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E NEWS LN' THE STATES. flTZHUGH LEE'S MESSAGE TO THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. li* p lan for Srttiln* the State Debt—The etrikluE BnktmiD-Tbe Mnunohu- ectte Flood*—John H. Ooucll Dead — General New*. Bicbuosd, VA » J itz Hugh Lee sent In* flrat message to the pcisluture to-day, treating entirely of the ate debt question. He colls the attention the Legislature to recent decisions ren- red by the Supreme Court of the United ntes which seriously affect the rights and terests of Virginia. "Vor while we be- , Te iu the sovereignty ot the btote, and at under the constitution of the United ntes she cannot be Bued by citizens itliin her limits or by those without; and kilo we recognize no distinction between e State and its officers, because the State ta by its Legislative, Executive and its clicial authorities and can net in no other l¥ . we are also firmly per iled that the constant conflict tween the courts and the State is an ag- ition to the body politics and should ase. Our financial condition, already ffidently embarrassed, will, it is feared, , f tiU further complicated by them, and it hooves all departments and the State •emment to labor and confer together so ,t lf possible a remedy may be provided, e people of Virginia, idler a long and imonious ugitotian of the debt question ched in 18Hi and 1882 u settlement which tinee reached the sunctioaof both polit- parties of the State. From the dtion thus taken the people will not re- i). That sentiment reflects still the over- "iming will of a majority of the people Commonwealth that was reached era long and exhaustive ugitutiun, nuj lewnl of which would be injurious to the ( rests of creditors and of tho State, and . representatives of tho people stand deed to its maintenance nnd ,uld invoke every resource of law ■essary to enforce its acceptance by the ditors. The governor then gives a re- v of the States condition during nnd e the war and the present situation of irs as to the possibility of paying the and says: "Rut it is vain to recupitu- the difficulties of the situation, unless • with a purposo of suggesting a rerne- After a most careful consideration of situation, with n full sense official obligation, with n con- ousncs.s of the difficulties which round us, with a knowledge that oppo- in to the sentiment which we have de- ■d is serious, 1 earnestly aecummend to General Assembly of Virginia the ap- intment of a commission whoso duties all he plainly defined, whose powers ill he carefully prescribed, guarded nnd sited, that no misconception can be in- ged in on the part of any one. Such amission should be only empowered to dain fthe [sentiment of 1881 and 1882 to creditors ami point out that which ad- esses itself to their interests as well os to interests of the State. It should be ithed with no other power and have no jtr duties to perform but to urge them to •ede to the settlement Virginia has de ni; to represent how fntile had been tho jir efforts in the past to resist the detcr- natiun of our people, and that the future id out to them only a prospect of intor- nalile legislation, injuriona alike to them d ns, that the achievement of more illu- v triumphs in conrts are fraught with no stantiul advantages to litigants on the r side. It would be the duty of the nniisston to point out to them the vast tried nud unexpended power which re- «* in a united and resolute ' people, and ution them ugainst the danger of nrons- " -mhlio sentiment which might bo for- of all sense of justice, and taking insel only (rom passion, destroy inter- s which we arc now striving to protect is believed that if those ding the outstanding indebtedness of htatc could not through their commit- come face to face with such a commis- u here iu Virginia, or clsewhero, and ir and see for themselves, confronted by hhom facts as they exist nt present, and impressed with the uncertainty which , i *? *“ 6 fulnro and arises from the ettled problem which constantly exas- harassed the publlo minds by a decisions of the coarts, they would be ling to fund such outstanding indebted- « into bonds of this settlement, h action upon their part *e« the problem nnd terminates the agi- on. \irgmis will act in good faith, pay the debt thus ascertained nnd ac- »ced in by both contracting parties, ansa her revenues will prove nbnndant to to without increasing the hardens on people. A JUST VERDICT, •d*»d Against a Mean Bet of Railroad . Offlcl»U. ^ February 17.- In the n or ttuiuim Guyton v*. the EvansviUe riulroad, and brought here tun«nlle on a charge of venue, the „ a verdict for the plaintiff awarded damages of *2,1)83. The case ecu m court four years and has si ted much interest. The tactsa.-e these irn, ‘ brakeman on a special train mg south which colUdad with a freight “f *** Wedged between the teuder but succeeded in prying hiin- “*•- H ® was badly injured and bleed- itElu but femembered that the nan. » p **“. DRer t ~ in WM due in fi »« n,fk^ i U .° RAthered himself np. tied hia R th *. r ' , “ ,c f round bis mangled mind, and — fl, B Ataggered up the track to ^““".