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* HEW POLITICAL. ,DEPARTURE. Wc see in the lest iuue oftiie Echo that our esteemed friend,^. T.- Olive, Esq., suggests that the dem- Oilvc, ocratic party in Georgia be harmon- izt .j by inviting the independents back into our ranks, and to show , r ..L. J Shat our g friendship Dr. Felton be chosen on the demo- c - ..; c electoral ticket. So far as the. rank and file or the independent par ty is concerned, they well know that the gates of organized democracy aie always open to them, and they have but to step across the line and be received into full fellowship. Many of them were innocently led astray, and they will always receive a cor dial welcome when they see fit to return to the halls of their fathers, lint when it comes to taking up the organizers and leaders of this de feated party, and elevating them to responsible positions over the heads of men who have stood by their or ganization in its most trying hours ami have proved fhithtul to every trust, we must enter our protest. Such a course would be simply placing a premium on treachery ami desertion. The democratic party awes Dr. Felton and the oth er independent leaders in Georgia no more than it docs Bullock, Con- h v and that crew of radical thieves banded together shortly after the war to oppress and rob a conquer ed and helpless people. The timi- lv defeat of independence in our ,te was all that prevented a reor- ganization of the republican party for independence meant coa lition, and coalition was only another word for radicalism. There is not a shadow of doubt but that Dr. Felton, Mr. Speer and the other so-called independent can didates for congress in the Georgia districts were but emissaries of the dominant party, who were employ, ed by the administration at Wash ington to overthrow the state gov- eminent, by combining the negro and the ignorant class of whites, and appealing to theirpassions and prejudices. Never was such a hell ish cot.'piracy formed, and the men who sold their influence to further such a base end should be ranked alongside incendiaries and outlaws. What would have been thought of a proposition for the American tinny, after Benedict Arnold’s de- -ettion of his flag, to reinstate him in command? This move would about lie on a par with Mr. Olive’s suggestion. We do not close our nes even against these leaders, but thev should be only received on probation—and let that probation l e long and lasting. We have no confidence in a man who would prove recreant to his party and his people, and would fear to trust him at such an important mission, of all others, as casting the ballot of his state in as close a contest as the Presidential election promises to be. Dr. Felton has proved treacherous to his party once, and what guar antee have we that he would not again sell out to the enemy? A man, through policy, may kiss the hand that smote him, but you can never make him love it. Dr. Felton has received two most mortifying and overwhelming defeats at the bands of democracy, and he would be less than human if he did not re sent the political chastisement. Again, there is no reason for us to try and conciliate the independents. Thev are dead past resurrection, and if thev ever again attempt the conquest of Georgia it will be under a new name and new leaders. We base nothing to gain by taking hem up, except to inject a reacherous and discordant ele ment in our ranks. Dr. Felton has made his own bed nmFupon it let him lie. We want uch recruits. Two years ago he might have come back to party llegiancc with some degree of credit; but not now. In the last congressional campaign the lines ere closely drawn and deeply arked. so that there was no chance r evasion or doubt to a man of I'r. Felton’s intelligence. He knew that independent success meant a einstatement of republican rule in ieorgin, and a victory of the negro er the white man. He consent- to lead a movement with this lisgraceful end in view, and justly ncrits the contempt and political os tracism in which he will ever be held. We know Mr. Olive to be a staunch democrat and a conserva tive citizen, and it is not often that wc take issue with his views; but itt this instance we would ask our Iricnd to carefully reconsider his Startling suggestion, and we feel Convinced that he will agree with is that he was most too premature n his lustiest advocacy of a general litical lovcfcast in Georgia. NO XXXVlVl . . ^ w | baieftu* «s»«n*5 *f!i tmv'-i 'i ( ’» lo I .as-torn* *id +■»v;3 *>M -■ a.then's, gkecheMpHa, " ; bits etfonrn)i y . .8 .iM tr*d , A NSW POLITICAL. DEPARTURE. Jonathan Norcross and General Longstreet propose to organize! ffWWWHIITWWN Haadiad Dollsis oatotOaSuUUetiEuL curl m Ojxm D» j- lay bel _ republican state convention/—At- lanta Constitution. There are two wings of the re publican party in G*orgia*-the more respectable following,- if a Southern radical can bq classed as respectable, under the leadership ot Gen. Longstreet and Jonathan Nor-, cross, while the rag-tag and bob-tail of that .organization . are controlled by such men as Speer and Biyant This latter class embraces the ne groes. Each of these tactions erf striving,for the mastership, with a, view to control the Federal^offices in Georgia, and fatten on the spoils. This new departure on the part of Norcross and Longstreet, by which they seek to rid their party of the burthen of the negro, we consider one of the most significant and im portant political moves made in the south since the war. We do not believe that they would have under taken such a step without consulta tion with and the sanction of their bosses at Washington? It is the initial step made by the republican party to shake off the negro, now that they can no longer use him. In other words, the republicans see that there is no chance of ever re covering a foothold in the South' era States so long as their suc cess means African political su premacy over the Caucassian, for the negro is such a treach erous ally that he cannot be depended upon. Again, Sambo has lately become a most persistent scavenger after public spoils, and his supplications have changed to the most insolent and intolerant de mands. In return for all that his party has done for him, he does not give a single electoral vote; but on the other hand, is a political pesti lence following them through the Southern States that drives off every respectable follower—the very class of men to make the back bone of