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Whole no. *>u. Thg Quitnoa Reporter IS PUBLI3IIKD EVERY THURSDAY BY 'M. TILLMAN, li*oi v. TKUMS' One War S2 nil Six Months 1 00 Throe Months 50 . All subscriptions mu t be paid invariably in advance-—no discrimination in favor of anybody. Tba paper will be stopped in all instances at the expiration o*' olietime, paid for. unless subscriptions are previously renewed. RATES OF ADVERTISING. . Advertisements inserted at the rat 1 of $1.90 per square one inch for first inser tion. and 75 cents for each subsequent in sertion, for three, weeks or less. For a lon ger period the following are. our rates: UP 7 -! I’m -2 ••! M 6"M 1 $5 0) S3 0) 1000 j 150) ! .S2O 0 ) 2 30 ) 12 0 ) 15 0) |2909 j 25 00 3 10 0) 15 9 ) 18 00 j 2500 j 30 00 4 12 0) 10 09 j 2009-39 00 I 35 00 5 14 0) I IS 09 I 23 00 13500 I 40 00 6 15 0) ! 2) 09 | 25 0.9 ! 10 0:9 | 45 ():) 8 IS 09 j 25 09 39 09 15 09 j 50 00 }, col 2■>o9 |3 ) 0.9 35 0 ) 50 09 | 09 0.9 1o 1 35 03 I 4) 00 J 4500 'OO Of) j 100 00_ A square is one inch. These arc our low test rates, and will he strictly adhered to. All advertisements should bo marked for specified time, otherwise they will be charged under the rule ol so much for the first insertion, and so much tor each sub*.- quent insertion. Marriages, Obituaries and Tributes of It •- gp.vt will be charged sani; rates as ordinary advertisements. WIIEX HILLS ARE If UK All bills for advertising in this paper are id 11 on the first appearance ot the advcrtisi - in;at, except wlm.i otherwise arranged by Contract, and will be presented when the money is needed. Dr. E. A. JELKS, Practicing Pliysician. QUI fc3/ \N O.S * Office : Brick bull ling jvljoiniiig stm of Messrs. Briggs, tPMks & Cos., iv-reven street. [ 1 S. T. KINGSBERY, Attorney at Law, QUITMAN , - - GEORGIA. JSO-OFFICE in new Brick Warehoase. Business before the U. S. Patent Office I. A. Allbritton, Attorney ax Law, QIITMA.N, - - - - OA. StfrOFFTHE IX COURTHOUSE.'^ W. A. S. HUMPHREYS, Attorney at Law, QUITMAN. GEORGIA. KO-OPFICE in tiie Court House '"3^ it.IDDMJX & RAIFORD, Attorneys at Law, QUITMAN, GEO. Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to their care. ;JSO-Offico over Kavton's store. Dr. J. S. N. Snow, DENTIST. j OFFICE—Front room up stairs over Kay tpn’s Store. Gas administered for painless ly extracting teeth. Charges to suit the times. jan 10, lv C. W. Stevens, Attorney at Law, MADISON, FLORIDA. Will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. jTb. finch, DEALER IX Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hardware, fin Ware, Bacon and Flour. . Very grateful for past favors and patron age, the subscriber asks ft Continuation of the same. J. B. Finch. 3d-3j-0m The Brooks Comity; MANIWAOTimiNG ARE RUNNING Tlieii* Factory —ON - ril HE MOST desirable goods, such as c‘; I actlv suit the wants of the people arc made hui‘e, and at New York Prices, j loss tli 1 frehpit to t’jn pnrt'liAKcr. 0 GROWN COTTON GOODS. 1 I.SHEETING Standard weight. 7 8 SHIRTING -Standard weight. 7 and 8 OSNABURGS. ALL COLORS OF STRIFES. YARNS IN BALES, 8s Ids. ROPE—in half mid whole Coils. SEWING THREAD—IG balls to the pound. ' KNITTING THREAD. WRAPPING TWINE. GEORGIA PLAINS. MIXED PLAINS. WOOLEN PLAINS--All colors. JEANS .'ll colors. feT WO; )L CARDING A SPE Cl ALT Y. | Patronize home industries. .Send for: price list, and satisfy yourself whole ii will |be to your interest to buy. Address all communications to JOSEPH TILLMAN, ! President P. C. M. A. TH E SU N . 1877. SEW YORK. 1577. The different • ditLr.s oi' Tm: Sun during ! the next year will be tile .same as during the 1 year that has just passed. The daily odd: m i will on week days be a sheet of four p ig, s. ; and on >Vind,ys a sheet oi t iglit pages, or hi; broad columns; while thy weekly edition j will be a sheet of eight pages of the sair, ■ ! dimensions and character that are air. ;.d\ | familiar to our friends. The .Sun wiil continue to be the strenuous [advocate of reform and reLvnclnn-lit, end j of the substitution oi statesman-hip, w , . doi.i. and integrity for hollow ye is:- : becitity. and BicruHri ;h . .e. ... :i < • public aifairs. It will contend lor ihe gov i eminent of the people by the j . • •)>!