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1 .1. 0. GALLAIIER, Editor.
SATURDAY, APRIL A, 1874.
IS IT A PARTY QUESTION I
J'iu.-uicw is HOW the principle queftfiou
ot Congressional Legislation, heucc, wo
Mhkiti A ft party question ? If so, is it
Dwnocrstic or ll*Jiol measure, to increase
t’ ie circnlnti mof U-dto.l States currency.
ltl ,a thereby depart ’<iO litl> rdo > the
WdbHv erpm&tWHV of o resumption
~f specie ’jmywcnl ? U? i 1 Jemocrafic
, K-(uura isn’t it a manifest depart tiro from
f lia Domacrnife principles of former ilayr t
Bpeeio was the normal basis of tlio cur
rency <>f the Uuitqd anil sp<<'t
pivincn 1 was the principal plank in every
*>nnioeratio platform anterior to the war,
uu ,t the earliest possible resumption of
r-Ho mvment lias been tlio corner stone
„r TK.m.K’raey since the war. Was the pnn
, i„le correct before the war, if "o has the j
..miciple changed? Wasn’t Ibmocrahc
i iministnitjon under the normal system
ft.,,*-sful. and ilid’t the own.try l-'osper ?
tl.wn't the admiidafrptiim since the ww
proved tube nnsuccewfiU under the paper
currency, and hasn’t the Government
p.-eu making rapid strides towards im-vitu
Vde disaster and ruin ? The departure
f omthe normal basis of currency was
vi, r measure, and perhaps a war necessity,
but the in ensure, if it was cxpndient at any
time, has pertoimed its office and the ne
cessity exists no longer. Specie. must
necessarily be the basis of currency in our
country us it is in nil others; because it has
uueq.ua value in all countries, it has,,
lined and miebuugabl • value. li is.thedob
*, r the same yesterday, to-day and m long
ns time shall hu t. It never appreciates or
depreciates in value, nil ot her currencies
~iy fluctuate owing to its redundancy or
ft.-areitv, greenbacks nor any oMier cur
, nor Will ever be worth more than gold.
Vut your gold on the market it may bring
one and a quarter, one and and n half, or
two dollars in greenbacks, but you only
have a dollars worth. Gold is the stand
ard, it has its real value. Greenbacks me
petitions, with but a nominal or relative
s-duo. The inproasa of a currency of lie
llthns value will give a fictitious value to
, ,cry species of property." It is goner
,.dy admitted that the Government will at
some time or other resume specie pay- ;
pient. Will any time in the future pit" ;
►uni n more favorable opportunity than
• ,e present? Will it In; easier when hun
.irftds of minions more of its issue my tola
r sleemed than is now in circulation V <Vr
I„inl.v not Then it must bv obvious
n, every thinking mind the further we de
part from the correctprinciples the greater
iV,a oertainty of disastrous ream ta
Air. Swedenborg in the year 17H1 pre
sided to the House uf Nobles of Sweden
(.‘Memorial upon the tluancid condition ol
rust country w hich is oorlMnly rv uppli
. .We to tho United States in its present
cud prospective condition. This w wdmt ;
lie said: , .
“If the flo not. ilnrinff tins djet.
Make some i.rnui^’MW v\ ir t!?••
i doiili oi the notes now ih . nmihili u, U‘ j
tun substitution of purocuiu in their *.<•
it itto be feared that the present Prevail
denrnt*HM will constantly incivnso, ut
til the country become* exhuub*d, when
a national bankruptcy in rilw r money
j Hist l*e tha e nue. laus naust
trident to every ivlWtiutf person ."'her
he considers, that a note of six dollars is
now worth only tluc. dollars in />-"* (a
former Swedish copper coin) in toreigr i
trade, p,ml twyin domestic; audit Hie high
prices still continue, it will probably !
down to one dollar. In such case, how can
t „• niition be preserved frotn rum . 1 lay
M-levous and dreadful events can only b,
prevented by the restoration of a pur.
meta’.ic currency. . , , , .
•■Many plans might- b. devised am i
proposed, to compel the circulation ot |
lac notes at their original fixed value, am.
t in* moot the high prices; bilk they must
iUIWi little or no avail,with one exception,
mid that, is, the restoration of a proper me
t.lic currency, as it was formerly m
Mwcdeu, and is now in every other country
in the world. In money itself consists t lie
value of notes, mil consequently ot nil
kinds of goods If an empire could sub-
Mat with a representative _ currency, P ;
would bo an empire without its parallel in
the world. • Km Swiu.exiioiw.
in increase of the currency from three
tmndred and eighty-two millions t.
.'•mr hundred nidkoiis, which is now pto-
po-ted will not be such an inflation os to
work very great injury, neither will it be
s ich au inflation us to do any pcreeptable
good. If money is very scarce with a eir
utilation of three hundn-d and eighty-t wo
m 1 ons of dollars it .n mt in a great mid
jiopiilous country like this be rendered
very plentiful by the simple increase of
eighteen millions ? It *tll nevertheless
give, some spring to business of all kinds.
Hie good will scarcely be apparent while
tiie evil will be wholly impercoptabie and
in this is the great danger, l! the evil winch
must inevitably result from an inflated
currency was at oncSß obvious to the public
mind iui iiuinediate remedy would be dc- i
rlaed. Tho evil so slow in its progress as j
to render it impereeptable will superin
dive further legislation, additional infla
tion and departures from the only
tr ie basis of currency, livery step is b ad- j
lag us iu the wrong direction and furthei
from the point that we desire to leach
No good cjin be accomplished by cuhnuc
ing the price of the property by tile in
crease of a doubtful and rapidly depreei-
ming currency.
