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Che (JSsasgts MgfeMry Celegcagt? atttt & ffijgjsu^ttgag. rtte Zd:qrajih mitt *fflfg$gs«{tt 7-Tiday, march io, tssa. x is going la lay an extra tax of -- ■. If ;.er cent., and many grants are . Wmaaa to the anxious and ambitions . aSdab . Xho empty hole of a Congreas- f.. at rargn is pining for a peg. '.a' z * 3a! rest on Journal thinks that some* * a5j tod a tin can to the tail of the inde- ;xv>:ht movement in Toxas, and that it Mre&cl to other parts. Abwxt may bo aaid to bo between the tftaril and tho doop sea.” that is, she is teia twain by a want of water and the •■!«> ot an exti a tax. ■«i»».turrn is said to be the conundrum siBLsr sf Tho Drummer. It Jack could be ateftsceu to write stories for Tho Drummer <0 ■Halation might reach 100,000. AHj,'.'mnvuu firm advertises lands for ■kdong tho line of tho new railroad from io Tampa, Flo. There is an air of io about this that charms. SbivavRSTAVsno adverse criticism up- x ’Itruc’s oology on Garfield, it, may be tmxtUmi it was fully equal to the ocoasion ni ttaj is high praiso for any human •filaat. : the kitchen cabinet at Atlanta in- dtaras the public by what authority Gov. proposes to trado off the Desno- l eld shoe3 he has been wearing this TBrm Rational Republican publishes an diartoon of lVhitelaw Reid masqnerad- >sgt»n brigand. lVhen those fellows fall ai llt.'c. is a chance for the honest men aloes they have blickgnnrdod for twenty Wins the “ Independents,"“Jeffersoni- mtfsBKl “Liberals” have been scrambling uxAeksy loft tor tho Governorship, Gov- mar Colquitt, says I’otash Farrow, has inn tS 6b W ashington and hid it in Aleck Ste- eacxo i 'piag hnt. Stxu has discounted an admirable c i- ■xtita to the last possib’e figure. With a flvq'iihttop in tho neighborhood of 40,000, tenfc sanitary regulations for 400, she is sneoefied to have watjr, and a plenty of it.*?aa epidemic. * Fbtash Farrow is credible, he and Col- went to Washington to dicker with .'fcr.Etsphens about the Governorship. If x.fas Sandy is as sharp as we take him to «A, Votash and Colquitt did not clear the > of tho trip. ■anon Walker, ol the Videtto, seconds 9M. Wa.ermsn’s nomination of Judge Er- acis fc succeod Emory Speer. It is thought ftrt‘the judge will warp less during tlie westeheat of the next campaign than any ■tf'Xr man in the district, Ttu.um Shivers coves to tho front with *orvpoint in the cotton tie discussion, Avring that in compressing cotton before edj(9htg to foreign ports, over half the bacptig and ties are dropped, tho farmer »•; already been paid for it. tfKjtzx O’Bbiex, of Columbus, en route .temMaidi Gras, thought he had forgot- vKasaasthiug, and immediately indicted sm3s»I to bad memory. It turned ont ift.it to had left his bottle of St. Jacob’s is. This chows the power of poetry over 9MSl tmmm Suites* remarks as follows : Kile* Harris of the Atlanta Constitution egwresds well in lifting one end of Editor toeaarh argument in tho Maoon Tele- .WwlT! 1 on the cotton tie complaint; but it 1»&*3TO purchasing end. The $221 sell and is too heavy for his nnbaloncad mj of riding in the tariff saddle. Show Walker, of the Wal Ion News and fa opposed to the State swapping i at this period of tho .onrney. He t with psrdonabfo pride to her Demo- asftu record and shows thefolly of snrren- fftcac her to “a irew of political no- Editor Brown’s head is as Dag as his jonrnal’s name, and as leTcl as (ft fa fang. naaLmapkin Independent is solid for Ttesral Cook for Congress. It conld not JEHOii * bolter man. Neither Georgia sr asy other State has a representative sA&'json olorely and snccessfnlly repre- jaaw ais constilnrnts than Phil Cook. He m prompt, open, fearless, industrious and JMBsuids in the Honso a confidence and -wSuence to which he is justly entitled. He > irtdit, not only toTiis district, but to his presenoo of Hicks in Washington Is cacn'.-rire. It shows that tho Stalwart ad- raonri.T'nition calls for a liberal andpro- religion. Hicks fills the bill ex setfr. When tho pension swindle was be- erpetrated ho was abstractedly taking | ~ When Conkling was elevated to the 'heads ho was busy sneezmg, and while Iftaft solemn faroe, the Garfiold memorial asm*, was going on, with bis eyes turned .-clg : nsly heavenwerd ho was jingling his IteM medal and sc ftly singing tho “trundle A,_.rcag.” Hicks aurews on to Washing ton satiety liko a not on a bnggy axle. Trz announcement of the Macon Tele- tetertt that New Vorkdio'atee the price of ;c<Utft has earned a number cf worthy Mflors to scratch themselves under tho hnt- -i-a X—Atlanta Constitution. 3 has caused Editor Harris to scratch it his hat-bond also. If Liverpool oon- •kiL too oottou market he might demon* R easily by accepting the Tele proposition to pay him two dollars teostry one ho makes upon the purchase ssdf«Ki hundred bales of cotton in New 'i&ijk, the snmo to be sold in .Liverpool ■qt* tho dry of its purchase. Editor Har- •fa is nogIecttng.iv tide opportunity to make i canglittlA sum, and at the samo time fe*c -uutrnto a pet theory. to the spring inn causes the poke sprouts M ; ,>ci op over the land, the young man (itk a piece of sheepskin and a blue ribbon c its from the medical schools of tne .r.xtjy and threatens the population with rcA- .diets and deadly drugs. The ernp- vn tn is season has boen so violent and c-‘ ; read thnt a panic has followed j;;t, t-i that which accompanies the over- A tho -Misrifaippi, and the alarm is k .Lneral and unfeigned. The Now vw:.» i-mes says “some of the schools are Arji j Hchools of quackery,and they inject zi -"o world each year a horde of .v-rg m«n with diplomas who ought i>. ,-iuJyiDg writing and arithmetic in a ^rr, -. school. The only way to prevent jut- ring of the medical standard is to rxzi r •> the gcod schools now organized, xsdti nnct rigid restrictions to proteot - - ,iin mainst incapables and ntterly oti*7:ucipleJ men.” This is good and true eui as m all p trues the danger is overeeti- wntzd. This summer most of the young *jer.n> will play obeckers about the ooun- *,■ (tores. By next winter they will go to artsebing, clerking, arming, running on cjc«r» or running for county omoes. Strsnot ipt to l5u anyone save a few of the off wing of the independent Iconoelosm. The soft cadences from the mellow tenor of Mr. Blaino’s voice have scarce died away in the fretted roof of the Capi tol, and many of tho men and women of America have not yet read with varying emotions, the carefully pruned paragraphs of his essay on Garfield, but the public Iconoclasts have already tumbled his masterpiece to dull earth and are backing off its rounded and polished ornaments. General Rosencrans summons him sharp ly to the .bar of criticism for charging that the dead Garfield upon Joining it, feund the army of the Cumberland torn by dissensions, and by his magnetic touch bronght harmony ont ol wrangling and confusion. The editor of the St. Louis Post-Demo crat boldly challenges bis biblical lore, and alter showing that his reference to sprinkling “many lintels” with the “blood of .the first bom” was inapt, inap propriate and unauthorized, declares that “no man who misquotes Scripture as sad- y as Mr. Blaine can have our vote.” It may be remarked in passing that the loss to Mr. Blaine is not serious, for the vote of the editor aforesaid belongs to Grant, who does not know enough of Scrlp- tuie to even misquote it. Wo might very properly leave