a party. For several years past the republicans have been at tempting to withdraw from the ne gro, but he refuses to down, and it is only by such an outspoken and decided course as that adopted by Gen. Longstreet and Mr. Norcross that he can be shaken off. If this new move on their part succeeds, then indeed will the “Solid South” be in imminent peril. It is natural for people to go with the winning si<fe, for nothing succeeds like suc cess. Alienated from negro domi nation, you will soon see the repub' lican party begin to gather white recruits fromlthe better element in BQtPBANK ropSery. " ^TffESDATS CYCLONE. kwo *- •* Augusta to-day records one of die boldest and sharpest bank robberies ever heard of, and the fact that it open :dsybgfct,*and at pi one pf the principal ie city, only increases the d deverncssof the tianS- The.,perpetrators evident- experts and are; either mem- ' - rang now doing the cities tion or are most probably pair of knaves who aeon banks on Thurs- ftaoUer Dread Vftfor Sweeps TtaoaiHIBsse. rttti -ni-.icfis n<n tla L.-t Viv? 'ifr/ie.' •uallsl *((! b 1! s'js’.v mvih-VSIi'' t .xel.'h'i ,i>id)5F i5®BSSS!! It is reported at Eatonton that 1 P*» I Engl; / not a NL Jaryr tin?. AN HONEST BURGLAR. trough lay. ’ _ The robbery was swift and strange enough, and by it book-keeper Richard Crocker, of the Com mercial Bank, was relieved of $2,500 in much lead time than it takes to narrate , the > ciicumstance. After colle cting from the up town banks and turning the money into the Commercial, Mr. Crocker went to the Georgia Railroad bank, and ii£ making his exchanges collected $3,- 756.73. With this money in a little satchel he went next into the Na tional Bank, two. doors above, and w4 preparing. Jot collect as usual from the teller, Mr. W. H. Flynn. At this moment, the accounts, as gathered from Mr. Crocker, who is intensely excited and troubled about the matter, and from Mr, Flynn, who indistinctly observed' the per- i through die railingto the coun- On the arrival of the North-East ern train yesterday our city was deluged with news from the cy clone of Tuesdayjevening,which was undoubtedly one- of the most de structive storms that ever visited -North Georgia.' J Ye reporter cor nered Cant. J. W. Brumby, who was in Gainesville at the time/ and obtained from him the following graphic description: “The cloud was a very small one, not more than one hundred yards in width, almost solid black with a silvery gray background. Its direction was northeasterly, and completely de stroyed everything in its track. The Captain says that he was standing on the public square and saw the cloud at least two miles before it struck Gainesville. It was traveling, at the rate of about 3 minutes in a straight line, but its rotary mo tion was very jrapid, resemb ling greatly the spinning of a top. Beds, furniture, housetops, tree tops THE BURKE BUTCHERY. 'b« r.Mter ot '.Lo sum Children Lodgad la Jan Waynesboro, Ga., March 22.— Hie preliminary investigation near il c Bean ot'the killing of the five ro children fastened the suspi cion on the reputed father, Ed wse. lie is considered rather rthless, is trying to run a crop nil has found it very difficult to irovisions for his family, and as ad doubts as to whether the chil- Iren were his, he killed them mere- to get rid of them. The investi- ation shows that he left his house i ly in the morning, taking his boy •th him, that he sent the boy twice ick to the house, ostensibly on er- inis, but really to find out whath- his wife and another woman had ttne to another part of the place r then sent the boy to a spring and 'hilc there it is surmised that hfe Dowse) hurried to the house and illeil the children. When he was (formed later of the butchery ’ of ,s children, he mpunted his mule, rent by his houi£ but did not stop • investigate, hAirrying on to Mr, ox’s, and strahge to say, was able > tell as raucli about the state of [lairs iu the house as though Jbehad ■ven it a thorough search. Dowse now in jail here. it is thought that the followii oni the Hahlonega Sf ' *“ - trace loflie Atlanta courifc The ro «L5d about the brow ,of ...... ■ookoutl^uuntain last spring,, has arran; ;• iimred on the scene. Ha dcsciifoa las being nine feet high nd wi§i«C e a quarter of S ton. , - *1Ff ' the South. The tariff issue is the only dividing* line now between the two parties, except the negro, and since we are becoming such strong manufacturing centre, pro tection tariff is scoring its converts. But even self-interest will not coun teract the degradation of becoming the political allies of such a follow- ing as comprise the republican party in Georgia. Had this organisation, at the end of the late war, ignored the negro only so far as to protect him in his just rights, and not sought to elevate a former slave above his master, the disintegration of democ racy would have taken place sjjpei a few'defeats and when the stet^on- al bitterness engendered by -the un natural strite had subsided. But ff> long as the negro is made the. issue, the South will protest vfith an un broken ballot. The republicans may elect their national ticket . for an hundred times yet to come, but every old slave state will continue to cast a ballot against them. They feel that the success of democracy is essential to their political salva tion from a most degrading fate. The same rule will apply to the Northern States. With tew excep tions, the great bulk of the demo cratic vote in the North is taken from the very - scum of the farth, and the respecta' ble element would feel degraded to unite with such a class. So we consider this new movement on the part of Longstreet. and Norcross fraught with great political significance. 'It is a dan gerous thrust aimed ...