that the world is moving forward when we learn that ex-Goyernor Robt. K. Scott has seen the errors of his ways and is stumping the State of Ohio for Democratic Governor Allen? And his successor and former alloy, Hon. Daniel H- Chamberlain, is doing equally as good service for the people and Con servative cause in South Carolina. It only remains now for ex-Governor Moses to come out and do something worthy of his illustrious namesake, forswear his false gods, desert faro and become ft reformer like the other two. Tallahassee Flm-idian: The Femandin?, Observer says that in noticing its cotre spondent “Jonathan/-, and failing to in dicate who we think he is, the Floridian has ignored the name of its editor stand ing responsible at the head of its columns. Well, we are sorry to think that the editor of the Observer endorses all the puerile slurs of “Jonathan’’ upon the people of this city, and particularly that portion of our community who have been summering at St. Teresa. If the author of “Jonathan” be the person some of our cotemporaries suppose, the kind treat ment uniformly extended to him by the people here, and especially by the white portion thereof, should .trained his pen within decent bodnds. If the writer, in the fruitfulness of his imagi nation, had any fancied grievances to re dress, it was not very seemly for hka to take advantage of his position corre spondent to even” 'at supposed slights by the “set” he had conjured up, and we don’t think the Observer would have lost in tone had its editor expur gated what was so manifestly unbecom ing, even though the expurgating pro cess had left the lucubrations of “Jona than” very much like the play of with the part of Hamlet omitted. - —fcr~ ■- ■ t —- SxExnrsci Chops. —The planters in Ala bama are holding meetings to concer some plan for the suppression of so called “dead-falls,” and to stop the steal ing of crops in the field, which is going on, as they say, to an intolerable extent this fall. ESTABLISHED 1850. The Church Investigation of Doctor Hicks’s Case—A Card from the Committee. Whereas, there appears m the columns of the Jacksonville Press of September 6, 1875, an article purporting to be copied from the Savannah Morning News, en titled “Church Investigation of Doctor Hicks’s case,” which contains gross mis representations of facts, and reflects upon the conduct of some of those con nected with such investigation. We, the chairman, secretary, committee, prosecu tors, and counsel for the defendant, have united in solemnly protesting against such misrepresentations, and make the following statement which we ask may be published in the News in denial of such misrepresentations: In the flrst place it is not true that the chairman of this investigation “remarked that he would submit no longer to the court being used for the manufacture of evidence for other purposes”—thereby insinuating that the counsel for Dr "tea drew from the prosecution of Hicks be cause a practicing attorney employed in a civil suit on the same issue was allowed to conduct the defense.” Dr. Collier withdrew from the prosecution of the case on nccount of sickness, having prose cuted the case for eight hours after his objections to Col. White had been over ruled. It is not true that “Secretary Carruth also retired this afternoon” on account of any trouble growing out of the man agement of the investigation, or as is to be clearly inferred from the article al luded to in the News, for the same rea son that caused Dr. Collier to retire from the prosecution. Secretary Carruth had other pressing engagements which claimed his attention, and late Friday' afternoon he was relieved by the com mittee with kindest feelings ahd a unani mous rising vote of thanks for his ser vices to the committee. We hope you will do us the justice to give this statement a place in your paper, with the earnest hope on our part that persons allowed the courtesy of attend ing the sittings of this investigation may not hereafter misrepresent the actions of those connected with it, and may 7 have the manliness to retract what has been already stated. A. Peeler, Chairman. Thomas A. Carruth, Secretary. J. S. Hawkins, Prosecutor. J. F. White, for Defendant. J. B. Fitzpatrick, M. M. Miohan, T. W. Moore, S. E. Phillips, Henry Edw. Partridge, Committee. A Cow’s Tail. John is a farmer, a good man, a deacon of the Methodist Church, and was always