•l’l*tubing tr«in. Twice befell ■““" WaailveO, but with indomitable #ti “\ ro *A»»eb time and reached a tres- ,. * “fibdrtd yards from the collision P^figer train came np, thus * “ Ji'ig serious loss of life. His signal was J2“'b«n the brave fellow fainted, and M.II. 1 unc ouacioiu for two days. He but was a cripple for life. lrc»g WUt * d physician's bill to the ««1 d company, but payment was re- Sl.. 8ait . WAS instituted for *10.000 and’^L *^ r * eTCT!j changes of ve- re.itn°' hcr de **ys *be trial came off with result os stated. A MOTHER'S carelessness. to Death and BU T Injured. ‘fere*. Cmftv to J-schooI, leaving fonr little children bttie girls named IwhILik * aeighboring honse came in, v« V**’ were playing the lire in the ■KbUr iJd 7 < * pUin K “ lU, '» ® lde »* the it,’,,***®”. 7 y*Ai»i put some kindling ''hVrd^ i r a ?P°. ur * J ° U °P<>“ while r-. in “ “®‘<* The flam*, ■ion f„iEl22i Wi ^S.the oil can and an ex- i *ii ii » ^ The child who had the “ d » t-oy«robl re that ha died in tires °tb* r Rmith children nnd weavWtore were terribly burned, bnt whe explosion wss beard a 'kutn.&t.Th* “otire was 'ladly dam- i ttn°fcmito Te lg“ £°" b-a * vms«L who is away on b "• “°t be*rd of the accident. TIILMACON^WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1886 HUrtiras 1,1 ■ ■ - - — * * * A Heartless Mother. wSTSSi ere^atl-^tc^ 4 her two children, aged “u^ ami S nr l Cr thrusting them under the wheels o d f a moV ^ l L ,telB A‘v tr “ 1D - Tha children were rel 8U A the “°«>cc arrested l.y a polloe- rnan. The woman turned savaaelv Sn itfl ofiicor iinfl ovni.. ntin . w 1 ® officnr and exclrimcd' °“ lhe that for? My husband is a drunknr.1 ^°i d ° HUp, ««AH»tbA Sout.h-It will Take Thro- that for? My husband is a’drunkurd.' I am tired of life| but I want to f, et rid nf childron firat." Her husband apneaLd^r fore Justice Meech this moruingfimdStated of thi" TTlf? h ' ,ll . ,ittcm Pt* ( l to toko the life Of the children g once before with an axe her U tr,trr:&l~l-: rh ®A«ticesent her to the Martha Washbi 0 ton i,o t lf,„ ^ nt w,®™ 1 ™ 0101 ', MlS8 -. Fobmary 15.-Col. fine of *50. B n * l0lue with a Rlauton Duncan, of this city, hns uddressed Attempted Murder ami Ar*o n . onitea Metes Benator from Virginia, in Riaiominotos, III., February 18—Three which he discusses at length the future of lays ago David Sheltv. a wenlu...'* the negro nice in the United fOntc Tin re_ , —reuruary 18 Three ««iim** ul icugiu tue ruturo o days ago David Shelly, a wealthy farmer ^e negro race in the United States. Here residing near Shirely, Ill., armed with two ^ ers 1° the civil, political and military his guns, went awny from home. To-dav he l ? ry of Virginia, and expresses the ‘hop. went awny from home. To-dav he l ? ry of v ‘ r R* Dia . ““>1 expresses the hope fonnd secreted in nn oat bin in his Daniel will coneidec i. This afternoon members of , Deed >* o£ the South apart his family attempted to take him fr0 “ th , e P arty vie w- He as- ,m,r to his house. He jumped suddenlv 8cr *"that the question which predominates *hty, crone whose rnsliinancy and andaci from his hiding place and fired a number ® ml darkly overshadows the future, not on- of shots, inflicting serious wounds on his * y , r d the South, but of tho entire country, brother, Levi SheTty, his wife, sister-in-law Ill 6 80c ' a '' n V rn l and politidnl condition and his son aged seventeen. He then set “'t" 6 negro race in connection with the fire to the barn, which was entirelv con- white race. He terms it a "calamitous Burned with it* nntitnn» u i «ia iwm ‘iBnoer winch threatonB direct —_—**, „ ossvau wtu* emireiv con- , * , ^ » emunmou Burned with its coutents. Losb 110 000 <,fWI Re r which thfeatens direct destruction;" Shelty then made hin escape to tl/e timber a ? iert ? i j iat tliere no precedent in history three miles away, where it is believed he "\u Q 1 “ fenor R superior race living to- has committed suicide. Ilia wife and ln equality; says it is an anomaly BiBter.in-law will die. which must hear most bitter fruiU. He proceeds as followu: ‘‘Senator Sherman, „„ Chinamen. “Senator Sherman, and other great SEATTLE, W. T*. February 18.—When the Northern leaders, have announced that they Chinamen were driven ont of Spohomish ‘“tend to rnako their battle-cry hencefor- v-ity last week thoso who had property in- ward—redaction of tho Southern strength , rests were made an exception, being al- in Congress and in the electoral vote to lowed to remain. They were notified, how- accord with the number of negro votes ever, that they must leave by Monday. On which are yearly counted ont and disfran- Monday, when told to go. they refusod, chised. They stato tho open secret that, in saying they intended to remain. Later that hundreda of loealitiea in Southern States night a dymamte cartridge was exploded lhere has not been a fair count nnder their house, wrecking the building, “^d a fair election within the past but not injuring the Chinamen. The Chi- ten years. That means agitation and fa- nnmen then moved into a portion of the naticisin in the north, nnd excitement, and building that was not destroyed, and ex- incitement to bloodshed nud violence pressed their determination to stay. This throughout the South. moi-Ling a number of shots were fired into ‘To abstruct from the Sonthem vote by the house hilt the occupants were still un- legal enactment, that they shall not have injured. At last accounts tho Chinamen 1,10 nagro counted in, would require a con- still held the fort. A Mlaaoiirl Temperanco Convention. Sedalia, Mo., February 17.