-at the vitality of the democratic party in the South, and if successful will seriously imperil the Solid South. When cast our eye over a list of Federal .office-holders in i Georgia, and see responsible positions filled by ignorant negroes and men who have -purchased advancement by betraying their own people, we can but fcelcpptempt for any party government that would perpeti suet}-aa infanyju* outrage. To gaid the respect and support of an hon- sons ter, report the entrance of two well dressed, genteel looking men.. One remained slightly in, the rear, and the other, a heavy stout man, with lightxed moustache and whiskers of stout growth,vappcoiched Mr. Crock errand, bolding .out a check, asked him if that was the Georgia wou Railroad Bank. Mr. Crdcker t Whopares.opening his satchel turned slightly fromthe coun ter, and told him the Georgia Rail- roadBank was-two. doors below. Thesnad remained and asked one or two questions about the bank, etc., not pertinent to the check, and this attracted Mr. Flynn’s attention to him. The strangers then went out, and Mr. Crocker, turning to his satchel, exclaimed, “I have been robbed!” He rushed out to overtake the men, if possible, and left his satchel with Mr. Flynn. His search was vain, and returning, he found $1, 250.73 still in the satchel. He thus robbed of $2,500, the in their haste, not getting all the con tents of the satchel. Mr. Croi is not certain whether he had open ed the satchel 1 at the counter, but it is pretty certain that the second man, whom Mr. Crocker did not see at all, and who Mr. Flynn says was little taller and with a.yellow mus tache, abstracted the $2,500, while his part ner engaged Mr. Crocker in conversation. Mr. Crocker report ed the loss to his bank, notified the police and rushed to the depot to ers - watch the outgoing train .on the Georgia road, and he was assisted in his search by Cashier Taliaferro of the Commercial and the police, , The,Constitution contains * ape cial of the^oth inst, from Macon, giving jtheliiccojiAt of 1 the sharpers an that city, aa follows: “Two sharpers have been work ing the Macon banks to-dayi They operated separately. One was of light bu ild, the other of heavy make aqd opd. did the heavy business. He weighs about 150 pounds, had a red mustache, wore a Derby hat and was well dressed. Just before one O'clock, the hour for closing busi ness,-when everything is. rush and bustle, one of the sharpers entered the Central Georgia Bank, and pre, senting to Cashier Chestney a hun dred dollar certificate, requested him to change it, asking particularly for two two ddlar and a half gold pieces, and .the balance, of the moa ey in specie. . Chestney.did as re q uested. "Tfhen file sharper said: '*11118 money is so heavy, can you not give mo.a fifty.dollar bill for the half of it? 1 ’ Chestney.complied, and passed the bill to the. sharper, who gave Chestney fifty dollars in spe cie, -and retained, the other fifty dol- lars in specie in bis pokkeL , While Chestney ^w**/xx»irqting the fifl dollars ipL specie, he had. receive the sharper very blandly said: Well, thtstnoneyis .so bulky, belieyeI wjll not keep.anv of it,so just fiike back this fifty dollar bill arid keep~the specie I have just jiven you, and gtye me back my one lundred dollar note,". . This Chestney did, and the sharo- er hurriedly-left the bank, making fifty dollars-,by the transaction. Chestney very soon discovered the trick;-., notified the policemen, and tried jo Imp *hp matter silent. It was learned to-night that the self- the respect ^n^support of an honj est Southern he^rt,.must (he domifl nant party/ make a clean sweep of all such characters, and appoint ia thdir^atead men ;who have the confidence and esteem of Ithe people among whom they were kercreareJ-M TfrQWEB3rjfOM SHUqKS- CSathUt Ot*tn*r. ■ A new MMiljfpTfL work of art in the wjut -pt artificial flowers bu bee* JHttoduced in Charlotte by Mrs. A^C. Wadsworth and w '-- Bet^iKBfrs tonufibythe mmm xtyed^in various, col- " and arranged, first choice' is pleating ladies in the t of the bouquets is quite ■ ._^ r _Jle J l.~They are clever ^ tists/and there is a good demand for their shuck bouquets. • ‘Nn -'AUO and timbers were flying in the air in every direction. “It must have been an awful sight?” we ventured. “Awful!” said the Captain; “it was the grandest sight I ever be held. The noise made by the whirl ing clouds, crashing timbers, and roaring thunder is unequalled by anything I ever before heard or imagined. One-hundred coal bum er engines with furnace doors open would be nothing to if? But with all its magnificent grandeur, it car ried with it death and destruction.” A young, white man, whose name the Captain did not remember, was killed suddenly by being blown against a tare, and (n old negroSso- man was killed by falling timbers, these being the only deaths report ed. Many others were seriously and some fatally wounded. Mr. W. B. Simmons’ two-story house was pounced upon and raised from its foundation and scattered to the four winds. Mrs. Simmons and her little girl were the only occupants of the house, and they saved themselves by going into the smoke house cellar. It then struck Dr. Wilkes’ house 4 levelled it to the ground. No one was at home except Mrs. Wilkes, her husband and about fifteen young ladies had just gone to the Baptist seminary. CoL Candler’s barn was completely demolished, two houses of Mrs. Dorsey’s, one for Mr. Mar shall and many others—about twen ty in number, too numerous to re late. It crossed the Air-Line rail road three miles north of Gaines ville, and levelled a large two- story house occupied by Mr. Pow ers. ‘Five milts south of Lula a Mr. Cape’s house was blown into atoms, killing his little son. Hail stones as large as guinea eggs and larger fell thick and fast throughout the track of the storm. We wish we had time to write up Capt Brum by’s description in iull, but space is wanting. _ . . . . Lula, March • 25.—A' cyclone passed near here- this evening about 3:30. It blowed down Marion Capes’ house, and hurt all the fami ly more or less, one. of his sons seri ously. Great damage tojtimber and other property is reported. Grantville, March 25.—We had no rain, but a little rein and hea vy clouds and no cyclone. The cy clone passed in six miles of Grant ville at about 6:15 p. m. It did much damage, hut the particulars cannot be had. LaGrange, March 25.—A cy clone, about one hundred yards at its base, passed half a mile north of town at six o’clock this evening, tearing up trees and fences, but fortunately no houses were in its track as far aa hearfi from. The whole town were out to view, and were wild with excitement Acworth, March 15.—The first we heard of the cyclone it struck the farm of John McLair, five miles southwest of Acworth, where it Radius Bis way tfEadaaS aa s -Uavtac VataatU* UatmofeaS,;-; W J Not long ago, says tha Bostoi Globe, the-directavs of the Bank of little amused when the secre- read to them, at their usual sit ting, the following ill-spelt and somewhat curious letter: “Two Gentlemin off Bank Eng land: You think you is (all safe hand your Bank is seafe, but i kows but tur. i bin hinside the Bank thee last 2 nite hand you nose nuffin abowt it; B i urn nott a theaf, so hif yeo will mett me'in the gret squar rom, werh arl the monelys, at twelt 2 nite ile ixplain orl to yeow, let only 1, hor 2 cum alown, and say nuffin 2 nobody.