[fa pajvr currency kc have ami mini
have, let every dollar he worth one dolin'
in g*<ld. with the pledge id the Govern
moot to redeem it with gold. Then when
v at exchange your property for money you
do it without fear of its depreciation
Sip Uiitatprs and parties involved by nek
liis dealing don't care lipw cheap the cur
leney is with which they propose to pin
their debts. N'd w> with the laboriug
cl.iasps. for they are not iuvolved. All the
trritiug we can do yill have no effect upon
the legislation of the country; but our ob
ict is to point out the, dangers to our
re vd *-a. of an inti it**d currency. It makes
ns extravagant. we go largely in debt con-
1 mt that in-rncy i plenty mid easily oh
tsiued but the crisis roust coroe, there must
he a contraction and chut will come w non
we are most involved and least prepared
lift it.
[From ♦HwHnvmuifih Morning ,Nkhh. 1
THE BLICKSiICAK HOHROH.
!
SOME INTERESTING I’ACTri IN CON-
Niit lION WITH THE MURDER.
THE EVIDENCE UPON WHICH it. W.
CARPENTER WAS COM MITTEi’,
On Thursday last a reporter of the Hn
j vonnail ilnrniiiy Jiuum obtained an inter
j view with It. W. Carpenter, the allenged
assasuin of young Walter J .. t 'ole. in the
outline ol that, interview Curpenter elidenv
o o 1 to impress the reports !' with the idea
in.il a very lively pft judiee existed against j
i him in Rlucksheur, and that the ground,
upon which this prejudice was baaed were j
wholly disconnected with bis sup|o;ed
eoiuptieity in tho crime for which lie was
committed to jail. This was embodied iu
the report of the interview published in
our edition of Friday. Since that time we
have been put in posscision of
AllliriioNA 1, EVIIIKMIK
which would seem to still morocloacly con
nect (.'arpenter with the startling crime
for which lie is to be put upon trial. We
j have also received a communication from
Jihtckshcur signed, severallv, by A. M.
Moore. Mayor, Messrs. D. E. Knobs, A.
N. Smith, D. P, Patterson, deptlia L.
Milton and Henry J. Smith, M. D., in I
which they explicitly deny that tlio arrest i
of Carpenter is the result of any personal j
antipathy or prejudice. Tliesegentlemen. 1
over their own proper signatures, review
and re.'tute the evidence upon which Car
penter wius committed to jail, and show
ooi'olutiively that no other feeling, nave n
desire to bring the perpetrator of the foul
murder to justice, actuated the citizens of
HUckabeur iu the steps which they took to
trace the criminal. Such a Riauvowid iu
view of the evidence herewith appended,
was scarcely necessary, anil we Uuded to
it here simjiiy us hearing upon this
KXUiAOIiDINAIIV CASK,
A year or so ago, Walter L. Cole, the
murdered man, was engaged in busbies,
in Elackslieer with his uncle, Robert W
C ipenter, tin. firm name being W. L
oole A' Cos. It is presumed that the some
what indefinite word "Cos.” hid the iden
tity of Car, a ter, who w-s, at that time,
t o real owner of the, business. II was
n tudi,’ lough in iiis manner to young
C ie, and
EXCEEDINGLY EXACTING,
.0 much so, indeed, ns to attract the at
on; ion of nearly every one in the village,
i'licy soon dissolved partnership, with
the understanding, it is believed, that
talk: was to leave the place. Instead of
leaving, however, the young man bought
another stock of goods iu the same firm
name, (W, 1 ... Cole A Cos.) having gone
into partnership with ,J. G. 8. Patterson.
Phis new firm existed but a abort while,
Cole continuing in business under his own
name, and, as it Was generally supposed,
with great success. It is known that,
'ole’s resumption of business in Black
ihetir, subsequent to the dissolution of li is
partnership with Carpenter, caused the
luti-er to be exceedingly angry, and it is
ilso well known that he endeavored to in
;me Colo’s credit w ith parties from whom
Hie young merchant was purchasing his
piods. Home of these letters subsequently
:ame into Cole’s pos'.ession and he showed
them to some of lus friends, remarking at
die same time that it Carpenter continued
(i ninny him, he would be under the no
•c-sity of divulging facts in Carpenter's
.liatory that would
imiNG HIM TO Tin: OAI.LOW S.
Some weeks ago, C .rpenter borrowed
nine hunchc id dims from young Cole,
aid shortly Fieicadrr curried bis wile,
who is i.ii invalid, to her relatives la South
Carolina. On Ids return ho dismiss'. ,1 his
i ‘iviint, and, ns it is not known that he
procured his meals away from home, it is
presumed he did his own cooking. Right
acre he seems to lmvu begun in’ earnest
o carry out the bloody tragedy w hich he
.ms plotting. Not many days after liis
return lie requested Cole to accompany
lim on nil expedition to arrest some par
ses who, according to his account, in
,ended to break into some one’s premises.
On another occasion, Carpenter proposed
'.at-they should go to arrest some hur
<liirs who intended to rob the mill-house
■f .Messrs. Johnson A l,ee. Oil still au
.(her occasion, Colo was to meet t’urpcn
t 1 in
THE DI.AD HontS OF NIGHT
and a very secluded spot near Dr. Smith’s
plantation, but for whut purpose was
never eleurly understood. Cole consulted;
iiis friend, Mr. 'Patterson, in regard to
his proposal of Carpenter s, and Mr. j
Patterson advised him not to go. Once j
Cole was asked if he was not afraid to no-1
eonipuiiy Carpenter on these solitary ex
peditions. lie said lie was not; that his
iiiieio always carried liis double-barrel gun,
uni lie (Cole) lmd liis pistol. Taking into
xmsidiTatioii the fact that Carpenter de
ified his nephew to keep these extraordi
nary patrol moverni ids
A I'KOFOVXD .SECRET,
aid remembering various other occur
rences in connection therewith, much
Hint was mysterious at the time lias been
.innle clear by the dastardly assassination
if the unfortunate young mini. On Sun
day night- the night so fatal to Walter
Col • -Carpenter attended church. This
was a very unusual filing with him, and it
attracted the attention of Cole, who ex
pressed iiis surprise to a friend who was 1
sitting near him. Upon the conclusion
>f services, Cole accOinpnVned a young
la iy home. He was engaged to bo mar
ried to this lady, and
•iu:: l . M EMELATED MAKIII.VGE
was bitterly opposed by Curpenter, though
it is not known upon what grounds. Tile
;\yo men had frequently discussed the sub
; jeet, uud upon one ov two occasions lmd
j unit hot words in relation thereto. When
j Cole reached the young lady 's house, lie
j went in and chatted a few minutes. While
! 1 here ins manner attracted tiie attention
of the household. He was exceedingly
nervous and restless. He arose to go three .