—The “Sub mission" convention held its first meeting in the city last evening. About 150 dele gates, representing different temperance organizations in Missouri are in attendance. Resolutions were passed demanding of the next Legislature the submission of n con stitutional amendment forever prohibiting the manufacture or sule of intoxicating liquor, including wine and beer, also the passage of a looal option law similar to the Georgia law. Tho following resolution was also adopted; Resolved, That we will vote for no wan for the next Legislature who will not pledge himself to work and voto for such consti tutional amendment and local optioulaw. Death ot John II. Dough. Philadelphia, February 18.—John B. Gough died this evening. THE SILVER QUESTION, A 7 ,mt G*" Coinage Committee \\ ill he Relieved or It* Comlilerulmn. Washington, February 18.—There is a possibility that the contest over the silver question nssy bt practically transferred from tho coinage committee of the House to the committee on banking nnd currency, Daring a recent session of the coinage com mittee, Chairman Bland intimated very strongly that unless some positive action was taken by bis committee on the matter at issue, the snbjeot might be taken ont of their bands by » prompt report from the committee on banking and currency oh some of the propositions before that committee relating to tho issne of silver or coin certificates on bullion deposits. That Mr. Bland had some tangible gronml for his remark is ap parent from the fact that the committee on banking and currency hiut determined to begin next week the consideration of meas- » es relating to silver ooinage, with a view formulating a hill to be reported to the Honse. The committee will first consider, at the instance of Mr. Dingley, the Reagan bill, providing for the issne of silver certificates of the denomination of *1 and *2, in addition to certificate* authorized nt present. It will endeavor to reach an argument on the question os to whether the publio inti rest* will best be served by the issne of the silver certificate* of small denomination! or by the resmnp- tion of the issue ot *1 and *2 treasury notes. The decision of the question, as a consequence, involves some very decided action upon the silver question. A careful review of the composition of the committee, ss stated by its chairman, dcclnrea the fact that notwithstanding th* addition of Mr. Findlay, a monometallic majority of seven of the members are opposed to the suspen sion of the coinage of silver. WOMEN IN CONVENTION. Eighteenth Annual Hessian of the Wouinn'e HulVrage Uonveullan. Washington, February 17.—Tho eigh teenth annual Washington convention of A ramons Sleeper’s Last Bleep. CVncIsad. O.. BpecUL old, died this afternoon. He boa long been ana mnm, is nui a mulct in comparison famous as a sleeper since th* fall of 1880, to tbs mighty gulf of iniquity and unmor- when he sustained s fall on a stone side- shljr »»d fearful consequences which im- walk. bines that time he ha* frequently pead over ns from the nagro problem." slept from three to five day* without tha Sir. Duncan frankly admits that be eon- •uuutliSIUw as# luJnre anrafi anml f. .«* an in. as jsA * a pa«**aJ— W PAINTED BLACK. -TWELVE PAGES. COL. BLANTON DUNCAN’S PICTURE OF THE NEGRO. Uuuilred Year* for Him ta Equal In Education III* Hrotlier of the North—A Ciuuimrlion. Courier-Journal. - open letter to John W. Daniel, the new United States Senator from Virginia, in . ......... .. q.., 1 u II ouu' stitutional amendment which the South ern States, if so inclined, could easily de feat "The allotment of equality and the fran chise of the negro was never legally accom plished. It was done by the world, and by the declurulioa of carpet-bagger Legisla tures—uot expressing the sentiment of the overthrown Confederate people. It ia no more legal to-day than any enactment which, through tho some instrnmcntulity. "men, mroiigu me same instrumentality, should have transferred the title of all tho lands of the defeated whites to their former slaves; and yet We are powerless to set that outrage aside. The Southern negro race, twenty years ago, was scarcely more fitted for self-gov ernment, to appreciate the duties of citizen ship-the puntyof the ballot—than were the Kangaroos of Australia or the denizens of Central Africa. In two decades there has been no promess mentally, morally or otherwise. To-day they are a'masa of pau pers, not one in a hundred rising above the common herd, and, if left to themselves for ten years, nssuredly would retrograde to the status of their savage ancestors.” • Col. Duncan then goes on to say that it THE BELL TELEPHONE SUIT. When It Will He Tried—Th* Connrctlon of Mr*«rs Garland *ud Lamar. [aracUL roaSKsrONDZNCZ DAILT TCLKOnAPH.] Washington, February 16.