-- and tor | the people, as opposed to gov<-rum . by ' frauds in the K.llot-box and in the round |of votes, enforced by military violence. Ii | will endeavor to supply its renders a body (now not far from a million of souls-with i the most careful, complete and trustworthy ! accounts of ciment events, and will t mploy j lor tliis purje.se a numeious and ce.refully | selected stall' of reporters and correspond ! cuts. Its r ports from "Washington, . spe i ciallv, will be full, accurate and tearless, ; and it will doubtless < ontiiuie to deserve ! and enjoy the hatred ol those who thrive by ! plufid n ing the Treasury or by usurping j whit the law does not give them, while it | will endeavor to merit the conlidence of the [ public by defending the rights of the peopl• against the encroachments of unjust Hied power. The price of the daily Sr:; will lc 55 cunts a month or sfi. 50 a year, post paid, < r with the Sunday edition £7.70 a ye ir. The Sunday edition alone, eight pages, £1.20 a year, post paid. The Weekly Sex, eight p:i .- -s T .“obr-'eei columns, will be lurnisL 1 hearing 1577 at the rate of $1 a year, post paid. The benefit of this large reduction from the pluvious rate for the Weekly can la enjoyed by individual subscribers without the necessity of making up clubs. At the same time, if any of our iriomls choose to aid in ext aiding on#circulation, we shall be grateful to them, and every such person who sends us ten or more .subscribers from one place will be entitled to one copy of the paper for himself without charge. At one dollar a year, postage peid, the expenses o; paper and printing are barely repaid; and, considering the size the sheet end thv quaiity of its contents, we are confident the people will consider The \Ykmilv .Sun the cheapest newspaper published in the world, and we trust also one of the very best. Address, The Sun, New York City. I). 11. CREECH, DEALER IN Dry Goods, Roots, Shoes 9 Clothing, Plantation Furnishing Goods Etc HAS RECEIVED his now Pall and Will-. ter Stock, and will ba pleased to see his | old customers and the public generally, and sell them goods at the lowest market prices. Quitman, Ga., Sept. 12, 187(. it' CLOTHING. Although we advertise up-side down, we are right-side-up, especially in the sale oi CLOTHING. We have now in j our store the largest and most varied assort ment of Clothing ever in this market, and by an arrangement which we have perfected with I. 3L, Falk *&: Cos„ Manufacturers and v. holc&ale dealers,. of Savannah, we can supply our customers with any article in the clothing line at 25 per cent, below the retail prices of any house in Savannah. Call and examine sam ples, and give us your orders. E. T. DUKES & BKO. Quitman, Ga., Sept, lfi, 1875. PIMPLES. I will mail .'free' the raeipe for preparin' n simple Vegetable Balm that will remove 7 an, FreaUen Pimples anti Jilnlihes, leaving the skin soft, dear and beautifo'; also in struction:' for producing a luxuriant growth of hair on a l.iahlhead or smooth face. Ad dress Hen' Vanilo.lf A On., box 3.121. X". 3 Wooster street. New York. K 21 QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 5. 1877. FLORIDA ITEMS. —The Good Templars in Key West j number up to the thousands. Jacksonville now boasts of u junk shop, and it, is doing a thriving busi nei s, it is said. —Flo l ida strawberries are now in mark'd and selling at $5.00 a quart in New York city. —The revival of tile skating rink is one of the latest, sports for the young of Jacksonville. —Key West young men know how to shoot. A vonng man there recently killed 218 birds in one hour. —Memorial day will be remember ed in many Florida towns this year, which Comes on the 2(!th of April. —Judge Win. Bryson holds the spring t rm of the circuit court in Madison commencing on the 10th of i this month. i j —lndian river is getting to be j ‘ sonic puukins. ’ A schooner of twelve ton burthen now plows those ! placid waters. W halos do not swim the waters of the Gulf, arid yet the Pensacola pa ; pers aver that one put in an appear ; alien the other day. —The negroes in and around Mon. ticello ought to ‘‘frown down” upon | some of their race, who in die it a practice to steal brick from the grave yard when they are needed. —The Republican officials of Jack son have left such a legacy of debt be hind them, that the present Board of County Commirsiotiers arc unable to determine the indebtedness of said county. —H. L. &T. Chapman, who were charged on Friday week last, of set ting fire to the warehouse of Eppiu ger, Russell & Cos., Jacksonville, have been committed to jail in default of 81,500 bail. —The* Government l and office will i be changed from Gainesville to Jack mvi.lc. Everything of u Republican ; character intends yankoi izing Jack sonville. All the carpet-baggers are [ docking there. R. K. Patterson, the tramp who : stole L. Q. C. Lingo’s horse, is snfelv ;incarcerated in the Monticeilo jail. ; and will have ample time between | now ami trial time to investigate the ‘-blue light” theory. Col. It. 11. 