times, and eaeli time reseated himself. Fi
; naily, with an efiort, tie palled out his watch
j .md saul he mtn t go, tuough now, of all
other times, he felt reluctant to and 1 so, and
then, as if with
A PREMONITION OF THE FIENDISH DEED,
si soon to be committed, he anoaneed to
her that Carpenter, his uncle, was liis
j deadly enemy, and the only one he hail
!in the world.' All the actions of tiie young
; man while in tiie presence of her he loved,
I go to show that he had ft presentment of
the horrible fa? that was hanging over
1 him. T"o young lady was herself iiitiu
■liced by his fears, and slit' begged him not
j to go alone if he had thoughts of harm. In
] the tone of one who had a duty to perform
however great the risk, he replied, “1
must go.” As he left the young lady’s
: presence, he showed her his watch mid
j she noted tliut it was half-past el veil
1 o'clock. When with the young lady Cole
! wore a light colored cssimere coat and a
light h it. He went to Ids store, changed
: Ills coat aud hat waking las younger
brother in doing so—aud went out again.
; About one o’clock a. in.,
lit : sor>m.N EIHING OF A GF X ',
; 1 .flew and by the noise of a severe struggle
ittraet and th attention of several colored
! 'aniilies living near the scene of tho inur
d'-r. Tluu there were cries of ‘ Oh,
Imril several trues re)u ated followed by
in einphutic command to •‘stand!" or
i “stand still 1" then aio'her shot, with
1 gorging sound, growing fainter and fain
trand finally oentbng altogether. Next
morning, on going to the spot where the
it us"s had been heard, the negroes found
! young Cole lying on his back lieud, about
i seventy-five yards in front and west of
j Felix Robinson's house. Ho was lying on
Ihe grass and not in the road as lues been
sated. His hat was placed carefully over
j liift face, and his coat was carefully but
toned, hiding his shirt from view. There
| was
NO m srir roN op CARI’VNTF.n.
! No one felt that he could have committed
| such a dreadful deed, it was thought by
all that Cole was killed by someone in a
spirit of revenge for some real or imngin
ry wrong; but every citizen felt it to be
his duty to investigate the mutter carefully
thoroughly, and impartially. Carpenter
w.. consulted, and his advice was to let
THE ATIIOCTOI.H OCOIIUIENOK
go by ns quietly as possible. He intimated
that Cole bod, through indiscretion,
brought his fate upon himself by arousing
the jealousy of some of the negroes, and
that the revelations of those indiscretions
that would follow an investigation would ;
only add to the murdered man’s shame, j
When a citizen suggested t hut every gun '
in tho village be seized for examination,
Carpenter objected uu the ground that it
would have a bud effect. He said that j
Cole was now dead arid all that could be j
done would not bring him to life, repeating \
that his nephew had brought it on himself.
Notwithstanding this advice many of the j
guns in the village were seized and among ]
them that of Carpenter. It. was at once
observed tlutt the gun had been fired off, |
though it was then loaded with bird-shot. ■
Tho stock was crocked, and there were j
many
BLO01) MARKS ON THE liAIUIT’T,;
sand and dirt in the crevices; tin* recently
exploded cap in the lmrnmer of tli lock;
the inside of the barrel fresh with burnt
powder; the screw-hole in the end of the i
stock filled with bltHJiI and hair, the latter
these: a t counterpart of Cole's, mid blood
Under the iron plate on the end of tin*
stock. Carpenter was thereupon arrested,
and his house searched. The shoes h -
wore at church, the thick new soles of
which lntd attracted the attention of a
party who sut near him, were found in the
cellar. The pants he wore on the same oc
casion were found in tho loft of his kitchen
with blood-shuns on them. In a tub of
watt r were found bloody cloths and a
handkerchief with all the appearanee of
blood, dirt and powder-stains. Carpenter :
denied having any buck-shot in his house
and said die had had liothing of the kind I
for months. The shot cut from the body
of the murdered man, however, were of
the size of tho
IU CK-MHOT I’OI’ND IN OABTLNTEIt's HOCSE,
wrapped in a piece of brown paper placed
in a bucket under some dishes in his
closet. The brown paper iu which these*
buck-shot were wrapped corresponded in
texture to tho wadding found on the
ground and extracted from the wound of
Cole, mid both paper and shot, had an ap
pearance of newness. One of tho slats of
Carpenter's gate had blood marks on it,
showing the print of a man's finger. The
pockets of the pantaloons that were found
in the kitchen loft contained blood-stains, j
its though
A BT-O r>v HAND
had been inserted therein. Carpenter we
known to carry a large, new knife with
which he trimmed liis vineyard and or
chard. This knife cannot he found.
