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J. C. GALLAHBR, Edtrw.
SATURDAY, AP2IL U, 1874.
THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD
bn* adopted the c**eet principle at last, if
nut jn whole it ha* in part. Heretofore it
him boon issuing pusses over tlie road to
all members of tho press ou its lino. In
other words racking editors ami pnblialieis
(load beads. This plau Ims boon aban
doned in part, uml so far ns it lm* been
abandoned it is a step in tins right direc
tion. It is'bused upon correct principles,
and, no doubt but the President and .Su
perintendent if they lmd considered the
subject in its proper light would long
since have adopted the plan it is now
practicing, or gone further than it has yet
gone, it would lucre, without any distinc
tion, have declared nil editors and their
agents subject to the a ie fnre ns other
citizens and agents; but they have not
done this, and they have n reason, and
doubtless u whio one, they huve made
Savannah editors, publishers and their:
agents the special objects of their mtinlfl
, -eetiee. To-them we understand that free
puises have been tendered and accepted.
But that is a matter nbout which we have
no reason to complain, nor is it our incli
nation to criticise tlie act of either party.
Jlul wejln have a right to an opinion with :
Regard to the correctness of a principle nml
having tjwptflfctwe have no hesitancy in
giving expression to it. Now, we do say in j
our opinion if they had nliolisbod the dead j
head system entirely that they would have j
done right, ill abolishing it in part is an
approximation to right. We do not pro
fess to know to wlmt extent dead heads
have been unto ft. Wo only know that we |
are stricken from the roll of favnri'ei, and !
that Savannah papers have been supplied
with these favors unasked ;for. In the
late stockholders meeting we don’t think
any propositions in reference to free
passes was discussed. It wo* doubtless
left, ns it has been, to the discretion of the
President and Hnperintendcnt. And,
doubtless, they lmve good and sufficient
reason* for these seemingly invidious dis
tinctions. Hnvnnna'i is the headquarters
of the railroad offleiuls, and perhaps iu
their opinion, it is the the place win re the
■gods of all information Hits enthroned, and
th-*v mnv further believe that the peojile
(*f the piney woods and wire gras4 regions
of Southern Georgia are so credulous ns j
to embrace nil information coming from j
that source ns they would a Divine rovelit
tio i. And for those-, and perhaps other
m asons equally as forcible, the distinction
is mode in favor of ,Savannah. We have <
beard no complaint and it tnay he that wo
ere the only one stricken from the dead
head list, and if it is true, we frankly state
that it is out step iu the right direction and
it tuav pu -sibly lead to a general reforiiiu
t on and establish more perfectly theinde- j
j tendance of the Press. We have no com- j
plaint to make agi.rast, the officers of the
mid, their giving pusses to others don’t!
increase our fnre. If they charged all us
they do us it would not make ours any
hglit) r. Our ticket was taken up nearly
two month* ago, we presume others were
taken up at, or a hosrt the same time. We
.have heard nothing more except that the
press of Havunuah had been furnished with
new passes, and for these reasons we say
that the dead head system lias been abol
ished on tin-A. A (Lit. It. except us to
the press of Savannah.
Since writing the above a member of the
•iivks informs us tlmt free tickets
k ;ve been issued uml sent to other papers.
Then the In-dki’Endent is tlie only one
s:.icke:i, and all we have to say is that the
officers of the road have taken one stop
in tho right direction.
, •
Hemp Matinee. -Ou Friday, tho 17th
in 4., is t.n-(lav set apart for the hemp
mutmeo in Thomimvil’e, there w 11 lie a
quartet of swingers whose expiatory jerks
wul in all probability be in unison. It is
t*i<night by His Honor, the Judge, that it
l . best that their aia -nsion bo witnessed
only by a few chosen ones.
A.toruey General Williams Shown Up
in a Bad Light.
Ni’.w Yohk, April I. A letter of United
jstates District Attorney i Tenney, 01
liiOnklyu, to liiasieeimd asaiatniit, William
D. Hughes, asking lum to resign, is made
) dilio. The distiiet.attorney siiys:
“Ou assuming the duties of tilts offla* 1
designated you ns my second assistant j
i oon the urgent request of Attorney (ten- j
< iul Williams, your brnther-iu-inw. I, am
iiw. compelled*, from eii'vuuistanees which '
\ in doubtless .understand, to ask of you
*riur r aiguntiw-'i.