51. Davidson, Congress man elect from the Second Congres sional District will be on hand when ■ tiie extra session convenes in June ! next, and is confident that his rignt to ; a sent will not long be denied him. j —Base bull does not die worth a | cent in Lake City. Wonder it the Garden Ci y’s still claim the chainni :on belt of the State? Where are the i gallant Jefi’ersons who were jastlv en titled to it for the last two seasons? —The editor of tlie Tampa Tribune i had a call from two Indians, belong ing to the once powerful tribe which used to live in Leon county. They now reside on the head waters of Peace j Creek. We hope that they will always ; keep the peace. • —D. L. Moses, a bar-tender in : Monticeilo after the war moved to | .Savannah several years ago, and wiil j now find the penitentiary for eight years rather a more uncomfortable place, than lie rendered liis bar-room : while a resident of the former place. | Crime. Assault with intent to kill. Horn A. E. Maxwell, of Pensacola, j who presided with so much dignity | and impartiality over the deliberations I of the Quincy Convention that nomi- I nated Gov. Drew, has been appointed , Judge First Judicial Circnb, embrac ing West Florida. He entered upon the duties of his office on last Monday. -—A “Musical Club” was organized at Monticeilo, on Monday night, week last. A party of young ladies and gentlemen met at a friend’s house, 1 perfected the organization, by select ing a chairman and secretary, and made an appointment for u succeed ing meeting. What say the Quitman lads and lasses to a similar organization? —The new jury law of Florida pro. vides that when the nature of any case, civil or criminal, requires that a knowledge of reading, writing and! arithmetic, or either, is necessary to j enable a juror to understand the evi dence to be offered on the trial, it j shall be a cadss of challenge if he does not possess such qualifications, to be , determined by the -Judge {reading;; at the trial: WHEN YOU’RE DOHA. What legions of "friends” always htus When golden success lights our way . IT\v they smile as they softly address as, So cordial, good-humored and gay. But, ah, when the sun of prosperity Hath fit, then lrow quickly they frown, \nd cry out, in tones of s-, rity, "Kick the man; don’t you see lie is down." What, though when you know not a sorrow. Though your heart was open as day. And your "friends,” when they wanted to borrow, You obliged, and ne'er asked them to pay. What, though not a soul you e’er slighted, As you t wandcr about through the town, ! Your "friends" become very neur-sighled i And don’t seem to sec when you’re down. When you are “up” you are loudly exalted And traders all sing out your j.raise; When yon’re “down” you have greatly de faulted, And they "really don’t fancy your ways.” Your style was "tip-top" when you'd money, Wo sings every sucker and clown, But now, ’tis exceedingly funny, Tilings arc altered * ‘be cause you are down. ” Oh, give die Hie heart tint forever Is free from this w rld’s stilish rust, And the soul, whose high, noble endeavor Is to raise fallen men from tiro dust. And when in adversity’s ocean A victim is likely to drown. All hail to tile friends whose devotion Will lift up a man when lie’s down. L"Written for (lie Quitman Ilepoitcr. A SAILOR'S EXPERIENCE [ Ctmdivu'J front Lust HV(7,\] As an instance of what I have stated, 1 will speak of my own expe rience of an incident at sea, which occurred when I was a boy. I-have | weathered many severe gales sub sequently, but whether experience caused indifference or there was noth ing remarkable in their features to ! attract more than ordinary attention, , none were impressed upon the mem ory like the one 1 am about to nar rate. It was about four bells, or two ; o’clock a. ui., (the mate’s watch on I deck,) when my attention was at-j , traded by the novelty of the scene, which created an undefined and pain