—-Jon. gmifl.” The letter being duly read, was, as might be expected, the topic' of conversation and suggestion for some little time. Others thought that under the apparently ignorant ly-written letter a deeper mystery was hidden; but all agreed that the safest way was to put the letter with proper instructions into the hands of the detectives. The de tectives looked grave. There was plot at work, they saw; and, with their usual penetration, they at once penetrated the deepest depths of the iniquity. There is a very large room under ground, where the huge wealth of the bank Is deposited—millions and millions of English sovereigns, - bars of gold, and hundreds-weights of silver, with myriads of notes. The detectives, of course, knew that this room must be the place which the writer of the letter designated as the “gret squar rom.” It is full of treasure. The floor is of solid-stone pavement, and its walls, roof and doors are of wrought iron and steel. All the night long detectives were secreted in the room, but they saw nothing and heard nothing, with the exception that some said they heard, about 1 or 2 o’clock, a strange noise they could not account for. The next night was the same, and the next and the next; and when the board day of the bank came around the whole of the bank directors would have treated the aflair as an idle attempt to frighten them had not their attention been more strong ly called to the subject by the , fol lowing incident: , A heavy chest had been forward ed addressed to the “Directors. of ank of England.” The chest f course, opened beforerihetn at once—such a thing being very unusual—and found to contain a large packet of very valuable p&pers and securities which had been safely • fcrethtg Sound wa o’aftytthe say4Vdw >'GERMAN €ARI*.f | I laia iouial «• I -nnatoa * .»tri-arlJ | s' Sxtraot frxMiafritflatar wUh.Mr.Hja, fink. atMft^lamn’wskvisfo'lSsbmd-: ;<I icsw vad»*W* ovsdj nasmow ft Vioid Q’lWktfriS'Jiftofo wVl 1 “ England were much perplexed and bourse he came ’from somewhere,' > ■I'lh.'the Hver D«nobe,iniGermanyy -hut thrt a rriiftii they are often eanght weighing from; swept everything in its wav,timbers, fences, his barns and gin housc.and on through the premises of William McLair, where it did its work in the same terrible way. It missed bis buildings but killed some of his cat tle. Thence it went into the plan tation of Doc Davenport, taking away one of his tenant houses to the floor, leaving a sick negro woman in bed uninjured. Then it leaped across five miles to near Moons, where it demolished some of the buildings on Captain Hammett’s S ince and • destroyed Johifson’s gin ouse, Mr. James Johnson’s dwell ing, out houses and tenant houses were all torn down. Mr Allen Bo- lars. They tried also on TeUer'Cobb, ri nf’s premises met with a like fate of the Exchange bank, who does and M J S - wa * injured- Oth- not know if it succeeded. He is busily balancing his Cash and at 9 o’clock to-night finds himself seven dollars short, and when he balances his work no doubt he will also be fifty dollars'loser. Other Macon banks may have suffered, though it is not known. The sharpers worked yeiy cleverly. One would ask for the change of ten dollars while the other would operate the hundred dollar, scheme. The police are on the sharp lookout, but noth ing has been teen of the sharpers. The three disconsolate cashiers were ful operators. signs of A NARROW ESCAPE OF A TRAIN. Macon,March 24.—This mom ing at^five o’clock, six miles this side of Muledgeville, the Macon aqd Augusta railroad train, due in Ma con atBevew o’clock, narrowly ra id a terrible accident As the ■nMNMnHWMt twenty] feet longDpver Fishing creek, ”* gineer Tom Thomas felt the giving way. He opened wide the valves of we-engiue and let her go. She cleared the trestle and reached the track safely on the other side. The guano, mail and baggage din - went through the trestle. The w " ano car was torn all to pieces. The other two cars were badly wrecked. The passenger cars were uninjured No passengers were hurt Engi- neerThomas was the only person injured. He was severely cut on the topof the bead. Hisgrea nfind in jumping the < itle, no doubt, saved the entire train and the destruction also ol many fives.' - „ - 0 wotqaft attempted to yhM^onuQtjn Macon! wilt conte "before the ers suffered similarly. Dallas, Ga., March^C.—A small ’clone passed north 01 this place to-day, about 12 m, going in a north- easternly direction towards Ac- worth. It passed very rapidly. It was funnel shaped, and the rolling and tumbling clouds could be dis tinctly seen and the roaring of the wind could be heard. The cyclone struck Bud Cooper’s house, about three miles irom town, blowing it down apd severely wounding alt of his family, and perhaps killing an infant child. Several of the citizens have gone Out with physicians. No other families have been heard from as yet A CORPSE IN BAD HANDS. MsmsUpMOatMa W A Ann John Schroeder, an undertaker, •ays a New Albany,IntL, special ot the aoth. inst, to die Neir Yoik World, employed two colored men, Williams and.Cletnan John' Nathan ’ lSn! to bury the ora, who died tanjohn- body of of small- pox. The negroes came to the on- Idertaker’s at night, got the coffin] and demanded f to Idt their mr-| vices. Fearing they would get drank, Schroeder refused to pay jthaaMaey swtU the job waa done, bnt gave thein fifty cents to buy a disinfectant toward of the disease. With this money -the negroes got drank and were found by a police- □mi after midnight in adnmken stupor. They had placed the cof fin in ji wagon ana started to country, but on their way ups?ti coffin and threw the eoraso'^iu'tj the pavement.- Lf.tht ■■■ riV^.