“Elr many weeks you have- been> dis*
luval to me and to tie iutuivsts of this
i.,lice, and have been in conference and in- ,
t mate r latious with John I>. Sanborn and 1
fi.sf i.nw. I have reason to believe that
for wieKa vou have been conveying to San
li .m and ids friends the secrets of this
i dlee ad prosecutions, and huva been
indnstii ,n ly at work in the interests of
Mr. S. n’ioru, while at the same time you
have professed friendship for me, and have
1. *u iu confidential relations with me in
the pros, tuition of the Sanborn ease.
••I ills.i uiu well aware that you have
l'-en all this while plotting for my re-j
luoval, and aiding the Sanborn influence j
by all the means in your power to secure ;
my remould, and have made your boast that
vou would through the newspapers break
iue dow nin the city of Brooklyn, and
t irough your relationship with tin* Attor
ney Genur.il socure my removal in thirty
days. ”
District Attorney Tenney was the prose
cutor of b*nboii, Hawley and Vander
vorker in the late trinh
♦
Some people lose their temper upon the
Dost provocation. \ young man who was
offensive Vi the parents of a young lady ou
"Wooster street, was uaught there by. the
irate father IS uiday evening, and after be
ing free!, culled on the side of his heiul
was delibemt !y kicked into-the street,—
(raining his feet us soon as possible he
timed a (Mission distorted face baak.ut the
Old gentleman, and screamed through! his
white lips: “tfoudo that again, and Kll
pencil your black snoot for you ?” Aud
imuintiately left to prepare tie puuch.
KHOM Vl ASIIIJiCTOJi,
Washiwotww, April ft—ln the Senate,
the morning hour was occupied upon bills
of a private nature.
The House Committee reported adverao
ly to the petition for inquiry as to the vio
lation of the eight-hour law ou the New
York Post Office budding.
THE CASK or SOUTH CAROLIRA.
Washi kotow, April B.— House. —The
j sab-committee had another session this
morning ou the subject of the South Caro
j limi grievances. Whitteuiore’s delegation
i occupied the entire session. Congressman
Klliott mode an argument against the
prayer of the memorialists on Constitu
tional grounds, Slid protested against Con
gressional interference. He held that the
evils complained of can be- readily abated
by conciliatory tactics on the part of tin
memorializing party. He said thoughtful
Republicans of the State were ready and
anxious to on-operate. The Supreme
Court of the United Slates, in Texus ys.
White, held doctrines opposed to the spirit
I of the prayer, of the msinoi ialists, mid in
MeCuitoiigh vs. Maryland, maintained
that tlie Federal Governniont can’t inter
fere to prevent the abuse of tho tuxiug
power in u State.
Mr. Whittemoro followed, inveighing
against the memorialists for their refusal
to participate in the Convention forming a
new State government, and denying the
charges of extravagant use of public funds;
also holding that taxation in South Caro
lina is not excessive.
Next Wednesday there will be another
hearing for both sides.
Governor Porter has prepared a written j
statement of the South Carolina grievances
for the Semite Judiciary Commi.. - which
will be read le-fore tlie Committee next
Monday by Hon. W. W. Boyeo.
SWINDLES*
The Sanborn investigation brings out
I the question of veracity between the As
I Mistimt Secretary, Sawyer, and the Solic
itor of tlie United States Treasury. The
latter (Btnifield) on the stand, on examina
tion, stated that he lmd no responsibility
in tho mutter of executing the law. That
rests solely upon the Secretary of the
Treasury. He never asked the Secretary
to give any one a contract, or suggested
anything in reference to the percentage
to he given. Referring to the lute tes
timony of Assistant Secretary Sawyer,
tlmt he (Buufii-ld) had solicited a letter
from him in behalf of Ur. Presberg, the
witness stated that he never solicited any
such lctten, utid that no such conversation
as that detailed l>y Assistant Seen tury
Sawyer ever took place. He was quite
positive oil this point.
Confirmations; Henry C. Johnson,
Commissioner of Customs; George G.
Fisher, of Georgia, Consul at Buriat;
Benjamin F. Bell,(postmaster at Amorims,
(hi.: Tobias Stanly, Rear Admiral, lie
will probably command tho Puciiio Squad
ron.
KUStONKD.
New Yohk, April ff.—Treasury Agent
Jayne has resigned.
DEMOCRATIC TKTOISY.
Cinch jtoati, April 8. The Democratic
• majority in Cincinnati will be about 5,00 t
in a vote of about ‘28,000.
THE INFLATION MISKBIf.
Amiakt, N. Y., April 8. -The joint res
olution presented by the select committei
of the Legislature fuliy endorses the Gov
enors message. Upon presentation to. the
respective houses, three Senators voted
nay, and the House voted unanimously
aye.
WAIN.