ful sensation of the mind for which ; there was no visible cause. The sea [ was smooth as a mirror, not a ripple i marring the brightness of its surface, j : hut I was far from enjoying its mo- i ; iiotony. The ship, independent of i i the helm, traversed the compass at • will, and pitched or rolled with lazv . j indifferencein, she varied her position with the waves; for it matters not j how calm the atmosphere or unruffled I the waters, there is always a gentle . j undulating motion which unpleasant-; | !y reminds a transient vovager, even | when snugly ensconced in his berth, ; that he is not on terra firmn. The sails flapped listlessly against I I the masts, and the stillness which l prevailed was painfully oppressive-to ; all save the mate, who, lulled into security by fickle serenity, sought the refreshing influence of sommis on the I 1 hen-coops ranged along the front rail of the quarter deck; and here, per- haps, may be explained in many in stances the causes of casualties at i sea, as it was in this case, and which, i by proper care, might be avoided. And I think lam not far wrong when ] state that nine-tenths of the damage done to vessels on the ocean arises from carelessness, for which accident is made a convenient term. The sky, nucheckered by a straying cloud, illumined by the radiant orbs of night, (which, swelled in unusual splendor iu the absence of their queen, seemed to out-vie' each other and to twinkle with delight at their own re flection in the vast mirror which na ture bad provided for them, and which gave them a perception of their love liness,) seemed clothed in lurid light, which shed a halo on the surrounding scene that even the sportive seal could not resist, for they quit their gambols iu the mifathomed deep to obtrude their (apparently in the dis tance) human heads to witness the calm and gorgeous scene such as the Almighty band alone can paint. As I have said, the calm was not only monotonous, but oppressive, and I noticed that this feeling was not confined to myself alone. The sea men were restless and could not enjoy their caulk (sleep) on deck, as was their custom in moderate weather; but at this juncture, two o’clock a. in.. I perceived a small cloud ascend gradually from the horizon over the taffrail, near the starboard quarter In size it compared with our main top-gallant sail, and approached the ship with considerable velocity, show ing that there was a propelling power aloft, though all was serene below. No African’s skin could be blacker. Finally it passed us on our starboard side, and continual its course some ; distance ahead, when, as if seized | wit h sudden thought, it crossed our I j bows, atpl with equal velocity retraced ou our port side its backward course, 1 ! and in a little time flank back into tire j horizon, apparently at the same place it lirst. started from, leaving its fringed edge above the line. The sight of such a cloud at such a time, had it Continued a straight! ! course nn'il distance made it invisi- j j ble, would have been novelty suffi cient, for me, hut its remarkable | action, to my mind, was a pheilomo- j non not only remarkable, but por tentous, and I drew the attention of i the watch to the extraordinary cir j euinstance. Superstition was not wanting amoug | them to supply comments, which j were as varied us they were numerous, ] according to the intelligence or im-. pression of the mind that vented them. But we were not long kept in i suspense The whole lino of the i | horizon now became submerged in j one continuous cloud of ebon dark ness, which rose with slow and sullen ! I majesty, enveloping all beneath in j shadowy darkness—rendered darker I still by' sudden transition from haloed j 1 light—and we beheld photographed j in the distance the scene through ! which we hail to pass and now began | ; to realize. The signs were too portentous of | : coming strife and danger imminent: j to admit of delay, and the watch re- j j quested me to call the mate, which I I did. and spoke of approaching dan-; i ger. He arose, stretched, advanced ! towards the taffrail, rubbed his eyes,; I gave vent to imprecations—swore he couldn't sec danger—and wondered J what the d— and fools were frightened • ! at. He then resumed his position on j the hcu-coops, and was soon oblivious i ! of all that was passing around him. I repeated the officer’s words to the ! watch, who, ’hiding