Mr. Blaine and bis essay to the tender mer cies of his political friends and dC-qdates, but for a desire to vindicate ttMvtb of history; for Mr. Blaino has been some unwarrantable liberties with 1 very Important and necessary branch trntb. ■ To the credit of our better nature it may be said, that we do not deal too rig idly with the stone cutter who chisels an epitaph, or he who pronounces a fuuerai eulogy over the dead body of his friend but no living man should send tho memo ry of his dead friend down to admiring posterity clothed in raiment that is sure to be stripped away in the future. There is not one of us nut that can turn sadly back to memory with a sigh of regret, that some idol we had worshipped had been shattered as suddenly but as thoroughly as the delusion of Santa Claus,Cinderella and Robinson Crusoe were swept away when we stepped bc^nd the fairy realms of a happy childhood. Mr. Garfield will not live in history as a great warrior. Indeed he was indebted in a small degreo for bis success m life to the fact that he waa once in uniform and held a command for a slioit time, and Mr. Blaine should bare looked for a niche for him amoeg scholars and statesmen rather than among tho rugged men who have hewed their way to fame with the sword, The future historian of tbo war between the States, for we have none as yet, will find among the records of the Fitz John l’orter court-martialthe evidences of Mr. Garfield’s most distinguished military ser vices. Mr. Blaine’s attempt to make him a heroic soldier by reason of his unimpor tant collision with Humphrey Marshall exhibits a want of familiarity with facts, or a disregard cf them, which might have been cohsidered ridiculous on any other occasion. We have been hugging and nursing a strange dalusion these many years. If there were patriots in tho revolution, we had sworn that the men who arrested Major Andre were of that illustrious band; but cold facts, which have only re cently reached our eyes, show these men to have been cattle thieves plying their trade between the lines of the opposing armies. In place of being on guard they were playing seven-up for their ill-gotten gains when Major Andre came upon them They robbed him of his watch before they knew who ho was, which knowledge was gained a3 they were searching his boots for bidden gold. Lest some boy or girl may embalm Garfield in memory as a soldier upon the dictum of Mr. Blaine, we marshal the facts. There were, perhaps, no two men in the United States less fitted to make sol diers than Garfield and Marshall, though tho latter had been at West Point and in Mexico. Garfield was a student—timid, pliable, ambitious, but prono to be led by others. Marshall was capable, obese, indolent, truculent and at that time would go to sleep and snore In your face while stand ing on his feet. The one was eager for learning and ap plause, and with little knowledge of or command of men. The other was bold, biased, impatient of restraint and without a conviction on any aubjcct. Neither was of the proper timber ont of which to make a soldier, and for the samo reason they each bad an intellectual grasp too great. In the early days of the war, each having a small, raw and undis ciplined command, they, without de sign on either side, suddenly and unexpectedly collided. There was a noisy, rapid, rattling skirmish at long range for a few hours, resulting in cas ualties hardly exceeding twenty disabled on both sides. At the end of it Humphrey Marshall ran seven miles one way and landed in the Confederate Congress. James A. Garfield ran fifteen miles in the other direction and found rest and shelter in the United States Congress. This Is the truth of history. If out of this mili tary heroes can bo made, had wo not best go back and raise the statues of Welling ton and Napoleon an inch or two higher in the Temple of Fame? Attempt to Assassinate Queen Vie Serin. Our night dispatches give the details of another attack upon the life of the Queen of England. Fortunately no harm was done, and the poor wretch who made the miserable attempt and failure Is pro nounced Insane. The punishment for this offense in England is flogging, aad 11 the man should not prove to be imbecile he will probably meet bis just deserts at the tail of a cart in a tew days. John Brown, the faithful Highlander who al ways accompanies the Queen, did not have a chance to distinguish himself in her defense. *sjk will have one more mem- s n-w under the new bill, and the I* how bu»v ronridsrlnc the redJi- ifce slate One plan has been de- , hieh the Kepuldloam may secure e nine npreser.tatlve* Tex Detroit Poet-Tribane says: “The patriot who defaced the Gyrus W. Field monament to Andre, the spy, has disap peared, and has probably gone Booth,whore there are several sculptured columns rela ting the virtues of rebels and rebellion which are as mnch entitled to patriotic at tention as the mor.nmont ol Andre.” The cotton crop of the Booth may be a little short, bat the feather and tar production is up to the average, and awaits the patriotic Michigander. iWs do not often overlook such transac tions, bat while the drams were beating and cannon banting on Washington's birthday, Arthur Gray slipped off and took onto himself a life partner. It most not be inferred from the date ohosen that Gray, of Catoosa, is aiming to be the father of his country. Is there Another Coalition Forming T The people of Georgia are quite familiar with the personnel and purposes of the co alition formulated by Parson Felton at the Markham House conference. News paper discussion of the subject has almost become wearisome. But thore are hints and rumors and inuendoes, and even more tangible evidences than these oft- times airy nothings, that another coal ition has been formulated, or a very sori- ous attempt is being made to formulate one. For weeks past it has been given ont sotto voce, or in a sort of semi-under tone, that the triumvirate, Btowd, Col quitt and Gordon, were sitting by turns on political nest fall of eggs. Regular semi-weekly publications have found their way through the press to the public that the State librarian, one of the Governor’s kitchen cabinet, while drawing organized pay, could find tlm9 to prophesy regard ing tho certain coming triumph of an Independent party, of which he seems to be a considerable portion. Only a few days since and Potash Farrnw, a notorious Radical politician of devidffs ways and reputation, published the fact that be and Governor Colquitt had recently visited Washington City with a similar purpose, viz : To offer to Mr. Stephens tho governorship of Geor gia. It may be said that any statement made by Farrow needs corroborative proof to give it circulation. The proof does not seem to be lacking. We have been informed on what we deem indisputable authority, that Gover nor Colqnitt has recently proposed to General Gordon a conlerence with Gov ernor Brown with a view of bringing Mr. Stephens out as a candidate for governor It is a matter of notoriety, that General Gordon tTfeigh ona of the foremost and most succestod railroad speculaftrs in the country, goodly portion of his time about Was^cton, just as many old topers who have svkSi off, hang around bar rooms within hefting of tbo rattling of tho glasses and near enough to catch the aroma of gin and sugar, mixed. Gov. Colquitt has recently made quite a visit to tho capital city. This fact of itself alone