These are llie facts upon which he was ar
rested and committed. The citizens of
Blackshear have never entertained an idea
of molesting him. Tho jail there is not ;
only badly ventilated, but unsafe, and it |
was thought best that he should be
brought to Savannah for safe keeping. It
is generally believed iu Rlucksheur tlmt
Carpenter decoyed Colo near tile house of
A NEOKO WOMAN OF ILL-imITTB
for the purpose of giving color to the in
timations w hich lie subsequently made in
regard to the developments that would be j
made if the facts were investigated. It:
will tie seen that the evidence, of which I
we have given a tolerably dear summary,
was at least sufficient to warrant tho com
mitment of Carpenter. What other dc- j
vclopment.s may be made in this most !
atrocious and dastardly assassination, il
is impossible to say, but it is to be hoped
that the guilty party, whoever ho may be,
may have swift and sure justice meted out \
to him.
,
C AltFEN'Tiat H SECRET.
Since w riting the foregoing, we fn l in
the Valdosta Timm sornp information
bearing upon the secret which young Cole
threatened to divulge, and which lie as
serted would bring Ids uncle to the gal
lows. The information is to the effect
that Carpenter cauie to Blackshear soon ;
after the war. Shortly afterwards, u Cap
tain Brunt, who had previously known ;
Carpenter, also came to the village.
Brunt was subsequently murdered by un
known par-ties, and all efforts to discover
the perpetrator failed. It is the impres
sion now that Carpeiih r had been pen
itentiary convict, nod that this was known
to .Brunt. Carpenter, at this time was a ;
candidate for the Georgia Legislature, and
it is supposed that iu order to
lll'RY HIS SECRET,
he either murdered Brunt, ov caused him
to be murdered. It is thought that Cole
was aware that his uncle had li oin con
viet, and that he was also cognizant of
the killing of Brunt. If this is true, it
was unfortunate for him that he was.
perhaps, the unwilling depository of
those unhappy secrets. All this, however,
is mere surmise, uud we give it as such.
-’*■
Christianity in Mexico.
A fearful outrage was perpetrated by a
mob at Ahualtteeo in the Htate of Jalisco
last. Sunday. In the morning a priest
delivered an incendiary sermon, in the
course of which he advocated the extermi- !
nation of the Protestants. This so excited
his hearers, that an armed mob of two
hundred persons gathered in the evening
and proceeded to the residence of the K >v
John Stevens, a Congregational minister
sent out by the Boston Board of Foreign
Missions with cries of “Long live the
priests. ”
Thev broke into the lions?, and seizing
1 the clergyman, smashed his head to a jelly
i and chopped his body into pieces. They
1 afterwards sacked tho house and carried ,
! off everytl itg of value. After muc i delay
I the l'i. twas suppressed by the local un
it orities. The Government has sent a
detachment of troops to the place. A
j rigid investigation has been set on foot.
Orders have been issued for the arrest of
all the priests in Ahnnlueco and the neigh
boring town of Teshilau.
A mob in Sagayueo, acting under simi
lar religious frenzy, attacked the small
garrison of the town, burned tlio public
arebieves, and pillaged the houses of the
authorities.
Many, who. in onr days of wealth, wo
deemed that heartless churls, have iu on
distress shown themselvis friends.
[From the Chicago Tkines. J
MR. STEPHENS.
The (iforgU NiuitHiiiun'i lld Health—
111* View* of the Itegro Problem.
Mr. Stephens lias not been insido of the
Capitol for weeks. His total lack of any
! thing in tjio shape of health, has been a
• world’s wonder and pain for years. The
; great soul lives without any body to speak
of, and would bo better unannoyed ■by
even the trifling corporate moiety to which
it i i hinged. Though always the sickest
man alive, there are grades to even Mr.
, Stephens' illness, and he has recently en
j dun (1 the most miserable of ils phases,
f really suppose that he dies on such occa
sions, anil after a brief rest in death, ebbs
hack into mortality again. To see him
when he culls himself well, crumpled into
! his chair in the House of Representatives,
it is impossible he can look and feel worse,
| and remain with the living. .1 am sure tuy
theory is correct, and that he is perennial
ly engaged in making a Lazarus of himself.
Ho wius twisted iu n pile of cushions in
a pleasant front room, beside a table mixed
with books, tobacco, papers and medicine,
and tnpg and at a cheerful pipe its he talked.
I told him it was a rainy day, and im
parted other valuable preliminary infor
mation, then demanded something in re
;turn.
“You wish to know," answered Mr.
(Stephens, “what the near possibilities are :
lof the intelligent natives of tin (South le
; Burning their political asoo*nluey ?”
"Exactly.”
“That is a subject, tny friend, involving;
i many serious and complex questions. Ii
j requires to be treated philosophically and
j thoroughly, and can hardly lie fairly din
posed of in a conversational way.”
1 remembered Mr. (Stephens’ ix column
editorials and four hour speeches, and in
timated that to torture a man in liis condi
tion with n request for polished elaboration
was not my base design.
“In the States where the negroes arc in j
a minority," said Mr. Stephens, “you will
find that affairs are righting themselves j
faster than where the colored vote has the
preponderance. Georgia, Alabama uinl
Kentucky are. nearing their old-time pros
perity much more rapidly than (South Car- j
olina, Mississippi, Florida, and, notably,
I ionisii.ua, ”
I asked if, in the more favored (States,
the colored voters were beginning to learn
it, was for their last interest to repudiuti
the rapscallion foreign element which had
managed them since the war.
Mr. (Stephens was certain that in Geor
gia many of the intelligent negroes hail al
ways voted under the advice of their for
mer masters.
They bud seen that the cock-and-bull sto
ries drilled into them by the “loyal league”
were not vs rifled by time, and were slowly
understanding what was really best for
them.
in answer to a question touching the
probable effect of the proposed civil right,
law, Mr. Stephens s lid he was not prepar
ed to Hiipcrftoiaily di, cuss that subject for
publication. He referred me to bin ad
dress of January 5, and then passed to an i
interesting review of some <>f the ports'
contained therein. Tim published eon- I
druS'ttions of this speech afford but a mea
gre idea of the thoughts and study which -
it einl o lies. Editors and others who cure
to get a Southern statesman’s accurate and
complete ideas of the great question eati,
and should, put themselves into communi
cation with the Government printer, uf
licial copies will bear broad-cast distribu
tion apa scrutiny.