that lie was really indifferent, held a consultation, when - ! it was unanimously resolved that we ; should immediately single our hal yards, coil our running gear on deck i and have' everything ready at a rao , incut's warning. This wise and timely precaution was all under the keeping : of Providence that saved us, as will; hereafter he shown. In the meantime the scene was fast changing from’one of sublimity and; safety to that of terror and dismay. I again went on the poop and took a view of the distance over the taffrail, when one of the grandest sights 1 ever beheld was presented to my wondering gaze. Suppose a line 1 drawn across the centre of the taffrail, the eye directed astern of the vessel, ail to the starboard or right of that line wasi in Egyptian darkness, while on the port, or left of it, could be seen by means of a halo which pierced I through the unnatural cloud and rep resented nearly all the colors of the rainbow, presenting a scene that an arlist, master of bis pencil, would give an existence to delineate and hand down to posterity. Then the maddened Waves, high towering above the ocean’s level, were j chasing each other in rapid succession, whilst the tinted haze which per meated the atmosphere was the rain j descending in deluging torrents, its j oblique course denoting ttie power of the wind, which ere long would he hurled with irresistible force upon j our devoted bark. I Siiw that danger was close and was hastening to the watch, when a I delegate met and requested me to call the mate again, with instruction that ] he call the captain; but if he showed j the slightest hesitation, I was to do it myself. I acted accordingly. An other stretch, a yawn—a rubbing of the eyes—a few more imprecations, then, us if struck by an electric shock, he suddenly dived down tho com panion to perform the duty he should ! have done when I first called him. [2b be. Continued.] Dk. Pike, of Chicago, shot dead Mr. Jones, the editor of a Spiritualist j journal. Dr. Pike accuses his victim ! of having wronged him in his domes j tic relations. The report says that the affair lias occasioned considerable excitement, and well it may. It has i been supposed that Spiritualistic circles bad their own views and habits in regard to the relations of the sexes, lint such exciting oc currences as this suggest the fact that human nature may often interfere with the easy adjustment of society ' according to the liberal notions of those who do not recognize tho ten commandments. Intkr-Mamiiaoe of whites and blacks is not allowed in Kin ale inland. The bill recently introJu: ed to change the law was iiHlptiiiitely postponed in the Senate by a vote of eighteen to ten. Governor Vance on Colonization. Governor Vance ha* written a reply to a letter from some colored men in I North Carolina, who asked him to assist them in obtaining means for colonizing themselves. He says, in his emphatic and sensible manner: ‘T cannot give aid to any such [scheme. I think your fears are idle. So far as I am concerned, and the party with which L acl, I know that there is no intention to oppose your people or deprive them of a single le gal right, and the colonization scheme has been put on foot by the same men who told you that I would put you back into slavery if elected Governor. These designing politicians, know ing they would be caught in that lie, have started otliers to keep you alarmed, 1 and prevent you leaving the lb pub lican part v. When this Kn dies out. | they will start another and always i keep yon in hot water while you lis ten to them. We don't intend to interfere with your rights. We don’t want you to leave the State. There is room in North Carolina for you ami ns, for your children and ours, for many generations. We want you to help work our fields and live with us iu peace and prosperity. The Legis lature has just appropriated $31),000 to build ail asylum for the insane of: your race and SIO,OOO a year to sup port it. A handsome asylum for the deaf and dumb of your race is al ready finished, and is tilled with colored children, who are fed, clothed and educated at the expense of the .State. The Legislature has also passed an act giving $2,000 a year for the education of teachers for your people. This don’t look much like taking your rights away from you. If you want to run away I from ali these helps you will act like 1 fools. If you continue to