—For several days past there have been frequent confer ences here between the President, Solicitor- General Goode, of the Department of Jns- tict% nnd ex-Scimtor Thurman, senior conn* sel, who will be associated with Mr. Good© tn conducting the telephone suits sgainst the Beli-Hubliard Company, and for the purpose of outlining-the leading features, and especially the selection of the place where the suit should be inaugurated . by j > tiV D J* cd s,atc ®’ Trial by jury hoa boon decided upon, and in order to have the case removed as far aa possible from the corrnptiDg influences of the Bell-Hubbard ring, it is understood C. lumbus, O., has been agreed upon as the most suitable place for the trial. Never in the history of the country, not even excepting the infa mous star-routers, has there been a ring or a monopoly so indifferent to publio mor ftlll.V* Al* rittit U’lincn ennl.. 1 « . ty could bo exceeded iu its attempts to dis grace the character of public officials. It does not often happen that a company, deliberately planned, stimulatedbyavarice, backed by wealth and urged on by the in dividual as well as tho concerted action of nil its members, fails signally and irrevo cably upon the very threshold of its first open endeavor. And yet, such already has been practically the fate of the misera ble plot of tbo Bell-Hubbard telephone cabal n«ninst the official life ami private reputation of Messrs. Garland and Lamar, of the Prusideut's cabinet. And u general knowledge of the motives and a timely ex posure of tho unsciupulons means used by tho conspirators, coupled with a wido ap preciation of the beautiful private life and irreproachable public career of tho gentle men assailed, solely nnd effectually pre cipitated the fiasco. For the intended vio- tnns took no single stop toward self-vindi cation The hundred channels of retalia tion open to them they declined to utilize, and otiose to let popular opinion, unin fluenced by word or net of theirs, mete out impartial justice to maligners and midign- eil alike. Micure in the rectitude of their own acts nnd intentions, tbrir dignified reticence, uuder provocation, is in striking contrast with the volumiuions abuse and tncks of their traducers. They are cer- ta'nly not ignorant of the methods employ ed to effect their disgraco nnd official de capitation. They know, for it is an open secret discussod upon the streets, in the hotel lobbies, in newspnper row, and even in the department corridors, that tho emmisKiiriea of tho ring have been in tho market buying up newspaper correspondents and such other influences suitable to their purpose, as con d be real ized by present bribery or golden promises for tbo future. And yet, the traduced have made no sign. They knew, for the Wash ington correspondent of the Philadelphia Times knows at least, ho speaks with the emphasis of one who is sure of his gronnd, that a more copyist in Mr. Lamar's own office was approached with a bribe of ten thousand dollars for papers appertaining to the telephono cose then in his possession, and that tivo thousand dollars was paid in hand for a single article in a certain New York paper, which, on oceaBions, is load in its dennnciationB of venality jiml a mercenary press. The i^oi. Duncan tnon goes on to say that it Ye V ail v * mercenary press. The has taken ten generations nnder the most °* this is himself cognizant of the fuvorablo circumstances to make the North- wet that a friend was solicited to sink his eru negro what he is—immeasurably ahead convictions nnd tarnish his honor by giv- of his Kouthem brother and that the lat* in f* tb ‘’ ui( i °f his pen to thecruHnde of tho ter, owing to his vastly superior numbers ringsters upon tho official probity of tho and tho different cironinstances, cannot be gentlemen they sought tlrst to pillory and brought up t j the same plane in 300 years, jwbseqnently to ostracise. But, it is hard- l ever. ly neccsiorv to be specific. In the eager- He proceeds to give v&rions reasons for Jf* °* ^ e ‘ r ^ont, the hunters forgot to be his belief. Among them are the following: ^no of their pursuit is 'lliit 111 A KrillllliiVII IvIlUsia )>nva AL. OVlTVWb^Tt* IlHLrkpil YVlfll OffMotl/i/.u nf ll.ele ms belief. Among them are the following; 'H*orct t, ana the lino of their pursuit Is That the Sontbera whites have neither the •TMjJwkiro marked with evidences of their means nor tho inclinatiou to cultivate the “•“ods. The silent cquinimity of tho minds nud morals of the negro; that the Attorney-General and the Recrotary of tho attempt would be useless, as they would Interior is, therefore, as I have said, in remuin nnder the enrse of God against Ham; v l'’Y of the. knowledge they possessed of that education alone will do them no good, thr 'r cnomy's tactics, in common with the and will only result iu making nnscrupul- 0 <itside world, in strikiug contrast ous leaders of tho brighter ones among v ith the voluble mouthing* of the hunting oua leaders of tho brighter ones among - lln me voluble mouthing* of the hnntinj them; that, a* mongrels inherit the vices of l‘® c ^ “ n d {to bangers on. It has been some both race*, bv the urowth of unv luro* nm. where said "the more slander renma* Iim both race*, by the growth of any large pro- said "the more slander repeats hci portion of muluttoea, the offtpnng of brut- Mjertioni, tho better; becanso when fandl uh white* and r isxolnto nrgresses, tho sit- '*rize<l, their boldness will not astound tin i*h white* and r issolnte negressts, tho sit uation would be so much the worse; that the blacks cherish race hatred, and