Madrid, April 7.—Serrano has again be
gun a furious cannonade on tlie Carlists'
positions before Bilbao, llis tire is not re
turned. Large numbers of Carlists ale de
serting. It, is expected tlmt Serruuo will
made a grand assault very soon.
New State Religion in France
The recent decree of President MocMu
bon, dated February 28, authorizing tin
publication of the profession of faith adop
ted by the Sy-uuds of the Reformed t !hurch
on the UOth of dune, 1872, would appear to
make France ostensibly Protestant coun
try, orthodox Protestantism taking the
lead of nil other sects in France and .Alge
ria from the present time. According to
tlit* Paris correspondent of the New York
7YwM-s.no sect will he recognized, allowed
to install pastors, or to be permitted to
draw upon the budget for ho support of
p d)lie worship widen does uot subscribe to
me erw <of tue Synods. This creed re
eognir.es “the sovereign authority of tic
Holy Scriptures ill matters of faith, ” di
root' blow against the doctrine of Papal in
fallibility, or absolute church dominion.
It also believes that salvation is “bv faith
in Jesus Christ, only Sou of God", who died
tor our redemption” and “it preserves,
I therefore, and maintains, at the fouuda
! lion of its teachings, of its worships, of its
| discipline, the great facts of Christianity
| represented by the sacraments, celebrated
:in its religions solemnities, and expressed
in its liturgies, notably in the confession
If sins, in the symbol of the Apostles, and
iii the liturgy of Saint Cone.” While this
| creed is so.conservative that it can be sub
scribed to by every evangelical body, it
■wins by its reaognition of the Bible as
i die supreme authority,, and especially as it
j designates no authorized interpreter of the
j Scriptures, to make it ail impossibility for
t the Church of Rome to subscribe. Should
| this really be the ease, the aspect of reli
gious affairs in France not only is very
: surprising, but the train has been laid foi
developments which will be watched with
intense interest by -the whole Christian
world.
Loss of the French Steamer Europe.
j Quebnswwn, April 7.—The National
| lino steamer Egypt, which sailed from
New York Muieii 28, arrived at this port
I this evening. She brings the first officer j
lof the steamer Greece, of the same line
and salvage' anew rescued from the French
Transatlantic Company's steamer Europe, j
which they endeavored to save, but were
compelled to abandon at sea in a sinking
; condition; after all the passengers and
crew had been rescued by the Greece.
The tirst officer of the Greece reports:
j Left Queenstown March 26 for Now York;
\ on the 2d of Alpril encountered the French
1 steamer Europe, from Havre for New York,
| in a sinking condition, and took off her
passengers and crew, four hundred in
. number; with twenty men E remained on
the Europe in, the hope of saving her,
while the Greene proceeded on to New
York vritii the people rescued from the
French steamer. On the 4th of April the
Europe hud to be abandoned. When the
! salvage crew left her to be taken ou board
the Egypt, which they signalled, there
was eighteen feet of water in the engine-
I room.
The oat crop throughout Southwestern
; Georgia is nnprecedeutedly large, and as
i title as-could bo desired: Planter* are
staying at home attending to their, busi
ness, and laborers are coming square up
jto the most' exacting contracts. Not- a
: word of oompkiut is heard from any
quarter, and the prospect'for ample tillage
and fruitful harvests was. never, better. —
l A<lrertiser-Republican.
[From the Atlanta Herald'-)
Federal Uxnrpaiion— Firit One and Then
Another.
•How long will it fce before the last ves
tige of State right* is blotted out forevfer ?
Except to torment ns, as oeonrrtd a few
days since ill the reply of the President to
the Tax Payers'Committee of South Caro
lina, the rights of a State are never regard
d for one moment as standing in the wuy
of the power of Congress.
Mr. Flanagan of the Senate, thinks that
the right to raise revenue to curry on the
Government justifies the levying of such
I lax on whisky ns absolutely to prevent its
j distillation, uml the Senate has actually
passed a resolution appropriating ten thou
sand dollars to pay the expenses of five
commissioners who are to collect statistics
on the sale of whisky, with the view of fu
tnrlegislation. While this resolution was
being discussed, many were found who
not only claimed the right, hut advocated
its exercise, or prohibiting altogether the
manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors
throughout the United States.