As to the chance fornn tir,mediate eman
cipation of the colored men from the moral
rule of carjiet-baggoi'S, Mr. Stephens was
of tie opinion that it would take a few
years more to aeeouqlisT the work. The
quicker interference from Washington
ceased, the quick- r this most de iruble re
sult would be brought ab mt. The negro,
always credulous, was easily made to be
lieve that the Federal Government kept
the soldiers and special officials in the
South solely to protect him from the wick
edness of the former slaveholders. With
draw those soldiers and special officials,
entirely, and the negro would soon find
who were his truest political friends.
Come, tiling Serious.
T received a letter the other day from ail
unknown lady living iu Lottiaiaua, and
she asks:
‘•Why don’t you write something seri
ous ? I like your ‘notes, ’ but they are all
intended to make people laugh, while it is
but light that people should sometimes be
serious, if not sorrowful.”
J have been pondering over that letter
and its request, and in order to oblige the
lady I'm going to write something very se
rious. , 1 hope it will touch the heart of
e ery reader, and remind him that the
pleasures and gaieties of this world are
but dross. Here l go:
“It wius a cold winter evening in tho
year 1855. The winds howled dismally
around the frail tenement occupied by the
widow O’Grady, and the heal th had long
since been cold. She sat rocking to and
fro, and tho wild wind’s sorrowful moan
isilled up in tier sad heart bitter recollec
tions of otlur days. She rem. inhered
standing by the bedside of her dying hus
band, and wiping the death dew from his
forehead, as tho angel of death hov
ered ”
No, hang me if she did ! I won't lie
about a thing anyway. The truth is, her
husband was killed by an old shanty tail
ing on him, and his wife didn’t see him
HUtil he had been dead sixtsa u boms. 1
can't sav that she w iped the d"\v of death
off his face, and go on and tell how pov
erty came, the landlord threatened and the
children died, when the facts in the ease
are, that she married a butcher within six
weeks after the funeral, mid now weighs a
trifle under 200 pounds.
But, I want to oblige tho lady, and I’ll
try something else.
“It was a lovely face, even in death—
the face of Georginnu Middlefield. The
angel of death had turned away and left a
smile on the cold, white face, and those
who stood around the coffin could scarce
believe that she slept tho sleep which.
knows no waking. Poor giri! Light
| hearted as the summer breeze, joyous as j
: sunshine, every heart loved her, and every
; eye kindled at her approach. A long,
: bright future seemed assured her, when
' she was suddenly ”
I won't do it--I’ll die first. The facts
| are that Georgiaua was au old maid with
| a Roman nose, milky eyes niul a cork
limb, and any one who could swear that
he had eve r seen a smile on her face would
1 have received t?st) reward. No I as much
as I want to oblige that Louisiana lady,
I’m not going to go on and tell a deliber
ate lie. Georgiaua didn't die. either
i though everybody was always hoping she
would. She still lives, and if there’s a
i family with.h sixteen miles of her who j
. have any secrets that she basil t found out
j they ought to have a pension.
You see, my dear w mum, its er.sy
enough to feel sorrowful, but its hard to
) write a sorrowful article. Yon might cry
ov*r an old pair of shoes, but did you ever
hear of an author's writing a sorrowful ar
ticle Under the head of “leather and find
ings?” X could go on and say that a
, mother we„ t as klr? came across the bun
ue oi play liit.gs which had once amused*
her peel dead buy, but how do I know
fthe did V How do I know he’s <fpad ? Per
haps, when I came to get ut the truth, 1 and
j find him a young man of 18, swelling
! around with a diamond pin on, or beloug
: wig to a hose company and in debt for liis
j washing.
I’d like to make the aged tear trickle
down the briny check," and choke every
i bosom with grief to such an extent as to
i burst, vest buttons and corset strings.
But I have to die some day, and i don’t
! propose to have folks say of me as 1 go
jby:
“He was a pretty good citizen but an
j awful liar.”— M. <Juml, in Our KiresiUe
' b'rirnd.
Affairs of the District The Investigating
Committee.
I Washington, March 25.—The result
| of to-day’s work by the District Investi
| gating Committee was the establishing
j of the following points:
; First That the Board of Public Works
: has, since the commencement of the pres
ent inquiry, procured contractors to sign
! contracts and execute bonds for work
I done months and years before, on the
1 mere verbal order of Shepherd.
Second—That over two millions of dol
lars worth of work hud been done without
any written coDtiHCt, which is in plain
violation of the organic act.
Third—That under the old corporation !
grading was done at an average cost of;
fifteen cents per cubic yard. In IK(>81
anil lWiil, when laborers received two dol
lars per day, grading cost from ten toj
eighteen cents per cubic yard. Now, J
with labor at one dollar and fifty cents
per day, the board pays fifty cents per
cutiic yard for grading.
Fourth—That in numerous instances
contractors carried off old material, and
projierty holders were never allowed for
the same. When they attempted to ob
tain draw becks on their special improve-;
meld bill.) from the board of public works
they received no satisfaction.
Grange News.
The F.xeciftive ("mwittee of the Na
tional Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
are maturing u plan for the formation of u
Statistical Biireftu in connection with the
National Grange, for the collection and
dissemination of information in regard to
the, condition of the crops throughout the
country. ’The new Bureau will be located
at Washington, I). ( ~ mid w ill be in charge
of]). W. Aiken, (secretary of the Htate
Grange of South Caioiiu.i. Subordinate
Granges will report directly to the State
Grange all information' of interest relating
to the crops. Different State Granges
will report by telegraph to the Statistical
Bureau of the Order at Washington. Tin-
Bureau W ill complete and summarize these
reports of croj> in all sections of the coun
try. and will aiihultanooiißly transmit the
report by t I. graph, monthly, to all the
State Granges, which in turn will furnish
it to every subordinate Grange witliiu the
jurisdiction. This information will not
be furnished the press for publication, it
iteing intended exclusively for the benefit
of the members of the Order.