considered a shining light in his town ship till his late accident with one of his cows. The cow that figured is one of the chief features in the grand performance that caused the deaoon to fall from grace was his pride and glory, and she pos sessed a tail of such noble dimensions that he never failed to point it out whilst discussing her fine points to my listener. Amongst one of the traits of John’s character was a strong objection to swear ing of any kind, and his neighbors fre quently said, when speaking of attempt ing an almost impossible task, that you might just as well expect to hear Deacon John swear as to do tho thing. But even the most difficult Tiing can RjTTSne. and our worthy farmer has lately beeu heard to swear as well as any man who bad made a study of “cursing" for years. A week or two since, John’s oldest son used the word “ darnation,” for which he received a sound walloping from his dad, and which was also the main cause of an exhaustive and effective sermon from the deacon at jps church on the next Sabbath. But to our story. A few days ago, a city friend called on John, who, after well entertaining him with a good din ner, proposed a stroll over the farm. This was done, and tiipe passed away pleasantly till it got to be milking time. -John bad spoken of his pet cow to his friend, and had said that he would milk her himself, to let his friend be con vinced what a quantity of good, rich milk sho would give. He, therefore, got the pail and stool, and. after stroking “Beauty” with his hand a few times, and calling her many endearing names, sat down and commenced to milk her. It had rained in the morning, and the' flies were very troublesome, which made “Beauty” use her tail rather freely, and in trying to flick off one rather more troublesome than the rest, she slung her tail around John’s neck, and pulled him backwards off the stool. Now, being a good man, John did not swear, but quietly got up, and to avoid another such a catastrophe, tied her tail very securely on to his loot. He does not possess a small foot, by any manner of. means, and a kind of a smijg passed over his face as he resumed his milking,, and remarked to his friend, “I think that tail will settle her flicking, anyhow!” It certainly did, bqt not quite in the way John expected. The milking wont on bravely for a few minutes, though Beauty gave several ineffectual jerks at her tail. Presently that troublesome fly got at her again, and she worked her hide, shook her head round, and tried to use her tail, but all no go; the fly would not move, neither would her tail. So, losing all patience, she kicked over the pail, kicked John over p,nd started off at a mad gallon. Tnen the deacon found that \.o had tied her tail too firmly to his boot, for he was bumped over the ground for about fifty yards at a terrible rate. Then the boot came off, and Beauty dashed off with it, slinging it with a sort of air pf triumph as she went. In the short 3pace of time that it took John and the cow to travel that fifty yards John did some of the tallest cussing that had ever been heard in that neighborhood, and the air was thick with o?,tha. His friend rushed UP frantically to see if the deauon was much injured, but really fainted with astonishment when he heard the following fearful language come from the deacon’s mouth 4 4 May all the thunder and lightning God Almighty can make knock her d—d old karkiss into a million of splinters; and if she has got a soul may it be so split in little pieces that the Angel Gabriel can never find ’em to join together again !’’ Not a soul dare go near the infuriated farmer, and a®, Soon as he was able to move, ]y e rushed in doors, got a hatchet, and cut the ipoor cow’s tail off so short that she has nothing left but a stump. The bravest man in the neighborhood dare not say the word “cow” anywhere in the hearing of Deacon John. The Oae.