The most important s ep however, which
has yet been taken towards the concentra
tion of power in the National Government,
was the passage on the 2. r )th instant, of
wlmt is known as McCrary's Transporta
tion Bill, by a vote of 121 to 110. it will ■
probably pass the Senate, and thus become
a law. J lie alitlioliiy 16 “regulate com
mcrce between tlie States” lias hitherb
been of so little practical value, as scarce!
to be discussed, but for several years post
the grain producers of the West have found
themselves grow ing poorer and poorer, and
looking around for some cause to ascribe
it to, have ttnully concluded that railroad
are to blame, and cheap transportation i
now lie cry. New York merchant's find
ing their grain tt-ude declining, while that
of Philadelphia ami Montreal has steadily
increased, are alls culling on Congress to
regulate transportation. In fact, for the
past year or two, it great majority of the
people seem to have gone w ild on the sub
ject of cheap transportation, and Congress
any n ilTcttug men views, lew, nftei
ill discussion, passed a law which is only
lie beginiiig of w lmt must sooner or late,
ome to pass, and tlmt is the entire con
rol of charters, freights and passenger)
ruffle, over all railroads in the Ulutei
Rates, as they lmve now of (he mails. Tin
uouey power is already entirely conceu
rated, amt the control of telegraphs so n
ill be, and railroads also, if the Sen te
shall oass this bill, which provides for the
appointment by the President of nine rail
road commissionies, who ore given tin
power of fixing the maximum rales ot
charges for the transportation of freight
and passengers over all lines of railroads
extending into or through two or more
i.ait s. Toe penalties lor any violation (
liese rates arc both severe and ample, am
full power given to the commissioners t<
•nforee them.
To prevent any evasion of the bill by tie
plea that a milroinl holding its elmrtei
from a State could not extend bt-yoix
State limits, so that in fact there could li
ne such lines as “enter State lines,” th
following clause was placed in the hill:
“That in all cases where two or nior
persons, companies, or corporations unit
together for the purpose of transjHirtin;
freight or passengers over several lines o
railroad from a po-nt in one State to
place in another Stale, the several lines
thus operated together shall be treated, fo
all tin purposes of this net, as one line;um
each and every of such persons, eonqmnii
and corporations shall he bound by th
provisions of this vjt, and fill do for air
viol ition thereof. And in all cases wlier
sev -nil lines of railway are United, or Ton
tie -ted together, and engaged in c-urryiip
frei.rlit. or passengers into or through t,w<
or more (-Rates, by a continuous route,
whether under one management or not, it
shall not la- law ful for them, or any ol
them, to cvndo the operation of this act by
any form of contract designed for thut pur
pose; and it shali be competent in all suits
brought under this act t<* show- that t he de
fendant was in fact, When the alleged ex
tortion occurred, engaged in operating a
part of a continuous line of inter-Htuh
commerce; und upon such fact beiiq
made t > appear, such defendant shall h
held subject to the provisions of this act
whatever the character or form of the con
tract between such defendant and the skip
per may have Ix-en. ”
Congress certainly intended to provide
for Tom Scott, Vanderbilt, Wadley and
others of like ambition.
Where such legislation will end is plainly
to be seen. A total change is gradually
but surely taking place in the entire strue
(lire of our Government. By degrees tin
powers of the States are being usurped,
and soon State lines will exist only on tin
map. The idea which > earns to pervade
the minds of a majority of the people that
Congress is omnipotent and can do tiuy
thing has strengthened until the Constitu
tion lias come to be regarded as a fosils,
and ho who quotes it as uu old fogy.
[London Correspondence New York Times.
The Bonapartists at Sbiselhmt..
I found the Empress looking older than
when 1 last met her, as a matter of course
after her great sorr. ws and trials, but still
a very beautiful woman. She has that clear
complexion which shows too plainly the .
ravages of time and of care, but her j
blonde and still luxuriant lmir, mid the :
ohurming oval of her face, will never grow
old. It was only after hours of most
fatiguing work that she showed the signs
of ago which some remarked; but her
sweet and winning smile, and the sympa
thetic glance which she gives from her
limpid blue eyes, make one forget to notice
other details remarked only on close
! inspection.. If not an Empress she would
■till bo called ns handsome a woman of her
age as can be found at any court. And to
tliis must be added the charm of her man
ners, which captivate all hearts. The
Empress was dressed in black, wore no
ornaments whatever, and had a black bon
| net. elegant in appearance, but yet Very
| simple and unpretending. Her dress
| being slant she looked much smaller than
j usual, and less tall than when seen in the
i ong robes of the count. The portraits of
i the Empress give one the idea that she is
J much taller than she really is. Her sou
: has already grown a little above her, but
v hen standing side by side ttiere appears
to be no difference in their height, The
Prince Imperial is a niuiily young fellow,
with good shoulders, an elegant form, and
very clear, expressive blue eyes. His legs
are precisely like his father’s short and a
trille bent, precisely like the legs of old
cavalry officers who have spent their lives
in the saddle. The thigh bone being
comparatively short, the Prince looks tal
ler when sitting than when standing, and
every one remarked at once this peculi
arity in the Emperor. It is a peculiarity
of this lira ruth of the family only, for
Prince Charles, son. of Lnoieu Bonaparte,
who was present is one of the fiuest formed
and handsomest men I ever saw. He is a
famous sportsman tmd dbe of the best
fellows in the world. HVi came all the
way from Italy to pay his respects to his
I young cousin. Brinoe Jerome refused to
come from Puri*. The Prince Imperial's
voice is excellent firm and distinct and he
j expresses himself with great fluency, with
j out ever being at a loss for words. His
! manners are a little stiff, according to
i French ideas, and more like those of an
English lad of hi* ago, but he is always
good-uatured amiable and ready to render
any possible seiviee to bis friends. He
1 has one quality possessed by his father—a
1 facility of reniembenng faces uml names—
uml ou jnbre than one occasion ou Monday
he astonished his friends by remembering
persons whom ho bad not seen for years.