war on the people who are giving them to you I yon will act still more foolishly. Ill' were advising you on my dying bed 1 I would say no more than for you all i to go to work, make friends with your j old masters and white neighbors; quit i listening to the lies of designing poli ticians, and enjoy the prosperity I w hich labor, peace and harmony only can bring about.” Explorers Wanted its Polities. On tlie Fourth day of March in- ■ stunt a man named Hayes became de facto President of the United States. The mamur of his coming into office was nupiocodeutod, and was so dearly illegal that two of the most highly esteemed members of Congress in his own party, Messrs, Seelye and Pierce of Massachusetts, entered tln-ir sol emn protest against it, and a mnjoritv of the House condemned it by reso lution. But the promises of the man were so fair that many easily persuad ed and unreflecting persons thought they served in some degree to lighten j the cloud that rested on his title. A i new policy was to be introduced. ( Peace and plenty were to fill the land, j I’he common mind accepted the idea of this new policy ass mething do- | vontlv tobedesired. Merchants held j meetings and adopted approving reso lutions. Political clubs did the same, j The newspaper press very generally commended it. We ourselves could j not deny that grass had grown green- j cr since the Fourth of March; that j the geese had begun to fly northward, j showing increased confidence iu the j weather; and wo were prepared to j hear from the South side of Long j Island that eeiing was better. But now the question arises, What 1 is this new policy ? dir. Hayes evi dently does not know. Ttm mem- j hers of his Cabinet do not know, j Nobody knows. Some enterprising | political explorers ought to be appoin ted to sec if they can find out. Xeiv\ York Sun. Ex-Gov. Henphicks, while on liis way to California, stopped in Omaha j a few days. Ho refused any forma! i interview, but talked unreservedly of j public affairs. The Omaha Herald j reports him ns “defending Mr. Til- * den from the assaults that, has been | made upon him by a certain class of j the disappointed Democracy and Democratic newspapers. Mr. Hen dricks thought if Mr. ’! ilden bail been inaugurated not a newspaper nor a I politician of his party would have lifted up its voice against him. Cox and Knott and Blackburn and Spring-! cr and all the others would have been I found thankful for the bone of put- : l’onuge that, was bestowed upon them. He thought by 1880 their tunes will ] have chauged again if Mr. Tildeu , would consent to boa candidate for a , second time. Mr. Hendricks discuss ed the present aspect of the Preside!!- ! tiiil question, and trusted that the administration of Hayes would De; such that no olio could complain. Senunz, too, is having a hard time j in his department. He has been look-j ing out for men of line parts, such us j lawyers, to til! his office with heads, but lie finds $3,800 won’t go very far ! towards getting that kind of talent ; He complains that ho is signing away hundreds of thousands of dollars of J the government money without, know ing whether he is doing right; or wrong, and is already convinced that large salaries for the subordinate heads of his department would bo ,n saving to the government. Chandler was enabled to make a creditable ad ministration notwithstanding his ar duous duties at the Fifth Avenue Lo tel. because he had a competent law yer, Mr. Gaylord, to manage for him. Gaylord, who is n man of wealth, served Chandler from friendship. VOL. IV. NO. 6. The Old Story Over Again. Our correspondents at Washington, whose letters wo publish this morn ing, treat with great Severity the con duct of the Fraudulent President in going back upon the promise of bis inaugural address, and in failing to respect the pledges given in his behalf to the Southern representatives for the purpose of securing the iinal declaration of his election by Con gress in compliance with the decision j ot the Eh ctoral Commission. While we print their observin' one as worthy of serious consideration, we do not wish to go altogether the length they do of condemning Mr. Hayes as moaning from the first to delude and betray the .southern men. His fault - seems to us to be we .e ness rather that deliberate depravity. Ho is a kind hearted man, very fond of approbation. He doesn’t want to be disagreeable