^w'hfle" thfc corpse Vi W'lyJrtg on the sidewalk a couple Oi negroes stuihbled ’ over the cojf-l fi.i in the dark. Schroeder sent men after midnightihitha'seeneand bird thfebody buried. TncMj Will |mHmM ‘ deposited in the vault With them the following letter: To the directors of the Bank oft England: Gentlemen—My hus band, who is an honest, man, wrote to you last week and told you that he had found a way—which he be lieves is only known to himself—of getting into your strong room, and offered if you would meet him there at night to explain the whole mat ter, except the inclosed box. You set detectives upon him and he took the box to show that he could go there, whoever might watch, if he chose. He gives you another chance) Let a few gentlemen be in the’room alone, guard the door and make ev erything secure, and my husband Will meet you there at midnight. Yours respectfully, Ellen Smith. This letter was more mysterious than the last. The only thing that was evident was that the writer “Ellen Smith,” was a better writer that her husband, who styled him self “John Smiff.” The| detectives were shown the letter and acted ac cordingly. Ot course they were posted in the room. In the morn ing they told a strange stery. They said they saw a light at about 12 o’clock. It seemed to come from a dark lantern, but directly they ran to the spot from whence the light proceeded it went out and the strict est search had discovered nothing. The bank officials became alarmed. They, however, agreed to do what perhaps would have been wiser if done at first, viz: to depute a few of their number to visit the vault alone. So it was arranged that three gentlemen should remain in the strong room all night, and that no one else should be with them. Every suitable precaution was tak en when night came. The sentinel paced up and down outside; the. de tectives were not far off; and, after the most rigorouj search had been made, the gentlemen were locked in. At last one of them, who pac ed the floor rather impatiently, be ginning to think that perhaps, after- all, it was only a clever trick, cried out: “You ghost, you secret visitor, you midnight thief, come out! There is no one here but two gentlemen and myself. If you are afraid I give you my word and honor as a gentleman, that the police are not here. Come out, I say!” It was more in jest than in earn est that Major C , for he was a mil itary man, shouted out the absurd speech, for as we have said, he be gan to suspect that, after all, some practical joke was being adroitly carried on, as had before been per petrated. and he did not much like being victimized himself. His as tonishment, however, was great when, in reply, he heard a strange voice saying: “If you have kept your word, Twill keep mine. Put out your- light, for I’ve one, and I’ll come." The Major and his fellpw-diffec- tors did not much like putting out the light, but they were no cowards, and after some demur it was done. Where the voice came from was, however, a mystery, for (here was no hiding place in the room, every side being of thick, many-plated iron and steel; the criling was also of the same WteriaL When, the light was out they Waited in silence, while the Major grasped firmly in one hand a revol ver and the other held the lantern and a few matches. For a. little while a low, grating sound was heard, and then a voice, evidently that of some one in the room, said: “Are you there alone, sure?” The Major, who cared nothin; bodily harm, struck a match. W«li S hKd lIiS tjSpg. be de the y e - A e aia jttief^pjor called upon the myste- Vto come forthg and ain.N XQjce was hejgtdt saying: can I trust you. now??’ Majo* W4S angry and his comp^qwpf. al^tnipd, and after try ing ‘ip. yajn tp. trace the point WMU the Voice Proceeded,, cx- claimed. “Well. wefii put out the light again; only come quickty and put an end totnis bother.” S»o jpg he put oat the fight again. but the! puzzle was^-how? '• A ghost could not have entered more mys teriously. The man soon spoke for himself, and the directors, who were still at a loss -to explain his presence there, listCped in astonish-' ment"/ It-appeared-that,he' *wa's a poor man, and obtaibed a precarious living in a strange way. When the tide was ldw it is the custom of a certain class of men, unknown ■ to. refined society, to enter sewers to March for any. articles of value which may'have been washed down iiito them. It is a'very dangerous task, aiid, of course, revolting in the extreme, ‘but they not infrequently find very/precious things hidden in the filth. This man was one of those strange adventurers. One night he had discovered an opening leading to some place above. There was a large square stone which he found could be easily raised. He listened for some time, and finding all was silent,. Ufted;up the , stone without much' difficulty, and , found, after some investigation by the light of his lantern,, that he .was in the strong-room of a bank. These men, like miners, can readily determine the exact, spot of ground ‘under which they are, and he soon had a clew to. the whole mystery. He told his wife, who was a woman of supe rior education to his- own, of the whole affair'and he then wrote we have .seen to the directors. Down in the sewer, he was able to hear all their movements as well as if above ground, and thus was not only able to know their plans, but to frustrate them, and of course could watch his time to remove the small but valu able box, ty leave the letters on the table and to appear so mysteriously. No one had thought of looking to the stone pavement, which was sup posed to bq solid and immovable, as it was known that there was no vaults below, although the iron walls and doors had been carefully tested- The mystery was now clear ed up and the man well rewarded. A SAMPLE SPEECH. What Clark, tho Jnramctioaiit, Is Saying to tha Negroes."" • Jftuvm Telegraph. , J We are furnished by Mr. J. R. Andrews, of Jones county, with a report of a speech made on the night of the 19th at County Line Church, in Jones county, by the negro Clark, for whom the police are looking: “Gentlemen, this.' is F. H. Clark, from Louisville, Ky. I have come before you to-night to form a labor society. You need a laboring re form society, and you have got to have one. lam one of the thirteen. There are twelve more that will fol low in pairs of two each. I have been sent out by your Governor and the United States to reform you. hat are you getting per day or month or year for your labor? Some of you say forty, fifty and, seventy- five cents per day. Gentlemen, do you know the meaning of a labor reform society? I’ll tell you just what it means;' It means that yoti shall stop working for nothing for “Mars” John. Farm hands’ wages shall be raised to $2 for men; boys fifteen years old $1.50, and women $1.25 per day, washerwomen $1 per dozen, garments, big, little, great or small, the price shall remain the same. What are you working for? Simply nothing. You have got this to stop, and if I can’t stop you one way, I will another. We have ;ot plenty of troops and artillery