would be ready, if abte, to light the fires of a Han Domingo holocaust; that they love whisky, and care nothing for honor, virtne, or re ligion; that they can not appreciate kind- nos*, and are best ruled when treated like dogs. Col. Duncan then udde: "What should the real statesman do when Radicalism proposes to red uoe Hon them po litical strength? Meet them more than half way, and suggest s return to the only legal status, of 1860, when Southern citizenship was confined to the white race. Accept the proposition of Northern men and let the Sonthem people resume their legal righto and restore the franchise where it belonged before the revolutionary method* struck down sovereign Rtates. lteouce the vote and strength simply to the representation of whites. Let the South voluntarily place it beyond pendventure that it* voice shall shape political contests, and let the North, with its intelligence and manhood, act, as it will then do, when fanaticism and falae- tuuuiuton convention ot win then do, wben fanaticism and fslso- the National Womans oaffrage Association hood shall have lost its power, to keep the began this morning. Seventeen States and Union intact and its people harmonious and Territories ware represented. There wss a in concord. The South in national councils, large attendance and much Interest wss after performing each abnegation, would manifested. To-days sessions were pre- have tenfold influence.- Our statesmen aided over by Susan B. Anthony, who, on would wield a magic wand taking the chair, announced that President "Whst U the excuse in Southern loeali- Eliasucth Cody Stanton was ill at tie* for unfair elections? That the negro is her home and wonld not be able toot- sbrute, unfitted to rule or to select the tend the convention. Elizabeth Cody servants ot the people; and, if granted the Stanton was re-elected president and Sasun power, would destroy not only the proper- K; A n ih on . y ’ AI**®dn doslyn Gage, and ty and blot out the civilization of commu- Phebe W, Cousins vice president’s at Urge nitiee, bnt banish perforce in time the for the ensuing year. It was announced w hites unfortunate enongh to ba there resi- judiciary committee of the House dent—aniens massacre ahonld be pre- will give the representatives of the con- ferred." vention a hearing on the 21st inaL, and also Mr. Duncan then quote* from Bev. J. F. that a petition from the national Msocia- Tucker, of Jackson, Miss., os to the social tion and many local and state organizations and moral status of tho Southern negro have been sent to members of Congress which he pictures os of the lowest and most praying for the passage ot the sixteenth degraded character; affirms that there has amendment to the constitution. been no improvement in their mental and No effort toward general petiton workha* moral condition; that they will sttal from been made. At tho evening session a-p*per each other. ob “woman suffrage and the labor ques- Tbo writer then takes np tha successive tion” wo* read by Clara B. CeUsy, of Northern influences exercised on tho negro Nebraska. Rev. Rush It. Shippin read s ill the South by designing men for political neper on "the advance of woman” and was influence—first ss Republicans, then a* followed hy Ads C. Smith, ox-pension Democrats. These men, he asserts, agent of Chicago, in an address on "wo- scrapie at nothing to retain power; live in men's work.” concubinage with negresses, and openly to* n . defy the Uw. After further quoting from The Oroat Monument Hill. lUv. Mr. Tucker to the effect that negro Washington, Febrawry 18.—Senator parents are willing purveyor*, and that Hoar, from the committee on library, re- even while men there have been known to ported favorably to-day the Mil introduced heater their mulatto daughter to white by him yesterday to appropriate (250,000 me n- Mr. Duncan adds- B for a monament to G*n. Grant, to be erect- tr™™ , ed in Washington. ** mind of tho Christian and tho moralist ss the foulest in the Union. The Mormons have intellect, education, refinement,wealth, David Mnlcahey, a single mso, 21 years end yet Mannoninu, in its extent srsdseope d, died this afternoon. Ho has long been aad; danfjer, is but a rivulet in comparison mnnw mm m nlnnnnw stltM f*lft frail nf 1 tiV I I to the mi *htv cm I f of fuirmifrw . * uudciMUaJiiig, and tho charm of novelty will not bo mistaken for the power of truth.” Had the telephono couspirators been sensible of the truth couched in this aphorism they would surely ntver have helped to vitiate their own work with "dsinnable reiteration.” They would bavo realised that the whisper of secret scandal, the covert nttack by innuendo or subtle suggestions, which admit of no public in vestigation, are infinitely more potent against spotless reputations than open charges persistently repeated and which most stand the test of publio scrutiny, ever con be. But, blinded hy passion and maddened by the mere pros- •-••'•MVUVAt tut IUOIU pect of having their grasp upon a collosaal monopoly loosened by judicial procedure, r-v '—wg JW'HVRU piGLAumu, they abandoned the customary secret and safer methods of scandal for the bolder but less productive methods of open and per sistent defamation. This course carried its own corrective with it. I’nldlc