goes but a little way towards constructing a chain of events, for the reason that onr chief magistrate is very nomadic in habit and will follow the beat of a drum or the toot of a camp-mooting born with the same zest and alacrity that a pointer dog will run after a man with gun. Taken in connection with Farrow’s statement, however, it helps to forge a link. Whilo these things have beemgoing on one Elder Hook, of the easternfortion of tho State, lias been doing active guard dutjpover tho formulated coalition of Parson Felton, and has exhibited as much pugnacity as a gander In setting season, whenever anyone proposed to ex amine the thing too closely. The Elder has a son, wliodn the midst of these mys terious movements finds time to write letter to Mr. Stephens, which has found Its way Into the public prints. We give an extract from the most pertinent por tion of the document as follows: As I said, Georgia wishes to honor you—her youug men, fresh upon the stage and unfetter ed by any alliances, want in their first act to express their admiration, love and reverence for your noble example—tho middle-aged meu In their strength and maturity of their judg ment wish to testify to your greatness and pow er—her old men by their last act want to In dorse your life of purity and patriotism—and as I said In my last letter, if you will only let us put out your name for governor at the right time, you will be borne into the office on a per fect tidal wave of patriotic enthusiasm. Then, I sold before. If you do not feel equal to the du ties of the office, yon will have a clear road to the United States Senate, in which august and respectable body tho people of Georgia would like to see you. It would seem that Mr. Stephens is in great demand. Elder Hook, junior, if wc may be allowed the expression, and other “unfettered” young men want him for Governor and Senator. “Middle aged men in their strength,” we suppose on ao- count of their strength they must be un fettered also, want him. “Old men' want him. Indeed it would seem,, as is said In the circulars accompanying “Bull's Cough Syrup,” that all the family want him, and the children cry for him. It is a tribute to tho hold which Mr. Stephens baa upon the affections and confidence of the people of Georgia, which he has justly won In a Jong and honorable public ca reer. But all of them can’t have him at once and in the same way. Elder Hook, junior, and Potash Farrow might agree p wonderfully well as to how ♦hey would have him, but the y«. ng “unfettered men” and the “mid dle aged” and the “old men” might not agree upon terms. Wo cannot exactly see how Governor Colquitt, General Gordon and Governor Brown would agree with Elder Hook, jnnlor, Potash Farrow and the young, old and middle aged men. Tho further wo look Into it the more sadly we become mixed up about the whole affair. There can bo no doubt about tbe fact that Elder Hook, janicr, and Potash Farrow want him very badly. Without tbo aid and ctf-operation of Mr. Stephens, their chronic want of tbe pleasures and profits of office will become insufferable. Tbo formulated coalition can gain-no strength, can take no step forward save by the indorsement of its plans and purposes by Mr. Stephens. He has given no sign that the thing appeals to any extent to his wishes or judgment. N But why should Gov. Colqnitt, Gen. Gordon and Gov. Brown want him? Has any one or the whole of this distinguished triumvirate any special purpose to gain by having Mr. Stephens run for governor? 4re there no capable, honest gentlemen In the Democratic party of the State who will be satisfactory to tbe triumvirate save Mr. Stephens? It has failed to reach us if Mr. Stephens desires to relinquish his present position for that of governor. If he does harbor such a desire doubtless there are many Democrats who stand ready and willing to gratify him by their support. It would afford us great pleasure to support him as the nominee of a Dem ocratic convention. But if another coali tion Is to be formulated, the public should know upon what basis and for what rea son it Is deemed necessary at this junc ture. Governor Colquitt Is serving out a long term of office conferred upon him by tbe Democratic party. Governor Brown has reached a very high and honorable position through the same channels. Mr. Stephens Is occupying a place of his own selection, as a Democratic Representative, General Gordon of his own accord, with out notice or explanation, left a position in which he was placed at his own argent request. If there are rea sons why th6y all or any of them should now go to woik to formulate s coalition, it is duo to the Democracy of Georgia that they should be made acquainted with them. It Is not charged that a coalition has been formulated, or is in that inter esting process, bat we have grouped to gether facts which give roundness and heft to the rumors afloat in this connec tion. It is in order for some one to rise and explain, and the columns of tbe Tele- obaph and Messenger are open. I/O and CnlTee. Among the several eleemosynary insti tutions established and fostered by our paternal government is a school at HamptOD, Virginia, where negro and In dian youths are educated at the public expense. In a recent report, General Armstrong, tho superintendent of the school, says that the negroes learn more rapidly than the Indians, and that the Indian boys get along much faster and better when the negro boys are placed over them as tntors. Tbit is quite a tri umph for tbe negro. It is at last settled that he does not occupy the lowest scale in social and intellectual position, but is superior to somebody in some thing! But this may scarcely be con- sidereA a definite test as between the two races. There is something more to make up all the elements of a sturdy manhood than mere proficiency in reading, writing and spelling. In the school of civilization both races are on trial and the final out come must of tbo necessities of the case be a long way off. The Indian has ex hibited beyond cavil or question a marked capacity to take care of himself. Starting with a bow and arrow and a club, against tbe highest type of human development, the Anglo-American, he has contested every foot of ground over a grand conti nent with the white man, and is to-day a great and dangerous power on our Wes tern frontier. He has time and time again whipped the American army. Scott, Jessup and Taylor succumbed to his prowess in the everglades of Florida, while Miles, Cn9ter and even the great Christian warjiqr Howard, met death and defeat in the West. Osceola, Billy Bow legs, Captain Jack and Sitting Ball have handed down their names to history great leaders and warriors. In tho school of war the Indian is as far ahead as the negro is In the school letters. Both race* to % certain extent are the wards of tho nation, and both so far have proved very expensive and uninteresting wards. The Indian will not become civ ilized and make a permanent bond of peace with the white man, and we yet stand on the front edge of tho great prob lem as to whether the negro can bo so absorbed into our political organiza tion as to becomo a good reliable and useful citizen. The Indian holds his lands, bnt will not cultivate them nor permit others to do It. The ne gro has but little land, and promises to become a property holder by slow degrees The Indian is a constant menace. During the winter months he sits