to Jack us up for 'our rights, and we will have them—yes, we are going to have our rights if we have to wade in blood waist deep. I know vou fellows know how to use a gun. If you don’t know'it won’t take you long to learn. There is a large amount of money in our hands for distribution. Gen. Grant sent us for ty thousand dollars. We raised twen ty-five thousand in Augusta, twen ty- five thousand in Atlanta and 20,- 000 in Savannah, and in Macon fifteen thousand. And we have-got the United States to back us in this move. Georgia is the meanest and lowest down state in the- nnion to the colored race. You are just as good as the white man, and if any thing better. I .know you have more honesty. I am as good ai any white man that ever made a track on top of this earth, and so are you. We have got to be more united be fore we can get our rights. The money is in tnis country and we must have it for our labor. Then you can have fine horses and bug gies to ride in and fine houses to ive in—in other words be boss some ourselves. I want you all to meet lev. W. J. White, from Augusta, and Col. Peck, a colored lawyer from Louisville, Ky., at this church Saturday night You can then join this society. . * * “I know there' is not a * colored democrat in this house to-night, but let ' me tell you something. If I know of any colored man in this state to cast a democratic ticket we will put him in the chain-gang for 99 years.” • • <■*■>■■■ •. Question by Mr. Andrews—“By what authority ?”.etc. , Answer—“Our authority is vested in our society.” & 50.ro' 75 -pounds. ' I- have them weighingiSpoonds. three years 'of age.’ In South Carolina, Georgia;' 'or the eastern'part of- this state, where the waters are" warmer, the same fish would doubtless have* at tained a. weight of fifteen pounds. In’this section with : long Winters and late cold springs they will not grow with such rapidity.” • “At what age will they spawn?” fin this section, the Scale carp at two years, the Leather and Mirror at three.*?’--I' :•" * ' 1 ‘ ■’ “Can’ the male be distinguished from the. female?" “Easily. The female is the larg est, and just before the spawning season acquires a bright yellowish cast on its belly and Sides.” 1 1 “Are they prolific?” ’•Wonderfully so. Last Septem ber I caught a female ’carp weigh ing only iij pounds that must have had ;o,ooo eggs in it. A female carp weighing 5 pounds is said to contain 500,600 eggs. Unlike other fish, they do not-spawn at certain seasons, bnt drop their eggs as soon as each • female attains maturity, whether that be in -April or NoJ veraber.” t t. - “Is it a game fish?” “Not so gamey as the sheephead, trout, or “that cavalier of the sea,” the Spanish mackerel, but at times it takes the hook freely, is a strong £ uller and fights to the last. Often tst fall I had them to snap my line in two and escape with 'bait and .-hook;” ill . ‘ “How many carp can be raised to the acre?” • , • 1 “That depends! If artificially fed I should say five thousand, if not, perhaps half that number. A carp pond properly cared for and abund antly stocked with natural food will undoubtedly pay its owner a clear, net profit of five hundred dollars per acre. This will lead a cotton farm, won’t it? There is always a demand for fresh fish, and they can readily he sold for ten cents per pound. At that price the profits per acre would be enormous, if pro per care is given the ponds, for carp have many enemies.” 1 fWhat are they?” “Green frogs, musk-ratk, turtles, snakes, cranes, herons and king fishers. • The only remedy is the shot gun, and Jt mus't be used dil- ligently and effectively during the sprir%and summer months. Oth erwise youf chip will soon be ex terminated. r have killed a blue crane with a pound and a half carp swallowed whole in its throat. The ponds can be protected from poach ers by stretching strands of barb wire uhder the surface of the water dose to the ban ks. This will soon put a stop to night seining.” WHOLE FAMILY POISONED. Mr. Ooorgo Grace, HU Wtto ana Children Nar rowlyOcap. Death. . Public feeling at Cape May runs hi|jh against the 1 S-year-old son of Mr. George Grace, whose arrest is imminent on the charge of having poisoned his father, mother, two sis ters and two brothers with “Rough on Ratti,” says a Cape May, N. J., special of the iSth inst. to the Phil adelphia Press. The boy has been a grief to his parents for several years, wild in his habits and ungov ernable in temper. The punish ment which Mr. Grace administer ed to him rather hardened than sub dued him. Dr. Downs, the family physician, also keeps the village drug store. Several hours before supper time yesterday young Grace entered the drug store and said: “I want some arsenic to poison rats.” “Arsenic is not used now-a-days to poison vermin,” replied the doctor, “but I can give you some ‘Rough on Rats.’ ” The youth’s sullen face fell and he hesitated, but finally took what was offered to him. About eight o’clock, Dr. Downs was summoned hastily to the Gra<;e mansion. He found the entire family, except the little daughter Bertha, writhing in agony. Six patients in such an awful condition at first rather para lyzed his energies, but he soon dis covered that the sufierers had been poisoned, and, missing the youth to whom he had sold the rat’s bane, asked for him. “Oh,” i> a id little Bertha, “it was awful. Pa and nja TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.; el-tima orl ,H ir. P s: ; u; t’/, Dublin,! GA, has been gh'ook up -.JyiWitfW&Wfcr ftorri cetrlT Geo. .Grant» quite feeblirimd T Another: Ohio man killed his wife ^d attempted, suicide. • , \ An attempt was made to assassi nate the Governor of Illinois. Mr. Thomas Wilson, of Gaston, N. C„ was killed by a negro. Saturday, the Emperor of Germa ny celebrated his 87th birthday. A very heavy shock of earth quake was felt in San Francisco. Hie murderer of a man and wife was lynched at Maysville, Kansas. Damage suits continue to be en tered for the City of Columbus wreck. One man was all that was saved from a Philadelphia bark tliat went down. A St Louts man shot his wife while drunk and then blew out his own brains. _ A postoffice has been re-estab lished at Walnut Grove, in Walton county. Col. Taylor captured a large still in Elbert county, but was resisted by eight men. A bill ofinjunction has been filed in Richmond county against an en forcement ot the no-fence law. In a drunken fury a man in At lanta, named E. M. Evans, cut his wife’s throat. The woman