attention was challenged by the public nature of the onslaught, and the public judgment has promptly marked its reprobation of the con spiracy and tho conspirators, hy the en dorsement which it has placed on the char acters of the maligned. Hie passive de fence of pare lives end honorable public records wss never more successful against organized attack. A policy of vituperation, retaliation ot labond self-vindication would not have been half so effective. As virtue U ita own reward so is it its own defence, l’ublio opinion may proclaim it spotless, but the pure iifo itself extorts the verdict. I have ehosen to speak particularly of this Bell-Hubbard versus Garland—Lamar business a* a hold conspiracy on the one side against private worth nnd public prob ity on the other. This salient fact has been too generally overlooked by the impartial public in the common desire to investigate the nlterior designs of the conspirators and the bearings of their preliminary work thereon. Of course, ss I have said, the public have taken cognizsnce of the attack on the two cabinet officers in question, and have, in no uncertain terms pronounced judgment upon the aggros*ore. The scheme to degrade them a* honorable men, ass mean* preliminary to their removal from the cabinet, has recoiled upon ita in ventors; and the plotters are, in conse quence, the batt of decent men’s contempt end popular indignation to-day. But that a connnn v y wss set in operation to libel the private, anil official character* of stain less men, considered apart from any other idea, does not seem to have impress ed th* general mind with a proper sense ot He hideous and criminal authority. Common libelors seldom go uuwhipped of justico if the law be invoked against them; those certainly should r.ot who, inspired by the basset nruT most sordid motives, deliberately conspire lo outrage public morality and make »>n- onble men infamous. It is to be hoped that the law is not inadequate to their pun ishment The verdict of popular opinion. ‘INKIE‘8 REVENGE. BT ELLNN HUNT JACKSON. “What a perfect shamo that Hhe got here to-day!" "8h—8h—, she might hear you." "Nonsense! Sho is down in the recep tion room. I don’t suppose, if she is from the backwoods, she has got ears that can hear through doors.” "Girls, I am ashamed of you. How can you he so unfeeling towards your own cousin?" *3“I don’t care, mamma; she is sure to be nskvsrd and dowdy. How con wo hove her at the dinner-table to-uigbt? I shall die of mortification to have to introduce her to Mr. Morris us our cousin." "Perhaps she will be too tired to come down to dinner after such a long rido. It is a little awkward to add another to a set dinner party.” "Oh! mamma, bless you for the thought, ion can tell her that she is too tired. You can arrange it, I know !" ‘•Well, I’ll try!" These were the sentences which fell on tho cars of Priscilla Bent as she sat alone, waiting to see the annt and cousins whom she had come all the way from Kansas to New York to visit, of wUobb welcome she felt as sure ss if she bnd known them nil her life. It was by a blunder of the ser vant that she had beon shown directly np stairs into the drawing room, which com municated by folding doors with the room vh .e were sitting mother and daughters. "Pinkie! What a name!" continued tho ’ speaker. "Who ever heard of such a name except for a dog?" “Her name U Priscilla," replied the mother; “but Pinkie was given to her by her father, when sho was a little girl, on account of her pink cheeks." “Well, I shall call her Priscilla." "And I, too." “Yoar father will not like it." **td Mrs, Bent. “But we must go down." A swift rush of three women down the staircase, three lnuil exclamations of dismay ot tho sight of tho empty reception rooms, looks of wonder and a smothered whisper of vexation. "How stupid of Ben? Do you suppose sho heard?" These were the next scenes in the swift little drama which hero began so inauspi- ciuusiy nnder Mr. Silas Rent’s roof this morning. And next to these followed one which acemod almost a justification of all that tho Misses Bent had said in regard to their cosin. Slowly rising to her feet, grouping her umbrella firmly in her loft hand, roBe a toll, an exceedingly toll young woman, who exclaimed in n nasal voice: "Well, I was jest a-comin’ to look ye up. I didn't know as that fine black gentleman - - * »•*»» ““w oinvn UHVUJIIU o yourn hod condescended to let yon know I was here. I'm most tired to death. I'll tell yon; four days and four nights in tho cars is enough to kill an ox. Bnt I'll be all “ " * ■ Viiwogu vw rase* sees US, X It UU U1I right soon's I get ray coffee. I reckon braakfast ia all cleared away by this time, bnt I don't wantmnch, only a cup of coffee, if the cook hain’t thrown it out. I’m real glad to see you. I s’pose uncle got my loiter, didn’t he?" And panning in her breathless search, pretty Priscilla Bent looked sheepishly into tho face of her equally shame-faced relatives. If they had not been too gnilily disturbed in their own minds of fears of haring been overheard iu their inbospiia- blo comments, they might have detected a strange look on their Knneas cousin’s face, a strango mixture of twinkle and terror. Bnt they saw, heard nothing except what so thor oughly co roborated