— The general impression in New York is that the Tilton-Beecher suits are at an end, at least as far as Mr. Tilton is concerned. One great difficulty seems to be the want of money. Some friends of Mr. Tilton a short time after the former trial evinced a desire to get up a subscription m his aid, but the project h:,„ apparently fallen through. Tf v, stated that Mr. Tilton’s counsel feel that they did their duty to their client by working for him through the first trial, and they pro. mwilling to go on further in thji mailer without com pensation... There has also been a little hindering between some of the counsel and their client, and this has capspd the counsel to become a little lukewarm in the cause. It 15 siaced authoritatively that y.nuf the present circumstances, should the matter be brought to a trial again, the former counsel will not act N. Y. Tribune, A'ugunt 6, According to the last census of Ireland the inhabitants are thus classified as to their religious faith : Koman Catholics, 4,150,867; Protestant Episcopalians, u67,- 998; Presbyterians, 497,648; Methodists, 43,441. The rest, 51,423, are of other denominations. Among them are 1,538 Cos vena, iters, 2,605 Brethren, and some Exclusive Brethren, Chris tadelphians, Darbyites, etc. Cotton Figures. By special telegrams received Friday nigfi says the New York Chronicle of the tth inst., from the Southern, ports we are in possession of the returns showing the eceipts, exports, etc., of cotton for the three days tending this evening, Septem ber 3d. It appears that the total receipts for the three days have reached 4,264: bales, against 3,610 bales last week, 1,941 bales the previous week, and 1,541 bales three weeks since, making the total re ceipts since the first of September, 1875, 1,264 bales, against 5,656 bales for the same period of 1874, showing a decrease sinoe September 1, 1875, of 1,392 bales. The exports for the week ending Friday evening reached a total of 5,890 bam, of which 3,973 were to Great Britain, none to France, and 1,917 to the rest of the Continent, while the stocks, .os made up this evening, are now 69,430 bales. i’elegrams from New Orleans Friday night shows that besides the above ex ports the amount of cotton on shipboard, and engaged for shipment at that port, is follows : For Liverpool, 1,500 bales ; for Havre, none; for continent, none; fop. coastwise ports, none; total, 1,500 bales; which, if deducted from the stock, would leave 8,000 bales represent ing the quantity at the landing and in prases unsold or awaiting orders. from the foregoing statement it will bo seen that, compared with the correspond ii g week of last season, there is an in c/ritQe in the exports this week of 230 bries, while the stocks to-night are 39,597 bales lew than they were at this time a y?# ago. For future delivery there has been a steady decline, gnd at the close of 'Vjdueaday’s business the reduction from /it previous Friday was j(S'5-16c., from w-egotvf.s yesterday a slight recov ery aftbe opening, j* 'Steadier accounts from Liverpool, but the ololS was wcah-i under free receipts at the interior towns. Confidence in the future of the market has been greatly impaired, and leading operators were looking for still lower prices. Crop accounts liavo greatly im proved ; the weather has been favorable to its rapid maturing, being warmer, with very little rain. The reports from several Southern cotton exchanges for August have been made public, and are rather unfavorable; but ns the information on which they are based is not of recent date, they have had little effect. To-day there was an even decline of fully £c., ana the market somewhat demoralized under a further decline at Liverpool and the prevalence of hot, clear, forcing weather at the South. After ’Change there were sales at 13fc. for September, 18 3-lGc. for November and December, 13 5-16 c. for January, 13.1 c. for February, 13 11-lGc. for March, and 13 27-320. for April. The total sales for forward delivery for the week are 113,600 bales, including free on board. For immediate delivery tho total sales foot up this week 9,057 bales, including 299 for export, 8,703 for consumption, 55 for speculation, and in transit. Of the above, bales were to arrive. For forward delivery the sales have reached, during the week, 113,600 bales, all middling or on the basis of middling. The figures indicate a decrease in the cotton in sight to-night, of 205,084 bales, as compared with the same date of 1874, and a decrease of 201,770 bales, as com pared with the corresponding date of 1873. The totals show that tho old interior stocks have increased during the week 813 bales, and are to night !, 737 bales less than at tho same period last year. The receipts have been 81 bales less than the same week last year. The exports of cotton from New York, for the last six days in August, show a decrease, as compared with last week, the total reaching 743 