by bis camp fire, munches government rations and guzzles trader whisky. So soon as the grass be 1 gins to grow ho mounts his pony, seizes his rifle and sets out to steal horses and murder the white man. For fifteen years the two sections of tho country have stood with daggers drawn over the ballot of tbe negro, and tbe unity and pacification which should have quickly followed tbe final blow in a fra ternal fight, seems to bo almost as far re moved as ever. The Indian has never done anything for the country. To be entirely candid, he owes tho country nothing. The country has swindled him and outraged and murdered hie people. The negro has done nothing for tho coun try, though he owes it much. He was more of a burden than a help to tbo North during tho days of war. Save when loaded with whisky at Deep Bottom, below Richmond, Va., and at Charleston, S. C., where he was placed in front to keop the bullets from white men, his military services were not con spicuous. Sinee the war he has been somewhat educated in books, and he is skilled in field labor snd the ruder me chanics. He has a desire to live to him self, to have a chance to show to the world that he Is a man capable of sustain ing himself and of upholding a govera- ment system. He has graduated in the political schools of the South, and is armed with all the social appliances of civilized life. He is vary fond of the fire ana drum and the fuss and feathers and pomp and parade of mimic war. The great unfilled West is held by the wild Indian, who grows not only in numbers, but in the art of war. The white man cannot subjugate him. He has successfully dafied rifles, whisky and swindling. In place of giv ing lands to settlers from the old world, suppose the government should give it to the negro. Arm him thorougb’y and transport him to his land with ammuni tion and provisions for a season, and lei him settte the vexed and interminable Indian question.* Let the superior race decide the owner ship of the soil and the supremacy of blood. If tbe negro can beat him in bat tle he will have accomplished such a feat of renown as the whito man has failed to count among his victories, and when he has whipped tho Indian into proper sub mission and subjection, he can then as sume the role of tutor and teach him to spell and to plow. Here is a grand opportunity for the ne gro to assert the power of his race, and for the government to turn over to other agencies, problems too expensive and in tricate for any statesmanship it lias ever been able to command. Tne fenvlet Rjitem So Georxla. The Augusta Chronicle Is most ably attack ing the convict system of that State. The con victs are leased at, say, twenty dollars a head per year, with the right to sub-let. They are placed, in the words of the Chronicle, in tho hands of cruel and Irresponsible men; they arc whipped without mercy and with entire Impu nity ; they are chained together without ic- gard to their offenses, sex or color. A very brief experience of tho working of the system induced General Gordon to repudiate It, and relievo himself of the obligations ho had in curred by participating in it. It is to the hon or of tbo Chronicle that it so plainly, as well as emphatically, deals with' tho subject It is pos sible, perhaps,to defend the Initiation of tbe sys tem at tho time it was entered upon, all clr- cumstances and expectations considered, bat there can be but one opinion as to the moral necessity of exterminating it as soon ns possi ble. Apparently the subject has got into poli tics, but the State of Georgia ought not to wait for tho overthrow of a system “conceived in In iquity” by a party partly created by its abuses; nor will it, If it is worthy of the sound sense, liumano feeling and the Indisputably good judg ment exhibited by the Chronicle.—Providence frets. The convicts of tbe State of Georgia are not placed “in tbe bands of cruel and irresjxmsible men.” The gentlemen wbc bave leased tbe convicts are amongst onr most prominent and respectable citizens. They are in every way responsible, for they bave entered into heavy security with satisfactory bondsmen for tbe safe keeping and proper care and treatment of of tbe convicts. They are not chained together legardless of sex; but worked as they are, it is impossible always to grade them as to offenses. Does tbe P.ovidenco Press desire tbe color line to be drawn ir. tbe penitentiary? They are not “whipped unmercifully.” No lessee has a right to inflict corporal punishment, but tbo Gov ernor prescribes for what ofieuscs they shall be whipped, and tbe man who docs tbe whipping is appointed by tbe Gov ernor. SENAToa Hoab says John Chinaman Is a better man than Dennis Kearney. Uex. Gabtueli, cannot carry Wilkes oonnty. The folks down there are all for Sq lire Gnitrel. Tbe Georgia colored voter draws a blank with great precision and regularity in the ‘lottery of assassination.” With tho aid of Col. Jack Brown, Col. Wade savod bis split-bottomed chair from the “nigger" that was after it. Let Parson Felton and friends howl. Another convict has been outraged. Light ning knocked one over at tho Cedartown camp. The Morning News has not, as yet, dis covered that there has been a meeting of the Central railroad directors recently. Well! well! the brokors know it. England is putting on American airs. A cavalry regiment was ordered ont to keep the peace at the polls on Tuesday last when BrailLngh was ic-elected to Parliament. Reoobdeb Glenn and Police Commis sioner Fox, of Atlanta, returned from Mardi Gras, each with a rabbit foot in bis left stocking. Wiley Rodding will now jump tbe town. REFEBBiNa to the low death rate among the convicts, the Augusta Chroniole and Constitutionalist says: “Bo soon as a con vict begins to show signs of dissolution the Governor pardons him and he is ‘taken home to dio,’ by request.” The charge is not now, bnt is not ths less un true. The opponents of the lpase made the same statement last summer. A refer ence to the list of discharges, deaths and pardons showed it to be without founda tion. Such a charge by the Augusta Chroniole and Constitutionalist against Gov. Colquitt is extraordinary, under tho circumstances. The curbstone broker fa not aesthetic* He is practioal. When a die-away young man met a member of the Savannah fra ternity yesterday, and assuming a post clambake expression of oountenanoe, ask ed, “ Do you know what it is to be intense,” he replied quietly, “No, but I know what it ■ to be led like a lamb to tbe slaughter.” Wi beliove the good time is coming when every Georgia girl can sit right down in the shady corners of the back poroh and weave her own silk handkerohiefs, while she chins her young man about his pros pects. We trust, however, for variety’s: sake, that the gentlemen who are conduct ing the silk excitement, will see that worms of every oolo: are imported. We are not S3 well informed as tbe Press seems to be as to the reasons that compelled General Gordon to repudiate tbe lease system, but it is a fact that tbo fearful figures of mortality and suffering marshalled by Colonel Alston, in tba Leg islature of Georgia, were taken from Gen eral Gordon's convict camp, and first ex cited that public attention which has (lc manded and produced needed reforms. Now to some pertinent facts that may do os well in Georgia as in Rbode Island. Tbe lessees only hire and pay for tbo la bor of tbe convicts. Tbe State, through its