their worst feani- Kven Mrs. Bent herself, who had resolved beforcMmd to be thoroughly kind to tho child of her husband's favorite brother, was thrown off her balance, and, iu spite of herself, the welcome she gave was curt and cool. But nothing appeared to daunt tho terri ble Pinkie. Radiant good humor shone in her face; her tongue rau like a clapper, and when tbo dinner party was mentioned Pinkie cried; "Not mncht I ain't too tired. I'll jnet bonk down, and by 6 o'clock I'll be fresh ss a rooster! We don't often get a clianco to a regular dinner party out iu Enqioria, and I don't mean to mias one this winter. Say— shall I wear my very best? I’ve read about the kind of olothee yon New Yorkers wear to dinners. But 1’v* got some A No. 1 gowns, I toll you. Now, you just show me piy room, sod I’ll go straight to lied and stay there till dinner time. You let your black man bring me up a tumbler of milk, will ye, along about 1 o'clock, and a dough nut or hard-tack. I’m used to eatin' heart ily iu the middle o' the day." When the door waa finally shnt upon Pinkie, her aunt and cousins exchanged looks. “Horrible!" cried the youngest daughter, Carrie. "It's won* than I ever conceived. How coaid papa send for her." "He has not seen her since she was ten years old,” said Mrs. Bent dismally. "Of coon* be coaid not dream that she would be like this. He has alwaj t sold her mother was a charming woman, and they lived in Europe for several years when she was lit tle. It is horrible, girls.” "Bunk down!” ejaculated the eldeet daughter, Sophia. "Fresh ** a rooster!" echoed Carrie. “Momma, I shall go to bed myself, and be too ill to appear to-night I never can live through it—never! 1 don't believe Mr. Morris will ever crocs our threshold again.” "Then he is welcome to stay away! 77 said Mr*. Bent, hotly. While the distreesed consultation wss go ing on between Mrs-Bentandherdaughter, Pinkie, safe locked in her room, wo* hold ing one with herself. Tears sparkled in her eyes, but her face was full of mirth. “I will!"she mattered. “1 will do it It will be good enough for them. I know 1 eon. It will teach them a good lesson. But I shall have to work like a Trojan to get the dress ready. Letmsseewfaat l have got that will do. Hoi I have it! That old tableau dress will be just the thing." "How lucky I brought it!" she chuckled, ss she shook oat the foldsof a white muslin of the most antiquated country fashion. "Now, I tun go to sleep and rest easy for an hoar, ‘awkward and dowdy.’ That is what I wiU be,” and in five minutes mis chievous Pinkie Bent was sound asleep. Anxiety and vexation had mode Carrie ill, and it was with a most unbecoming flash on her harassed face that she appeared in the drawing room a few momenta before the dinner boar. There sat the cousin from Kansas. Was ever such a figure seen in a New York drawing room before? A plain white muslin, made in the shep herds** style, very full and very short, scar let stockings, s brood scarlet s*»h, and worst *f all. on her head a turban of white muslin, with a scarlet poppy flaunting in front! This waa what the malicious Pinkie had done with herself, whose tranks were foil of exquisite French gowns, such a* her eruain* bad never owned, and not often seen. She knew at least that opals on soft white command a certain sort of respect, even from her inhospitable relatives. “Thank heaven eh* wore them. That will show people she at least bos money. That necklace couldn't have cost lew *1,0001 "Yw,” replied Pinkie, nonchalantly, "ms Ukes ’em best of all she's got They’re maV I like flowers better. I'm great on ly for the Kansas cousin. Not seeing Eer, he accosted Mrs. Rent with true English Mildness: “I don't see your niece from Kansas. I liopo she is not gone. I was coanting on talking with her the rest of the evening/' With mingled resentment nnd confusion, Mrs. Bent replied: "My nkcewent np stairs immediately after dinuor." In truth,-Mrs. Bent wna in a state of ner vous bewilderment. Without for a moment suspecting the real cause of Pinkie’s with drawal, she had perceived that the girl was greatly movod aa she came swiftly to her when they were entering the drawing room. “Aunt, I must ask you to excuse mo. I artificial flowers; always wear ’em every day." 'lheguests were already arriving, Mr. Bent among them, he having, according t the fashion of New York business men, ar rived home only in tirno to dress for din ner. His heart was so full of affectionate welcome for his niece, whom he remember ed as a beautiful child of 10, only half a dozen years ago, that he did not nt first note anything but the lovely uplifted eyen ' nud tue affectionate voice. As the dioner progressed even unobser vant Mr. Bent, became aware that his nieces attire was not what it should bo nnd that her voice was too loud. “Bnt the .women folks can soon straighten that all out, and the child’s as pretty as a plctnre " So also thought tho Hon. Mr. Morris, who, to Carrie s vexation, on being told by her that theyonng lady in white was a cou sin, who had arrived most inopportunely from Kansas, hod exclaimed: “From Kansas ! How delighted I am ! Thnt i* the State of all others I am most in terested in seeing. I nm going out there in the spring. If all tho Kansas ladles have so wonderful n