4*
“Farewell, Eyes.”
A Worcester, Massachusetts, oculist wtr
called upon by a tough old customer of
sixty, whose eyes showed plainly that
brandy and water was no stranger to him,
and his breath corroborated plainly the
statement of his eyes. The doctor exam
ined him and suggested that ardent spirits
might have something to do with bis con
dition.
“Oh, no," said the old fellow, “I don’t
drink enough to hurt anybody. 1 take
something stimulative when 1 get up, and
then again just before breakfast, then only
once at eleven o'clock and ft little before
and after dinner to help digestion—don't
take anything mole until four o'clock, and
only a little more l f"re and ..fier supper ,
and just before I g" to niv bed."
“That, all ?” said the doctor.
“Never take any more unless somebody
asks me,” said the man.
“Weil sir,” said the doctor, “1 think 1
can cure your eyes, but it will be neces
sary for you to leave off drinking m
tirelv I”
“What,” said ho, in amazement, “can’t
1 take just a little V"
“No sir, not a drop: and if you do not
leave off drinking you are liable to become
blind.”
“Then farewell eyes,” said the old toper
as he sieved his hat and made for the door
evidently afraid the doctor would prescribe
for him before he could get out.
s-ft.
Burglars in the House.
Yon tay de odder uide I vr.s awoke in
mine shlecb von I dink I vas hear a pur
glar drying to get mine viudor in, midt py
sbinks ! 1 got me so skardt like ter tuse.
mult shake mine vrow put I dont got some
answer py her, she vas fast aside b like
she vas gone died. Den I dink vel I fees
dot feller mine self; so I slumps der ped
out mult go so shrill like some leedle mines
to der bantry vere dere vas a pig pologno
sausage vat. mine vrow pied mitder putc-h
--er shop yesterday; 1 krubs me dotpulogna
in mine hniidt uudt goes pack pv mine
room ven pv ehi minettv krisriuus ! di re
vas mine vinder vide open uudt 1 see some- .
ding tressed mit vite elotheses on stooping
tow npy dev pedt vere 1 keeps mine mon
ish unater der edge of der carpi t ; so 1 raise
.lot pologna ub uudt pritig him town so
hard its 1 can onto .lot feller uudt oh mein
gott in himmtsl 1 how dot feller didt make
some noises, uudt how der pologna tiilt fly
aromult dot room, ven der folks in der
house ub sliiaii-s dey eoomes rushing town
mitt candiies in der hunts uudt eoomes der
room in mit der lidrs den I ree mine vrow
lv ng ■ n der floor all in n leedle punch mit
m r pologna shattered all old like id vas
raining kats uudt togs. 1 toldt you I vas
madtveu I limit oudt dot I limit peen
glnpping mine vrow, uudt ven der man ub
siitairs he grab me unit say he vas going
to (look me to der statshen house up. 1
vas yoost like n loouadick houses—pudt
mine vrow she eoomes ridte away quick to
der resense uudt say dot dere vos a mens at
der vinder veil she voked up in her shleeli.
He limit der vinder up uudt she shurnps
der pedt oudt uudt del' mens he runs avuy
limit den she goes to see ouf der shtamps
vas all liglitd, uudt don 1 cootues along
uudt she doridt knew somediug any more
until der lidtes eoomes der room in. Den
l explained to der folkses vet I heardt,
uudt how l gott dor pologna, uudt how der
vinder vas ub veil I eoomes pack, uudt
how I dink mine vrow vas der purgier,
uudt how I makes der pologna fly der room
aronnilt. Den ve all been satisfactedt 1111111’
shooked baudU ail aroiaidt uudt set der
r .t ouf ili r uidteub and ying to make our
uroubles schwim mit lager bier. Mine
vrow says dot she dondt like to sit town so
mooch like she used to on account dot her
sehairs vas so harilt like ter tense.
Hans Naooleschmidt.
One who had the reputation of being a
great philosopher, and experienced man of
the world, a profound thinker, and as
acute observer, with a deep insight into
human nature, has left on record the ex
pression of his firm conviction that, no
man. however gifted, however fortunate
in his domestic relations, however succes
fnl in his public undertakings, can be
'pronounced happy -whose trousers bag at
tlio knees.
HON. MORGAN RAWLS.
He Wa> Convicted of Democracy anil Vn
acatfid,
The Washington correspondent %>f the
j Atlanta (\.. <i i1u1i.... .. u> describes the
closing scene iu Mr. Rawls’ ease. Being
permitted to say a few words iu his own
defense, Mr. Rawls said:
“Mr. Speakt r, if there is no objection I
; would like to go over on the other side of
! the House, for it is a mutter of business
with me now, [Laughter] and I want to
i speak to gentlemen on the other side,
j [Fa sing over to the Republican side of the
House.] i believe tliut it is the custom in
this country, in all trialft before any erim
j inal court, to allow the accused at least to
plead liis innocence or his guilt. J fear
that tiie charge iu this case l is that I am
gailty of Democracy. 1 frar that the im
pression upon that matter Ims had a good
I deal to do with the feeling and finding in
! this case. To that I must plead guilty,
! but enter with the plea my protest against
, the criminality of the fact
"I believe that I have been legally
elected a member of this House; I believe
! that I have been fairly elected. I have ,
i I veen cli ct< dby the legal voters of the j
1 (State of Georgia, a Htate new in full har ;
mony with the government, with all its de-;
part meat ft in full arid ample. Operation
The vote was made up and sent to the office
of tiie Secretary of State, end.connted and
sworn to by tfuit officer, a Republican,
whose testimony, in tho record of this
case, shows me elected by 1,340 votes, j
This legal majority—a majority made up !
by the people of Georgia, competent man- ;
igors of their elections—is attempted to be
overcome t>? counting outside precinct*;
that lire not included in the returns, und
precincts w hich I deny to have an existence
under tiie laws of Georgia; precincts
which, even if they do exist under a strict
construction of the law, did not practically ;
exist nt that election.”