to anybody. lie would like to make tho South happy and to : have it support Ins Administration [slid praise him; blithe is not anxious to ollend Mr. M i'.oii or Mr. Blaine. He is not prepared to break with the leaders of the Republican p r'.y; and; [above all, he hates to say positively i before the country that Packard - i who is Governor by just the same title as Haves is President—is tho creature of fraud, and never was elec ted at all. Thus tho poor Mr. Hayes is turned about, now in this direction ' and now in that, changing his mind every day, or oftener, and doing at last, not what he Infant to do when ! lie began, but exactly the opposite. They have been talking about his new policy, but the truth is lie has no ; policy at all. He does not control what he calls his Administration. He is powerless against the force that i produced his elevation, just as any : feeble, undecided, com ui on place char acter needs must he under such cir cumstances. No man who gets an office ns Air. Hayes got this one; can bo worth any jthingiu it. A Fraudulent President, even if lie sets out with good motives, is bound sooner or later to make himself ridiculous and also dishonest. —New Tori' Sun. Anecdote.—ln the days of the rev- I elution, there was an old lady who j occasionally “entertained man and j beast,” remarkable for her unfeeling i covetousness. One day a weary anil famished soldier called at her bouso • ami asked for refreshment—his ap- I peat ance indicated extreme poverty— the old lady thought his means not adequate to remunerate her for a : very simple repast, so she placed be -1 fore him a dish of hones which looked though they lmd been pretty faith fully picked before, and left lier. j son to settle with the soldier, when ha 1 had finished their second examin ation. The bov, pitying the traveler, 1 and willing to give his parent reproof j for her parsimony, told his guest, up !on rising from the table that ho wa9 welcome to what be had eaten, anil made him a present into the bargain. In a short time the mother returned, and when her son inquired—-'Mother, how much is it worth to pick those old bones? “A shilling, my dear,” said she expecting to receive her mon ey. “I thought so,” re plied the boy, ami once, (he soldier a shilling lor do inq it. Lvov Anna Com. Ijvxoton has just returned to England from India. She is far from satisfied with the condi tion of things in tlyut country. Among other unpleasant facts revealed by her is this that the Hindoo widow, though no longer burnt on tlie funer al pyre of her husband, is subject to a process for the rest of her life which may sometimes cause her to doubt whether her latter state is really any better than that which British law terminated. No matter bow beauti | fill tbc young widow’s tresses, they are crimped off, all her ornaments nro I taken avvav, the very notion of a seC ! ond marriage is regarded as worse than murder, and she is never permit ti Ito leave her room. The difficulty of reaching this and other social wrongs in India is their deep root ill the popular mind and life. Thus, when Lady Anna proposed to visit, Hindoo women she learned that if siie entered any zenana, or home, tho occupant would leave and novel’ en ter it again, on pain of losing caste. Thj: Tennessee Legislature has a very graceful custom of making an anno.:! call in a body upon the widow of IVesident Polk, who is still living at Nashville, at an advanced age, and who is universally respected as a lady of eminent worth. The Legislature formally adjourned, a few days since, to indie this call of ceremony and re spect. Ail appropriate address whs made by one of tho Representatives, and responded to, oh behalf of Mrs. I oik, bv one of her neighbors. A llemahkaEi.e case of inherited j longevity is reported from Kingston, Me., where tho last of a family oij twelve brothers and sisters, named Woodham.has just died. The yotuig ! est of of tho family c'ied at the age of ; sixty-four years, and the oldest, at tho 1 age of ninety-three years, and the av erage age was eighty-three years. Tin: venerable Dr. Muhlenberg, au thor of “I would not live always,” is ! now ]irostrati il by illness which it is teari'd will end his long-,.and most I rmofitl career on i "i’th. jav man in this city is more universally loved and j honored, and his memory will live in | the hearts of those he has bier seel. ■ ' .Viar I', // Taper.