agents, tbe Gov ernor, tbe principal keeper of the peniten tiary and tbe physicians, prescribes how they shall be worked, clothed, fed and doctored. These agents make monthly reports to tbo Governor under oath, and, in addition, tbe grand juries of tbe coun- j ties in which tbe camps are located are compelled by law twice a year to exam ine tbe camps and convicts, and to report as to their condition. These reports have all been favorable. Out of 2,200 convicts held since 1870, tbe lessees bave been called to account for only nineteen escapes, winch is one- half of one per cent. As tbe men arc worked in the open air, where tho chances of escape are great and ever present, it shows that the convicts arc as contented as men in their condition can be. No other prison system can show such a record. The statistics show that tbe mortality rate among theso convicts is only three- quarters of one per cent. This carries its own argument as to tbe way in which they are fed, clothed, boused, worked and punished. As to tbo reformatory features of tbe system, prison statistics, taken from tbe world at large, show that the number of discharged convicts who relapse into criminal ways range trom seventy-eight to eighteen per cent. By tbo Georgia sys tern, as far as can be carefully computed, this percentage is reduced to ten per cent. We bave given facts and figures that are reliable, and cannot be successtully at tacked or questioned. All matters pertaining to tbo convict sys tem Lave been carefully and exhaustively examined into by successive Legislatures, and such reforms as suggested themselves bave beeu from time to time incorporated into tbe general law. Tbe result is punitive system that will compare most favorably with any other in the civilized world. But for all this there are people who still complain, and who are dally endeavoring to make tbe matter a party issue In State politics. This system went through one campaign of unprecedented violence and vituperation and came out unscathed from the ordeal. There are a much larger number of negroes proportionately In tbe penitentia ry than whites. This is due to several causes. An uneducated race suddenly emancipated from restraint and discipline naturally took to criminal practices, aud as emancipation gave tbe negro the equal right to go to tbe penitentiary with tbo white man, be has availed himself largely of tbe privilege. It may shock our New England con temporary to know, but such is the fact, education does not seem to purge tbe ne gro of a propensity to commit crime. A very large percentage of the negro con victs bave been preachers and school teachers. Another item of Interest in this con nection, which comes from tbe court records. Three-fourths of then egro con victs were prosecuted by negroes for offenses against negroes. Tbe writer, who Was for four years a prosecuting at torney, and who, in that time, was com pelled to assist many criminals on their way to tbe penitentiary, can testify to tbe relentless spirit exhibited by negroes as prosecutors. The convict system of Georgia is her own; tbe people of Georgia are intelli gent, practical In thought aud action and humane in sentiment and practice. They propose to deal In tbelr own way with those who commit offenses against law and good order, and are not to be deterred by fanatics abroad or demagogues at homo. A very Inconsiderable portion of the people of Georgia affect to believe the convict system of tbe State “a blot on her civilization.” Tbe man has not- yet arisen who can substantiate tbe proposi tion by facts, reasons or arguments. In conclusion, it strikes us as in execra ble taste for the Providence Press to be reading Georgia a lecture on civilization. Rhode Island nurses a blot on human civ ilization black enough to damn all of her virtues and broad enough to more than cover her territory. When she wipes from her statute books prohibitions against Irishmen and Catholics, and a property qualification which denies tbe right to vote to many of her best citizens, it will be quite time enough for her to look up the shortcomings and sins of her neighbors- The Mason court martial returns a scaled verdict. As Lent has stopped round dancing in Washington, “Gamp” Sherman ba3 gath ered np his patent leather pumps and put ont for the Mexican border to hant np Sunday night fandango. Some more of tho onrbstone brokers turned loose their swags of Central yes terday to plnngo their hands into water bnckels. At this particular season Central has to be handled with tongs. Editob Habbis still neglects the golden opportunity to prove thnt Liverpool con trols the New York cotton market. It is evidont that Editor Harris wonld rather “langk himself hoarse” than ‘to prove his assertions. It is hinted that the coalitionists are in tho “bull ring,” as it were. Before electing n governor they havo got to pnll down Gartrell, and as Gartrell is os big a man as the coalition the campaign appears to have stalled. A Westebn judge gets to the front with this comforting Sunday morning decision: “A pew is liko unto a berth in a sleeping- car—Ilia person who hires it can sit up, star awake or sleep, and oven snore, if he wants to.” jrnuaosAtj. | —General Garibaldi's health is' much better. —Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is j more loud ol her l>oys than of her book*. : —Abram S. Hewitt denies that he has i ever lmd any Itu-TCM lu the Peruvian laud . icheme. ! —Senator Sherman says: “These are , not tlmeMvheu Ohio men'gct what most pleeuM i them, and 1 suppose we must muko tho ot>t ol it.” —The city of New Orleans now pro poses to erccta monument to the memory of Margaret Haughcry. the good Sanmrituu who recently died u that city. * —A Cologne correspondent of a London paper mentions a rumor that unless tho con dition ol Russia Improves the Czar wiU abdi cate after hi* coronation next September. —Sergeant Mason, who tried to murder Gultcau.has been visited in prison by Mrs. Mason and the baby. Tho baby is fifteen months old and was torn in the barracks. # —Union Springs, N. Y., the home of Courtney, the oarsman, is the home of Phabc Brockway, who claims to be owa hundred and eight years of age. She never rode on a railway car. —Representatives Miller, Dingley, Nor- cross and Updegraff arc members of tho “Con gressional Temperance Society,” a Washington cold water zclub that doesn't nourish like a green bayurcc. —It is said that Gen. Grant lost a good deal of money In the decline of tho Louisville end Nashville, and the Cincinnati Commercial makes this another reason for hfa retirement on a good salary. —It is said that James Phelps,.» mem ber front Connecticut, is the only Congressman who has asked reimbursement from the Con gressional committee for his expenses In at tending President Garileld’s funeral. —Count Waldersee, now Adlatus to Von Moltkc, and practically head of the Ger man army. Is jnnrrled to ail American lady. Miss Lee, whoso sister Is the wife of a very dis tinguished Wurtemburg nobleman. —The face aud left hand ot General Garfield have been successfully cast in bronze in New York. One Impression was taken and the molds were then broken. Tho cast of the face shows traces of intense suffering. —The sensational reports of Mr. Glad stone's intended resignation are totally denied in official circles. Wkb some of Mr. Glad stone's followers disapprove of hta action the reports of his resignation ore