is alive. Six children were poisoned in Pennsylvania while hunting sugar water. They tapped the wrong trees.' A negro was shot at Eufaula, Ala., and accused a young man of the crime who was absent from the city at the time of its commission. Senator Brown made a speech, Tuesday, in favor of the general government educating the negroes of the south. The Governor of North Carolina has called out the militia to prevent the rescue of two murderers in the Ashvilje jail. The waters on the lower Missis sippi are beginning their work of destruction, having broken over the levee and washed away the village of Waterloo, La. Two youths, not 20 years old, had a difficulty in Union county, Ga., aqd^ one was shot and killed. James Cook killed Jefferson Ander son. ' The destitution caused by the overflowing .of the Mississippi river belqjy Vicksburg is appalling. In Tensas parish alone over 20,000 peo ple are suffering for food and shel ter. The whoie country is being flooded by the back waters. The coal fields of western Penn- sylvania are now the scene of a er- newal of the Mollie Maguire out rages. A number of black-listed miners haye organized an oath bound secret society, which has for its purpose murder if necessary to carry out its' purposes. Buenaventura Baez, ex-President of Santo Domingo, died on the 4th inst. at Horniequero, near Maya- quet, Porto Rico. He was 75 years old. He left a fortune estimated at $2,5000,000. Paris, March 22.—Dispatches received here to-night report the capture by the French troops in Toriquin of the town of Thinguyen. The Chinese made a very weak de fense .of the town, and finally fled leaving the French in possession of a very lazge quantity of military stores, provisions and ammunition, Several hundred Chinese were kill ed, but not one of the French force were injured seriously. THE TARIFF CAUC US. oftlte political tfilth and rottenness A sign board blown by the late cyclone, Waa found in Pickens county/ more than 100 miles from the Alabama cross-roads where it belonged.. f vI , The five-year-old ^daughter of Green Barfield, of Dooly county fell in a clay hole in rear of the dwelling on Wednesday last and was drowned before being discov ered. Take him up one side and down the other, including his good looks, Larry Gantt has more of. the com bined facilities requisite for a great journalist than any man in Georgia. —Hartwell Sun. According to (the Hawkinsville News, under the same roof in Wil cox county, lives the great-grand mother, grand mother, mother daughter, granddaughter and great- grand-daughter, and yet there are only four persons in the house. A horse-coffin is something new under the sun, at least in this part of the country. A favorite horse, “Mike,” belonging td Mr. J. M. Wood, which he had owned for tea or twelve years, died and was yes terday buned in a coffin made by Mr. Floyd. It was a huge box, measuring nine by six feet—Wash- ington Gazette. The Buena Vista Sentinel says: Mr. J°hn F. Hollis has a wonder ful pea. The growth and yield is almost incredible. They are plant- ed .„ in . hiUs 3° *eet apart, the vines will* then cover the ground. One vine has been known to supply a famfly with all the fresh peas want- ed for table use.” A few days ago, while some of nis hands were clearing off a field ° a his plantation near Eatonton, Lr. H. A. Cogburn came in posses sion of a quantity of silver. It seems that an old tree, containing a hol low, was burned. In the debris was found a quantity of melted silver. Dr. Cogburn has no doubt it is the hidden treasure of some miserly Jerson who is long since dead and Juried. respondent of the Bruns wick Herald writes from Nashville: On the train coming from Dallas, Paulding county, Georgia, we had the odd experience of seeing a real Mormon. He was ayoung man reared in upper Georgia, but lately residing in Colorado and now a missionary. His missionary labor seems to be confined to converting handsome young women and escort ing them to Utah, one every five weeks, there to be turned over to the polygamous wretches who are able to maintain them. Such a piti able and perplexing sight—a decid edly handsome, modest looking young woman, perhaps 20 years old, fine complexion, dark eyes and hair, and a splendid figure, perhaps a little inclined to robustness, sat beside the missionary. A few min utes judicious pumping secured the frankest admissions from the pair. He seemed honest, intelligent and sincere. She honest, simple and well bred, certainly modest and vir tuous, but no indication of mental training. Her face denoted all that phyiognomist would declare strong and perfect, yet she was a convert to Mormonism. Several poor benighted people, women and girls, who met us at the stations in upper Georgia, were all, as the con ductor stated, converts. The mis sionary, Mr. Echols, would go to the platform at each station and hand out the tracts, and told them when he would return. These mis sionaries have a strange experience in only securing handsome but ig norant young women as conveits. The men don’t need any conver sion.” STRENUOUS PRELIMINARY EFFORTS FOR HARMONY. “You know what that meant, and don’t you forget it All that is in favor of electing Mr. Taylor your leader in Scottsboro district and Hill’s district wifi please rise on your .feet. (All stood up.), Mr. Taylor, colored, you are elected leader-of our society in these two districts, . You must have them or ganized as soon as possible. We must have our rights, and all of you that refuse to join ns, we will drive you into it by force of arms. Re member, we hav a plenty of troops and artillery and we kndw how to use’** law; own whites in every.gragge W^O^SaYMESBOKt nu M* Mia Ask- and the children drank their coffee and I didn’t take any; all at once ma turned pale and screamed, and pa and the boys jum ped up from the table, and I thought they were all going to die.” On being confronted with the suspected young man, Dr. Downs questioned him closely, and receiv ed such confused and contradictory replies as confirmed his already strong suspicions. In the meantime, by the use of antidotes, all the suffer ers, except the youngest child, had been relieved of their cramps and retching. The infant is still di gerousty if not fatally ill. No cause for this fiendish act is assigned save the idea that by doing away with his family the boy might inherit his father’s property. CYCLONE NEAR COLUMBIA MnchDuuf* to Farm Prcsorty—Kotow Ejcapo , , -M.LteUm.. r say- Columbia, S. C., March 24.