complexion os your ' oonsin, thnt is another reason for visiting the region. Pray present me to her, will you? I should hke to ask her many ques tions. Perhaps, eh?” he stammered, with tho carious mixture of diffidence nnd au dacity one so often sees in Englishmen— "perhaps your mother will be so good a* to lot me have the pleasure of pitting by her side at dinner-that ia, if it will not disarrange your plans.” “I am quite sure mamma will not relin- qnish the pleasure of having yon chiefly to herself at dinner,” responded Oarrio, her honrt full of anger and mortification. Nevertheless, several times in the conno of tho dinner Mr. Morris heard the shrill voice, and thonght to himself : “What a pity the American voiec is so iiph-pitched!' When the gentlemen joined the ladies in fue drawing room Mr. Morris looked eager agoing up stairs to uhange my dress; I >s not dressed os I should have been." “Nevermind, child, nevermind." Pinkie was gone. It did not take long for her to finish her transformation touches. The dAinty white surah silk with billowy roach of white lace from belt to hem, tho soft, clinging gloves to the shoulder, the opal bracelets, the white ostrich feather and tho white satin slippers—all were in readiness. Bnt at last Pinkie'* heart failed her. "It was a shameful trick to play on them.. I shall cry; I know I shall, and I’d rather dio than cry before that Englishman." At last she stole down slowly, hesitating ly. Black Ben caught sight of her first, and reeled back wllh excitement It waa an unerring instinct which led Pinkie, on entoring tho drawing room, to glide swiftly to her uncle's side, and put ting both hands into his, say: "Dear Uncle Silas, won’t you mako mj peace with aunt and ask your friends her*.- to forgive me for masquerading st dinner'" Before she had hardly half finished speak ■ Ing the company had gathered dote around her. •‘I mu*t *ay—" began Mrs. Bent, in a very angry tone. Bat Pinkie went on reso lutely: “1 could not resist the temptation to Hve- > to the New Yorker's ides of a Kansas -J, just for an hour or two. Yon know that I was exactly the sort nf person you all expected to see from th* West" She gathered courage aa she saw smiles. “Yes, you oil know it,” embracing the group in her appoellng glance, “and we out West *11 know it. Tbon forgive me. You a*k theni' to forgivo, dear Unde Biles, won’t yon?" Bnt Undo Bliss was laughing too heartily. Ho bent over and kissed her foreboad. “I ask them all to forgive me for kissing you.” he said. “A caiiital joke, pinkie!" •The beet piece of acting I ever saw,” cried the Hon. Mr. Morris; “qnite clever,, very neat. Upon my word, though, I do not think now, really, Miss Bent, I should not have seen through it: I don’t think you could have deceived me. "I should not have tried,” replied Pinkie very simply. Yet there was certain unde- finable something in her tone that made the Hon. Mr. Morris change color. There are no words in whieh to describe the embarrassment of Mrs. Bent and her danphtcra. "Had Pinkie overboard what they t.iiil about her?” They sounded her as far as they dared, but they ncTer found ont. To only one person died Pinkie ever UU the whole. That was to the Hon. Mr. Mor ris, after she was his wits soma weeks. "I thought it was so unjust in them, Frank,” she said; “so cruel, I'd just give them u lesson and let them see that mun- nere may be only skin deep— easily put cu or off. But I'd never have dons, Frank, if I'd seen yon first; I wanted to ran out of the room as soon os I saw yon look at me.” "You needn't have done so," replied Hon. Mr. Morris, "for I thought ss soon ss es f*U on you that I haa nevtr seen so lovely .VeTya face before. “Did you, really?* asked Pinkie. "Really," answered lb* Hon. Ur. Morris- Two Ghaatljr Death-tied*. The two most ghastly death-bed* on where a i auth are the ones where a man die* of de lirium tremens, and the other where a wo man dies after having sacrificed all her fac ulties of body, mind and sonl in the wor ship of costume. My friends, we mnst sp- C ar in judgment to answer for whst we ve worn on our bodies os well os for what repentances w* have exercised with our souls. On that day I see coming iu Beau Brummel, of the last century, without his cloak, like whieh all England got a cloak; and without a cane, like whieh all England got a cane; without hi* snuff-box. like whieh aU England got a snuff-box—he, the fop of the ages, particular about every thing tut his morals; and Aaron Barr, without the letters that down to o’d age he showed in pride, to prove bis early wicked gallantries; and Absalom, without his hair; and Marchioness Pompadour, without 1 cr titles, and Mrs. Arnold, the belle of Wall ■tract, when that wss the centre of fashion, without her fripperies ot vesture. A ccuom and noteworthy statement h*> been published in regard to the great river Euphrates. It appears that this ancient river ia in dangerof disappearing altogc'.b.r. Of lata yean the bonks below Babylon have been giving way so that the stream spread ont into a marsh until steamers could not poaa, aad only a narrow channel remained for native boots. Now this passage is be coming obliterated, with the pr.jM.Ue result that the famous river will he swallowed up by the desert.—Chicago Lmngi L.,r '