premature. —The late ex-Governor Samuel Purdy, of California, acquired n national reputation by refusing tSOOLWO when a member of the Slate Legislature for his vote, which wonld have giv en the water front of San Francisco to a corpo ration. —Mr. Robert Bouucr, not satisfied with his ouc hundred trotters, recently visited Ken tucky and bought a half-dozen young ones of tho highest pedigree, Including Escort, the three-year-old brother of Phil Thompson, for which lie paid $(,000. —Dr. C. H. Gerrlsl), of Exeter, N. H., is reported to have broken 48 out of 50 glass balls thrown two at a timo in different direc tions from a new trap that he had never seen before. lie also mode 47 out ot 50 in doubles with the Holden trap. —Rev. T. K. Beecher has been nomi- nated the Grecnbackers ior mayor of Elml- Chablus Fbancis Adams says lhat tbe first and highest duty of I railroad com mission is to learn how not to do it. Mr. Robert Bacon please havo this litho graphed and pasted on the top panel of the frontdoor? Colonel Ham is so mnch amused at the rumor that Colqnitt has tendered Mr. Stephens the nomination for governor, that ho has employed a man to inugh for him, while he continues the triangular fight in the np country. Jat Gould is out alexandering Alexan der, if wo may bo permitted to create a new word withont previous notice. General Alexander onght to organize a weste n mourner’s bench, and send to Georgia for a quire of blank affidavits. _ Even onr old friend tho Chroniclo and Conetitutionalist seems to have overlooked tho resdt of tho Central railroad directors’ meeting. Is it possible that the Chroniclo has gone off with tho News and tho curb stone brokers on a private picnic; It is said that the office seeker doe3 not bore Mr. Arthur. On the contrary, Mr. Arthur bores the office so >ker. Nothing is sweeter to him than the musio at his feet, the soft cooing of desire. Dear! dear! what a nice, nice, thing it is to be Presi dent 1 It will be observed that whilo E. P. Alex- der &. Co., are out fighting fire amongst the scrub osks, your Uncle William M., drawing the fat edge of tho log cabin quilt up to his peaceful brow, ha3 fallen into a sleep so calm that ho does ncfl oven smell smoke in his dreams. Tee conundrum fiend has poisoned Edi tor Harris with tho following: “Why is Oscar Wilde like Balaam’s Ass?” If a long range answer will act as an antidote, wo beg have to suggest that there was a prophet on the ass wherever he wont. This must not bo construed as anything other than a suggestion. A National Railroad Commission. It is a foregone conclusion that tho Reagan inter-State commerccbill will fail. It ought to fall, not so much because Us provisions are unjust or based on false theories, as because it is unwise for Con gress to mako itself to so great an extent as that bill involves the arbiter of tbe destinies of tbe railroads. The field is wholly uncultivated, so far as Congress is concerned, and an attempt to till too much ground will be likely to result in a poor crop or a crop of tares and thorns. Charges Francis Adams, Jr., said at Bos ton tile other day that causes ought to be studied before effects Are dealt with, and he was quite right. The essential clauses of the Reagan bill are two. One seeks to put an end to discriminations against persons, so far as railroads engaged in Inter-State traffic are concerned, by requiring “liko services to be rendered to all persons for like com pensation,” by prohibiting rebates and drawbacks, and by requiring tbe roads to make tbeir schedules of freight rates pub lic, to adhere to them, and to change them only on due notice. The other aims to do away with discriminations against places, by providing that no more shall be charged for a car-load of freight fora shorter than for a longer distance In one continuous carriage. Tbe bill furtimr provides rem edies against violations rf its provisious. These provisions, It will be observed, are radical. Tbey involve a new depar ture in paternalism, in centralization, In tbe conduct of tbe enormous internal commerce of the country. U is not lime to adopt it yet. * It Congress is to deal with the subject at all, ifeslmuld begin with something that it can be expected to do, without turning upa'.do down all tbe transportation ar rangements of the country. The Reaga bill-invites ovlls which are no less positiv than those which it seeks to do away with —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. We have heard that both Democrats and Republicans say that there is nothing better for a cough thau Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup; tiiis old reliable remedy never falls to cure a cough or cold at once, and may be obtained at any drug store for 35 cents a bottle. A Lneky Miller who will Grind Hatnr- dors. Mr. I. M. Davis of Morning Sun was tbe holder of ticket No. 70,00(1, the capital prize January drawing in the Louisiana State Lottery. It is a severe shock to receive information that $30,000 is subject to command. He was arrang ing his mill machinery, but it did not un nerve him, however. He took it coolly and made use of the oft quoted maxim: “Fool for luck,” etc. Mr. Davis Is fifty- two years ot age; haa been a citizen of the county forty-one years; has a family- wife and six children—and is a useful and honorable citizen of bis neighborhood. He farms, keeps a small stock of merchandise, and ruus a steam gin and mill at Morning Son, Tenn. When asked If he would “grind” Saturday he replied, “as usual.” He la receiving numerous letters asking loans aa high as $5,000. Well, old fellow, we never thought when we drank butter milk (?) out or tbe same canteen eighteen years ago with you that such a fate await ed you.—Memphis (Tenn.) Atalanche, Jan. 15. rn,: —Dr. Carver ahot tUrty-r^U out of fifty pigeons and Mr. Webster thirty-six iu match at Nottingham, England, yesterday. - -George William Curtis makes tho terse, tnitlifujjifid comprehensive comment on "'t Is uretty Irani oa —SenatoriWwJ'3 eI i?wn( fWack upon Conkling calls to mind that Senator Logan once said lie never could satisfy “them Massachu setts fellers.” —Mrs. Howe, theproprielor of the Wo man's Bank at Boston, has had her case af firmed, and will probably get ten years' Im prisonment • —Poet S« inhume, who used to bo a “pallid anil lank young man," uow boasts a robust figure, wears an artistic beard, often walks twenty miles a day aud is in the gayest of sulrits. —Jenny Lind advises all American girls wboarcin Europe studying music to return home, where she says, the instruction is just as good and the chances of getting a nice husband much better. —General N. P. Banks having accepted an Invitation to lecture In a New England town a wag announces that his subject will be, “Rec ollections of a Confederate Commissary; or, How I Fed Stonewall Jackson's Army.” —There is a colored boy iu Accomac county, Virginia, who is six feet and eight inches lilgli, weighs till pounds, and wears a sixteen-inch shoe. His principal diet Is sweet potatoes, of which he can eat a peck at a meal. —Tbe executive committee of the First Church (Congregational) at Oberlin, Ohio, lias decided that the church cannot be granted to a local society for the purpose of alcctarcby Henry Ward Beecher. The objection Is based on Boecher in general. —It is understood that Judge Advocate General Swatm, in his review of Lieutenant Flipper’s case, recommends that a less serious punishment