Mr. Rawls then went over the testi
mony in detail, aud, presented his ease
with decided ability) In concluding, he
let fly a shot at iiis enemies in these
words:
“Mr. Speaker. I do not know that what
I have said or that which any of my
friends have said is going to do any good
in this case. lam afraid that much has
!• 11 said bore that 1 could not hear: that
much influence lias bceu brought to bear
upon members that I could not reach. J
have no iufluence with his side of the
House; 1 have sought none outside of as
polire and as p r.l 111 111 conversation ns 1
ild make to request some of them to
look into my case and give me what I am
entitled to." When it comes to voting on
tiiis question I know it will lie a difficult j
matter to get Republicans to vote for a
Democrat. 1 think that for my safety my
my friends bad be ter be content with '
rising vote, for upon this question the
Republicans will be stronger in their von s
than in their stomachs. It it comes :o
pulling a Democratic vote out of u itopn. -
liCiiii by tiie years and nays, 1 think it
would take a cork-siew to draw i( out."
Here the'time allowed Air. Rawls ex
pired. and the hammer fell.
Sloan now had the floor and started off
as follows: “The honorable gentleman .
from Georgt Mr Rawls) in Hie begin
ning of his remarks, said that lie would
cornu over on tins side of the House. He
took it for glinted I presume*, that his;
own side was committed to him, and he
would address his remarks to this side
.done. I shall endeavor to address miin
to the entire House for their consideration
and exaniihfttion.
.Sloan was very presy r.ml long-winded;;
hud few listi r.ers, I'.ud certainly did not;
help'bis ensb. Mr. Woodfoid, of Niv
Yolk, followed 011 tile same side, and win 11
his time expired aflkeil to lie allowed ;0
continue. Mr. Blount objected,
Tiiis made Woodford nod, and he said:
“Allow ran one moment. For thirty days
it fell t" my lot to hold military command
in the city of Savannah, and never during
that time did I willfully or knowingly do
otherwise than extend the utmost courtesy
and generosity to those of my misguided
fellow-countrymen who were on the wrong
side in tint great struggle, and who, with
t ie capture ol Savannah, fell under our
military control. I thank the gentleman
for the courtesy which is now extended me
by the Representative of Georgia on the
floor of tins House, and yield-my request
for further time. "
Air. Blount- -“It is the same courtesy
that was I Xtended to me. ”
Air. Smith, of New York, closed the;
case for the prosecution, and Mr. Rawls
was found guilty of Democracy 1 y a vote!
of 131 I 1 77, and declared not eligible to
a scat in tin* House, and then by a vote of
135 to 74, Mr. Blonu was declared worthy
to sit among the elect. As soon as the
last vote was declared, Whiielev took
Sloan by the arm and marched him down ;
the main aisle to be sworn in. Whiteley
elevated his own right hand and looked j
as it he wanted to be sworn iu a second 1
time, but he merely tickled her more and
then dropped his paw. Aleanvvhile AI:.
Rawls was busy removing liis books aud
papers from tiie desk he had occupied, ,
surrouuned by pages and syn p Thizing j
,friends. After being sworn, Sloan walked ;
over mill shook hands with Raw ls, the lat
ter milking some remark about going
home There is a good deal of-sympathy
for Raw Is, who has certainly been ili
treated, and newspaper men here all pro
nounce Sloan “a weak sister.”
A pack of Card. ,—'pnnf He number,
of cards iu a pack, and there fifty-two, the -
number of w. oks in a year; thine are also
four suits, tiie number of weeks in a
mouth. Count the spots on a pack of
cards, and you find three hundred and j
sixty-five, as many days as there are in a
year. There are twelve picture cards in a
pack, representing the n amber of months;
in a year; and counting the “tricks.”
there are thirteen, the number of weeks n
a quarter.
TLurlow Weed pays liis 1812 pension
money to a widow named Mrs. Cretin, with
whose mother lie boarded sixty years ago,
while lie was learning the printing trade.
Daniel Crew h.d his name enrolled in
February. 1871, as a warrior of 1812, but
has not yet drawn ad< l ar. Unless he ;
appears at this payment liis name is to 1 e
dropped from tiie list.
Young Alen, Beware. —The ways of
women are past finding out. It is said
that the young ladies of Jacksonville.
Term., have a fashion of tying up their
taper fingers when young gentlemen are
expected to call, and when they very
naturally ask the cause, they blusliingly
reply, “I burned them broiling steak this
morning.” The result, us chronicled by
tiie local paper, is that sevi a young gen
tlemen have burned their fingers by be
ieving the story.
The California Democrats.— San
.Francisco? April I.—Last night a conven
tion of Old Line Democrats was held at
Sacramento, at which resolutions were
adopted denouncing the administration,
inviting the independent Democrats to re
turn to their allegiance and adhere to the
party in future as the only hope of saving
the country. The attendance was not very
large.
BREVITIES.
The Rochester F-rpress ascertains that
j Nebuchadnezzar was the first Granger.
Many ladies give an excuse for murrving
for mon fly that they seldom find anything
else in a niuii now-a-days worth having.
am dying for lute,” said a ulula: J
ehnly young man, as he put the coal black
fluid on his moustache.
Bad temper is said to bite at both ends
—it makes whoever gives way to it as mis
: erable as it does other people.
“YVho is that with Miss Flint?” said a
i wag to his companion. “Oh, that is a
spark which she lhs struck. ”
The majority of women are little touched
I by friendship, for it is insipid when they
| have once tasted of love.