bales, against 3,203 bales last week. An Insulted Hat. I once had a hat adventuro myself. It was in 1850. I was at the ball of the Hotel de Ville, esoorting Mme. Victor Hugo, while M. Hugo gave his arm to Madame Houssaye. There was ’a chair empty and the one next to it contained a hat. I took-, up the hat and gave the chair to. Mme. Hugo. Of course I -dhi uot proppse to hoid the night, so put it on the ripor. Its owner, soon arrived. It was a oelebrated duelist, M. Sherbctte, a Deputy from Soissons. He came straight to the chair which had had the honor of holding his hat. He was about to attack Madame Victor Hugo, but. as 1 was talking with her, he turned upon me. “Is it you, sir, who have displaced my hat?” “Yes, sir.” “Did you put it on the floor?” “Yes. Do you think I ought to have put it on my head?” “But, sir, you have insulted me. Here is mv card.” I took out a card and threw it in his hat. “Monsieur!” said the Deputy, furiously, “do you suppose I am going to pick up my hat?” “Do you suppose,” I said, “that I am going to put it on your head ?” Victor Hugo laughed, Madame Hugo smiled, but Madame Houssaye was not at all amused. “I require, sir,” said the Deputy of Soisson, “that you replace my hat on the chair whore it was.” I began to laugh. A little circle had gathered. liL Sher bette finally picked up his hat text of taking my card. “Monsieur Arseno Iloussaye,” ho said. “We are from the same place, a reason more for our meeting.” “I await your seconds, Mr. Sherbatte,” I replied. • “At what hour?” “At this-hour. We can fight as soon as we leave the ball.” M. Skerbetto bowed to the two ladies, and went off in search of two seconds. I asked Victor Hugo and the Marquis do Belloy to act as my witnesses in this ridiculous affair. M. Sherbette’s seconds soon appeared. It was decided that wo should fight with pistols at twenty paces, at the Bois de Boulogne, at daybreak. It was then hardly midnight, but we re solved to pass the rest of the night at the bail. At that time I was very fond of waltzing. They told Madame Hous saye that the affair was amicably settled, so that we amused ourselves pleasantly until nearly dawn. As ill luck would have it, we all met in the cloakroom, principals and seconds. “It is a nuisance,” said one of Sherbette’s seconds, “to go to the Bois in this snow storm.” “Come,”said the other, laugh ingly, to M. Sherbette, “as you are the injured party, you can apologize.” “Never!” said M. Sherbette. The two seconds came to me. “Say one word to free us from this task. We want to go to bed. “Never!” I cried in my turn. M. Sherbette put on his hat with a slant oyer the right ear. I put on mine with a slant over the left. The four seconds besieged us, and said they would not accompany us unless we were more good-natured about it. “After all,” said Victor Hugo, “I think that Arsene Houssave, having insulted only M. Sherbette’s hat, might make hia apologies to it.” At this moment a word from M. 'Sher bette changed the face of things. “If M. Arsene Houssaye declares that in of- '1 fending my hat he did not mean to offend \ me I will hold myself satisfied with this declaration.” I declared that 1 had not aimed at M. Sherbette under his hat and the duel was at an end. It was agreed in the verbal proces-verbal that whenever we met thereafter we were to salute each other by a touch of the hat. On Monday last two young men, named Barnes and Sperry, were arrested at Girard, Erie county. Pa., for burglary and other lawless acts at Spring and Hayfield, in Crawford county, near the Erie line. On Friday night they entered four houses, tied Ellis Hotchkiss to a bed post, choked and beat him. They also threatened an old man named Sperry, a relative to one of the boys, with revolvers, and ripped a valuable mare with a knife so that the entrails protruded. The prisoners are between nineteen and twen ty years of ago, and lived at Spring. The mixed school question has come up in tangible shape before the New York Supreme Court. A formal decision has not yet been rendered, but judging from a few informal remarks from tho bench, the case is likely to be decided in favor of the colored complainant. Of course in that event an aopeal will be taken. Judge Hoar says that m the republi can campaign next year “ the camp-fol-' lowers of all kinds, the sutlers and bum mers will be ordered to the rear ” —which will leave a small army for the advance. 1