than dismissal bo imposed. It Is thought the President and Secretary of War fa vor the lighter punishment. —In convocation with a reporter of the New York Tribune, Mr. Scovllle stated thnt he expects to publish a book containing the secret history of the Gultcau trinl, “many of the facts and details of which,” he said, “arc wholly unknown to the public.” —Dr. Victor T. Jnnod.the distinguished Swiss physician, who* death', at the age of 78/ is reported In the European news, is credited with bringing cupping-glasses Into use among the other resources of medical science. He lived long enough to enjoy the fame which this achievement brought him; also, to witness the decline of tho resort to blood-letting as a reme dy tor disease; aud again, to observe a sort of renaissance among physicians on that subject. —Edward Samuels, a carpenter, while putting the finishing touches to tlic scaffold erected for the purpose of hanging John Major Hicks a negro, In Covington, Ky., on the Cist instant, fell from the platform and died soon afterward of a fracture of the skull. Those who considered that Iltcks was innocent regard this fatal accident In the light of a retribution. —Archbishop John B. FarceJl’a eighty- second birthday was celebrated on Sunday at SL Ursula’s convent, at SL Martin's, Brown county, Ohio. Tho Archbishop was taken to the third story In n chair, where Father Calla han sung mass, and an exceedingly pleasant lotter from Cardinal McCIoskcy waa rend. Many visitors were there, chiefly from Cincin nati. Presents of flowwm lit rich and costly de signs, sent by Cincinnati ladies, were numer ous. The Archbishop enjoyed tho occasion greatly, aud showed no signs of fntlgue. Anotber Xnlil on tbe Treasury. West York Herald. The enterprising lobbyists who succeeded in passing the outrageous {tension arrears blit seem to have completed another scheme for de pleting the Treasury. Senator Teller has Intro- •luccd It to the Senate, with the apology that he did so by “request,” which Is the Congressional way of saving that ho does not want to be held rc.-qamdMe for it. The new '-ftrike'' is, hrictiy, that all the volunteer female mines iu the la'.c war shall be paid ut tho rate of twenty-five dol lars a month during their rieriod ot service. This Is not creditable to the Ingenuity of the Pension Ring. As tho object of the hill is to get as much money as possible out of tho Treas ury they should have so framed it as to include the female nurses in all our wars, including that of the Revolution. There must be a large number of Revolutionary nurses around some where. For tho last twenty years the “body-guards” of General Washington havo been dying ut the rate of three or four a week. It would be tho easiest thing In the world to prove that their bereaved widows and female relatives generally were all nurses. Then there are the 18R! nurses and the -Mexican war nurses. Why should n discrimination lie ramie ag.ilrwt them'.* The bill, however, is loosely and carelessly drawn in other respects. Why coniine it to icmales'."’ There were thou sands of male nurses In the army. What rea son Is there for excluding them'/ The pension ring is losing its sagacity. If thev will put a bill through simply to pay tho nurses tweuty- tlvc dollars a month they will find tlrat there are “millions" in it. In a few weeks there will be knocking nt the doors.of the treasury for every soldier who was wounded at least ten nurses. The Doctors and CallMR H. T. Sun. The subject discussed by tho Medico-Legal Society last evening was “IteuNmiug Mania.” Dr. Win. A. llammond led off with an cssav, referring ]>artlcularly to the ease of the assassin of President Garlielil. Tho plaster cast of Gui- icun't, head Used at the trial iu Washington was exhibited. The assassin was said to be a sub- jeoto! reasoning mania. Dr. Hammond thought Gulleau should bo hanged, as he had "suffi cient intelligence to kuow thut pointing a loaded | - Mol at a human being, cocking it and pulling the trigger, are acts which will cause the death oftheperson against whom they are directed.” Dr. Ralph R. Parsons approved the essay. Dr. Spiuku said he hau made u rather com plete examination of Gultcau, ami concluded ilmt lie was insane. It was hereditary. "I ara certain," continued Dr SpitzkH, "that Gultcau will expect the Almighty to descend from heaven and cut the rope when he Is hanged.” Dr. George M. Beard objected to hanging Guitcau on scientific and not sentimental grounds. He said a number o/politicians had gotten together lu caucus and determined to swear Gultcau sane. It was the only way they could hAUg Mm. Dr. Ia-wis A. Sayre said that Gulteau's men tal condition should have been ascertained by experts before the trial. An insane man should not bo tried. We should then have been able to show to tire world that none but an insane iwnton would dare to shoot our Preaidcnt. Mr. Scovillc, Guitean'scounsel, obtained per mission to speak. He said he disagreed with Dr. Hammond. The law enunciated by him was not die correct one. Some gentleman in Parke county, Ind., are proposing to gr, into ostrich farming. It is claimed that this climate Is suitable for tho business, aud that the profit would be very large. A retting of eggs would cost $200 cr $250, and It Is esdmated that the profits would be iu the neighborhood of $18,000 In two or three ighborm years. Should will be the BBBViriKB. The President has approved tbo appor tionment bill. Detroit lias a lionso of correction which last year paid a profit of 30,000. Next fall, Nebraska votes upon a oon- stiiulional amendment giving woman lira I/al lot. The Massachusetts House ot Represen tatives U to be lighted by electricity. The skating rinks in Toronto have lost their popularity and p.O longer W expense*. The wild horses pasturing in the pam pas of the Argentine Republic are estimated to number two and a half millions. The next Democratic convention of California ran take its pick of 17 gubernatorial candidates already in blossom. The bill agreed upon by the House military committee appropriating $1,000,000 to encourage the volunteer soldiery meets with general approval. A xeoro woman of Kansas City adver tises that if thepnrenta of un infant lately left with her do not immediately claim it mi l {>ay charges she will dis{>osc ot ft at auction. The effects of the [esthetic craze havo finally been manifested In the rost-Ofllee De- partment by the establishment of W new office in Madison county, Alabama, io be known as “Too-Too.” (Arls should be careful how they are vaccinated with virus taken from r lover's arm. One at St. 1’aul lias taken to swearing, sitting cross-legged, and smoking a briar-root.