— About’daybreak tin9 morning, a cy clone passed over this -county : three miles northwest of this place/doing considerable damage to farm prop erty. Eye witnesses describe the storm as approaching with a terri ble roaring sound and bursting up on them in all its fury almost imme- ffiateiy. The only injury to persons so far as can be learned, occurred at the house of G. T. Taylor, five milts north' of Columbia. Hearing the ^r esile? bis wife, tybo .sprang from her bed and ran into the next room, followed by her husband. .Almost instantly the building-was levelled and the heavy timber* pressed Taylor and his wife to the fldcir—hoi'seriously injuring them; however;- 1 ^ • > ' *" - .-tit ■■ Yesterday at noon a pleasant cer emony was performed at Waynes boro, in which Capt. James White, of Athens, and Miss Julia Deveraux Ashton, of the former city, were joined in marriage- The officiating minister was Dr. C. W. Lane, pas tor of the First Prtshyterian.Cnprch of Athens, and) the parties are all have a constant change of pasturage widely and favorably known in the to do well. Mr. R. B. Mathews th» caucus Largely Attended and Speeches Mriteby an the Leaders—A Resolution to con sider the BUI in Committee Subject to Amend monte, and then Pass It. Canted. The following result of the Dem ocratic caucus, held Tuesday' night, at Washington, is fraught with great interest. After considerable discussion the resolution offered by Mr. Morrison was adopted by vote of 114 to 17, as follows: Resolved, That the bill common ly known as the Morrison tariff bill, shall be taken up for considera tion at the earliest practicable day, and a reasonable time for debate al lowed thereon. And after such de- bate that a bill be passed for the re duction of the duties and war tanffic taxes. • This before its adoption was amended by Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Morrison by adding the following: Resolved further, That the ado tion of this resolution shall not t_ considered binding in controlling the individual action of democrats, __ except to the extent that each mem< ber may feel that he onght to be in fluenced by the expressed opinion of a majority of his associates. Mr. Carlisle then offered .the fol lowing resolution, which was adop ted by a vote of S8 to 57: _ Resolved, That in order to recon' cifo the conflicting opinions, and to secure- legislation reducing taxation, the plan for the reduction of taxes at the present session of congress shall embrace a provision repealing all internal revenue taxes on tobac- co, snuffand cigars, and the special taxes.connected therewith, and also reducing the tax on brandy distill ed from fruits, to’ten cents per gal- 1qil provided that such repeal and reduction shall not be made except tn connection with the tarifl duties. Classic City. Capt. White is cash- ; ier of the National Bank'of Athens, and is one of the mast popular and substantial citizens. Uit - •>* - . . Meerschaum has been discovered in some parts of North Carolina. : Several of the farmers in 0| thorpe county are selling off tl Socks of sheep since the stock law- carried, as these animals must says his flock pays him a clear pretit of $200 a year, in wool and mutton. We see that there' is a ram on a Texas Yaqche from, which 38 pounds of wool was taken at a single, clip ping. lathis section the yield per headi is from three-to six pounds. 1 connection with the tarifl duties. A Sad Death. POn Monday night last, at Bellton, Ga., occurred one of the saddest deaths ever known to that comma- ?ity*. Mr- Joseph Fowler that mora- mg aet fire to a plank kiln. That night, after his family had retired, and just before he was to go to bed, he went out to see how his kiln was getting on. He was under the plank, which W*» in weight about seven thousand pounds, rekindling the fire; when the supports gave * h ole weight of the tim ber falling on him, killing him in stantly. Mr. Fowler was about 41 years of age, had a wile and severe Sttle children. He recently united himself with the church; was a most consistent' Christian,. and one of the best and most highly esteem ed citizens of Bellton. Mr. Fowler had for several years been fightin against consumptive tendencies an. had just about recovered from that diredisease. GENERAL NEWS. An Ohio convict has declined a pardon. The sheriff ofNew York has been indicted for fraud and extortion. A party ot Baton Rouge, L-a., bird hunters recently killed 1,400 -robins with sticks. Dr. Carver killed 1,003 bats on the wing in New Orleans in 7.1 minutes a few days since.. The New York Sun thinks that Mr., Tilden should be nominated “and no questions asked.” briny deep. A block of ice found on the bank of the Tuscarawas river after the break-up contained five unusually large water snakes frozen fast A young lady of Mecklenburg, N. C., has just graduated as a physician in Philadelphia. Her card will read: “Dr. Annie Laura Alexan der.” Every broach of promise case this year has been won by the fe male. Men will find out by and by that the only woman to flirt with is another man’s wife. Columbia, S. C., March 24.—Ba- gan Cash is said to be roaming the woods disguised as a negro. He fired on a wood chopper, who hailed him, Saturday, on the Santee river. Charlotte, March 24.—Perry Farragh, of Chester Station, was on ladder putting in a window, using a putty knife. Slipping be fell to the ground, sticking the knife in his throat and severing the jugular vein. He bled to death. 8 A woman living in Chambers- bure, N. J., claims to have hqd a snake fifteen inches long ««! thick as an ordinary lead pencil removed from her stomach. As evidence she exhibits the snake, which U said to have lived two day* after its re moval, and is now preserved in a bottle of alcohol. The entire edition of this paper* 3,000 copies, says the Ilion, N. Yj Citizen of the 14th inst, was, dur ing the night just past, printed by means of an electric motor, and is thus the first newspaper in the counter printed by the power .ol electricity. 1 • \ On the mountain near where the Middle Fork emnties into Tygart’s- Valley river, W; ’Va., there is!an- acre of: ground on which snow” melts as soon as it falls, and' even' during the coldest weather not a- particle of snow remains on the' spot. A thick vapor is almost con tinually ascending, which' in the' winter time can be seen for miles around. In the spring the foliage' and vegetation of ul kinds are much' earlier than on the adjoining lands.