When told that a certain measure was
i illegal, a (St. Pancras vestryman bawled
! out, “Hang tho law ? Let’s have a show of
hands.”
One who know how it is herself savs:
' “The man who is awfully urbane to iiis
wife before strangers is also her bane be
hind their backs.
The Burlington (Iowa) Daily speaks of a
couple “resolving themselves into a com
mittee of two, with power to increase the
number.” ,
Weddings often leave the old familiar
hearts and places as haunted and empty
as funerals. They are the funerals of old
associations.
Vermont has a young lady six feet seven
inches high, aud when a yumg man jue
ceeds iu kissing her they say he i3 “gona^
up.”
“I say,” said a rough fellow to a fop
with conspicuous bow-legs— “I suy, don't
you have to have your pantaloons cut with
a circular saw V”
An Irishman was once asked if he had
ever seen a red blackberry. “To be sure
I have,” said Put, “all blackberries are
red when they are green I"
Fai.l lie: “Will you marry me?” He and
she: “I iHhink ot it.” .Said he: “Y< u
hav. sud so two or three times before.
Said she: *M ell, the more I think abcut
it, the more 1 think I won’t marry yon. g
“Wife, do you know that I have got the
pnemOuia ? " “New mouio, indeed I Such
extravigunee ! Yon re the spend-thriftiest
mau l ever did see, to go aud lay ont .
money for such trash w hen I need anew
bonnet so much ”
A\ el s'er’s Dictionary contains over fifty
thousand words. Jones says when ho
came home, late the other night, in tho
span of fifteen minutes his wife applied
them all to him,including some extra ones,
and the fire-shovel.
Tin* I ‘ W;t Ij**L r In IH fH “O lee PTI ft Jaw
ng Hurt baggage-smashers. The p laity
llir lV(*ii,v:>,„ if iiqlll.ll.ji n. JUKI f
not less than fifty dollars, nor more than
ne hundred, and imprisonment uot n*'
reeding thirty da; s.
Tie* town -S’,'.i'. n few days ago,
to p.'ipetuate n joke, published on account
of tin* finding of immense deposits of pro
to-oxide of hydrogen on-tbe banks of tiff
r.ver mar that city. Sc vend wise jour
nals, like the Chicago 7riAvs'e, ‘-bit.” noh
knowing tlirt proto-oxide of hydrogi a-, bo-'
trig interpreted, meant ieo.
“Mother, T g to dir*, nnH wh>n
l am no nor I wish the and mtor to cut uio
open and look ai my siouiaeh.” Tile I *>
ten)id mind was filled with awful forsbou
i! g . all I 1 1 e maternal heart asked wliut it
mount. “I wish it to be known,” he uu
-m and “that I died of starvation.” Tbn
small la v * triumphant, and retires to his
little bed gorge 1.
A darkey in Natchez was boasting to
grocer of the eheapiiess of ten pounds off
sugar In' had purcliasi and at n rival store ■
“Let m • weigh the package," said the gro-"
eer. The dnrkev assented, and it *
found two pounds short. The colored
gentleman looked perplexed fora moment,
and then said: “Guess ho didn’t cheat
dis chile much; while he was gittiu’ the
sugar I stole two pair ob shoes.”
An old bachelor in Orleans County, Ver
ment, thinking over the subject, and par
ti,"darh the expense of maintaining a
family, set the table in bis lonely abode
with plates for himself and an imaginary
wife and live children, lie then sat down
to dine, and as often as be helped himself
to food he put the same quantity on tach
of the other plates, and surveyed the pros
pect, at the same time computing the cost.
He is still a bachelor.
Somebody touched off twenty pounds of
powder under the par on age in East Ca
mian. Conn. There was a great fizz and
a great flash, but no damage. The good
minister was calm, but iiis hired man
lieube. coming down stairs four steps at a
jump in night clothes, shouted: “There I
know’d twonld come fore I was ready for
it !” He thought it was the end of the
world. The minister tried to pacify him,
but he continued: “O, its all very well for
a Christian to be easy bout it, but I'm
such a cussed sinner !”
Between Kenosha and Milwaukee, says a
Wisi’om in paper, an ageiyt of a traveler's
insurance company entered a car, and,
having issued tickets to several of the pas
sengers, approached an elderly lady, who,
it afterward appeared, was deaf.
“Madam, would you like to insu e
against accident ?” inquired the agent.
“I’m going to Oshkosh to visit my dar
ter. w lio is mamed up there and has got
a baby !”
The agent raised his voice a little:
“Would you like to insure your life
against accident ?”
“She’s married two years and a half.
It’s a gal !”
Agint, still louder:
“I’m an insurance agent, madam. Don’t
yon want y our life iusured against acci
dent ?”
“Oil! I didn’t understand you!” said
the old lady. “No! Her ra lie is Johnson.
My name is Evans, and I live five miles
from Kenosha!”
The agent vanished.
Concerning the colors which will most
prevail in ladies’ dresses this season,
fashion writer says: “The mingled tints
of the last few seasons are disappearing,
and at, ndeney towards the most positive
colors which w ere formerly in vogue is ob
serve’ ile. Still there are shades' and tints
in infinite variety, and the silks which are
exhibited for spring wear are delicate and
beautiful Silver gray is predominant,
but browns will, to a great extent, divide
the popular favor. Chesnut and m’abog
auy, w hich are the favorite lines, include
all grades from the deepest and richest to
the palest and most delicate. Bronze and
olive tints, which were so j opal r, have
almost entirely vanished.”
One of the chubby class of four-year o’d
Sunday scholars, when talked to by his
teacher about the sins and frailties of the
body, was asked: “Well, my son, what
have you beside this sinful body Y' Quick
as thought the little fellow respouo* and:
“A clean shirt and a nice new pair of
breeches.