—Chi- ctgo Inter-Ocean. A USE for the superabundance of spar rows has at last been found. They took tho place of gloss balls and pigeons nt a gun club ihoot In Troy, N. Y., the other day. They cost 83 per hundred. Ax astrologer in Nevada prophesies, and backs up his prediction with a wngur of an oystor supper, that some monarch now reign ing In Europe will dio duriug tho month of March. The stroke of the Oxford University crew weighs only 135 pounds, and ts the lightest man who lias ever filled that position iu a rnco with Cambridge. Ax Irish male hospital nurse when ask ed what cose in his ward he deemed the most dangerous, pointed with a grin to the case of surgical in-'rnnieiits oh the table, aud said, “That, tur." Of DS0 women who are this year pur suing the higher courses of education in SL Pe tersburg, 521 study physics and mathematics, and only 117 literature; »>10 are of noble origin, and 374 profess the orthodox faith. The Newcomb-Bnchanau Distillery Company, of Louisville, which failed the other day, was sold to be the largest establishment of the kind In the world. Its expen-i-s w ere SC,0W) a day, and its production 301 barrels every twenty-four hours. A xew, and is to be hoped unique, way of punishing children in tho Buffalo Orphan Asylum Is by letting the sash of a burry win dow down upon tl,eir hands and thus confining mid torturing them in spite of their groans and cries. Goose OROWIXG is among the new in dustries introduced lu Texas. Recently a flock of geese, numbering 1.G00, shipped from Boone county. Mo., arrived at Gainesville, where a ranche had been prepared for them. It is thought that this investment will pay. A Syracuse ooy’s composition on girls: “Girls are the only folks that have their own way every time Girls Is of several thousand kinds, and sometimes one girl can be like seve ral thousand girls if she waste any thing. This Is all I know about girls, and father says tba less I know about them the better off I am.” A play bill dropped from the gallery of the Volks theatre, Copenhagen, took fire from a gas Jet in its fall, and, alighting on a lady's head, burned off her bonnes nnd nearly nil her hair before tho flames could be extinguished. Ix a trial before a justice at Dodge City, Kansas, a wilness who was Iraing bull-rag ged by a cross-examining lawyer called on the coart for protection. The justice handed him n pistol. “I have no further question," said tho lawyer. Such is the desire to oneour»go rail road construction in Mississippi that the legis lature has passtd a law exempting these cor porations from taxation for twenty years, and charters arcAninied as soon as a-ked fate Ill a few years, awarding to the present outhWbevery .-.■i ti"U nt Mississippi, will be provided with railroads', and a choice of markets wwl be pre sented for tlic products of its rich nnd generous soil. The Lakeview (Oregon) Herald says that the remnants Of the Modoc Indians that were transferred from the laya laxls to tho In dian Territory aro now among the quietest, most peaceable, amt induslriousin thecoiintry. There are only 100 left, but they cnltlvntc 400 acres of land, have established schools, and are thriving generally. Scarfaccd Charley, one of heroes of the Mouoc war, is now a respectable farm er. The department of superintendence of he National Educational Association will bold a session in Washington on the 22d aud 23d of March. Prominent educators from all sections of the country are expected to take part in the ' proceedings. The question of national aid for common school education will be prominent among tho topics for discussion, in prose cuting its inquiries on this subject the Senate committee on education aud labor has invited the old of the department. Ax important modification in the usage of the Vatican haa be;n decided on by Leo Kill. His Holiness Intends to celebrate all Pontifical ceremonies In the Loggia of SL Pe ter’s, where the canonization was recently solcmniz* 1, leaving the famous Sixtinc Chapel to become a monument of religious art. Clara Belle, writing from New York to tho Cincinnati Enquirer, says widows are fashionable just now: “A young widow with any charms at nil con have all the suitors she wants this winter. Widows always have the advantage of experience over maidens, for they know better how to flatter meu, liow audacious It Is safe to be In each particular oa«e. and how to lead them on without seeming to do so.” A full treasury encourages the lobby to expect fat picking-. That it also wakes up members to try to get appropriations for their constituents, or their “deestricLs.” appears In in this partial list of bills introduced this ses sion, as complied by JJrad>trcet's: Equaliza tion of bounties. *20,000,000; six new rloop. of war. $0,000,000: Geneva award distribution, $9,- 000,000; French spoliation claims, SB^DO.OOO; about 100 public buildings, $1,000,000; and so on. There is on evident disposition on tbe part of Congress to broak up the system of sub letting mall contract/,, and in this pur{>ose it has tlic co-operation of the Port-Office Depart ment. It is probably within tailin'',s io say that half the mall contracts aro run by sub-con- tnictora. Men are doing an extensive bu.-iness by obtaining contracts at certain figure-sand sub-letting them Pi others at lower figures, thus making a profit without rendering any service. Here is a real adventure in the far West for tho 1-oys to read : Christian Alfron, aged 12, wandered into Utah. Ho employ ed awhile on a sheep ranch, hut war too small to do the work, nnd war discharged. For twenty days the poor little fellow trudgyd aim lessly about, In bitter cold weather, scantily clothed and fed. Ouc day he was found Insen sible in a snow drift, with a little flour in h tin pai! as his entire Mock of provision-, aud NO badly frozen tlrat, on being sent to -alt Lake for treatment, his lect were amputated. Ix the pension bureau at Washington since July 1,1876, there have been invesligated 0,60s nix* in which there wore ftllcjpitlons of fraud. Out of these the names of J.tss i>onMon- ers were dropiXMl from tho roils, and 1,‘.»75 pend ing claims were rejected. There grew out of these investigations 581 criminal prosecutions which resulted in 206 indictments and 10'j con victions. In this period 295 attornevs were mis- lHMided from practice before the department, llo debarred rnd 109 dropped. Taking up 500 ci^o iu which evidence of fraud seemed ntronff- o.-t, 232 being caw* of invalids and 26* of widows de)M.*ndent relatives, it is shown that in these cav's 2.5*« false affidavit* were made by civil ians, 252 by comrades and 380 l»y officers. In these ca.«e» there were 113 forgeries. During some recentexcavatious in the neighborhood of Pompeii 30 human skeletons were found. One of them, which was lyinsnat full length, appeared to be grasping to hi* breast a purse, in which wer* a gold coin of Vespas ian, *ix silver and 10 bronze coins, ear-drops, jjearlF, and engraved precious stout's. Near the other skeletons were round coins of cold and silver. Tbey belcr*- to the reign of <Taiba. Ti berius, Nero, unci Domiti&n. Gold bracelets, ear-drops, pearls, and precious stones were found with them. In a house not yet entirely excavated a mosaic fountain hiLs l>een brought to light. The decorations are said to be far su perior to any of the kind yet discovered in Pompeii. Professor Morse, is lecturing before the Lowell Institute, remarked that such a thing aa ancient Satsuma ware does not exist in Japan, for the reason that the clay used in the so-called ancient Satsuma was not known be fore the present century. The large articles sold aa an ancient Satsuma are from two to lour vests old, are prindjaally manufactured In Toklo, and are rubbed with charcoal-dust to jc. SatenmawaM intcd, the gray in- — —— -„Jt-colored, or fol low. Inlaid pottery is the work of Coroans who came to Japan in the present century. All ar ticles of real Satsuma are small, and bare m sump ution them. Plates with heavy rl cups with handles and saucers, an aid the caterorise be undertaken, it have abaoluteiy no oxlstenoe as JacaaS«te& first of tbe kind In tbe UnitedStete* ter/. -aaapanew pto-