This is perhaps, [ha most important
quulity a man in his position cun possess.
After the deputations came the general
public, and tlie Empress and the Prince
stationed themselves in the hall fur the
defile. Both were worn out with fatigue
before this waa half over, the Empress
showing great signs of weariness. Think
of shaking hands with five thousand per
sons in u single afternoon ! But the pub
lic was not yet satisfied. Lunch had been
provided, and when the people had eaten
they again came upon tne lawn ami
shouted for the prince. He went out with
his mother, hut hart barely gone twenty
pnoes when tho crowd pressed upon him,
and a frightful scene of confusion pre
vailed lor an instant. But for the energy
of the friends und of tho police, the Em
press would have met Queen Olgas fate,
and had her dress torn from her hack. 1
saw M. Roulier giving some beautiful
bunches tight and left as the crowditi its
enthusiasm, pressed upon tlie Prince.
Tho latter laughed heartily, hut so ing
tlmt his mother was frightened (reports
lmd been circulated that an attem.it upon
the Prince's life would bo mode), seized j
her in his arras, lifted her fromth ■ ground
and ran into the ball, laughingly holding'
her for a moment, mid then sitting her j
down where 1 was standing. Hhe raised !
her hands and tried to smile, hut her!
fright was too great, and she hnilily drag- |
ged the Prince inti) the saloon. Then her
own friends repeated the seem- in a smaller ■
way, and Madame jjad to fly to her cham- ■
her as the only uieJjs to iesoape from this !
fond enthusiasm. *Fhe crowd stiff called
for the Princo, and he went out upon the j
balcony, but the Empress refi sea to ac
company him.
—-■■-**“
The Weat and the Eaab
The Herald takes the action of the Wes
tern States in Congress ii, on tho currency ,
in such dudgeon that it easts lar off and;
warns the old (Rates of the Atlantic slope
that it will he iris* henceforth to view na
tiomd polities solely with reference to com
batting the schemes of the Western peo
ple, “in whose interests solely hereafter it,
would seem the law* are to be made.” In j
other words, the HeraM seems to have be- j
come suddenly conscious of tl e loss of that j
great balance of power which was once j
wielded by the Him them Btnt-s in the in- |
tercets of even-handed justice and for the i
lienetit awl repose of the w hole country. |
That the Northern Atlantic (States have
never before seen the shadow of this
mighty young giant of the IV-wt dominat
■ng over them, was due to the fact that
ill the non slaveholdi.xg sections frater
lizcit in the persecuti'/a and destruction
if the South and of sluverv; and, iu the
blind fanaticism of tlmt single idea, they
lmd no thought for anything else. Mas
snebusetts fabricated tin* Weapons and led
the warfare, seeing nothitrgal ead hut tin
promise of glory and honor in supplsnling
Virginia statesmanship with the rent New
England article, and forever occupying for
herself the grand attitude so long main
tained by the old Dominion iri die national
law-giver.
But alas for Mnssaelmsetts end the
East ! As the war issues and the war
spirit die out and slavery sinks to tho con
dition of n mere half-forgotten legend,
M nssacliuaetts rapidly loses influence in
the federative system of (Rates, mid in
fow years will be scarcely heard or recog
nized.
Now New York und the Mi Idle States,
with their immense wealth, i egiti to see
their danger iu the force of tli6 giant ad
vances in wealth and population of the
Great West. Before the war tho Honth
erii and the Middle BtatcS wf fo hand iu
hand in the support of every conservative
principle oSthe government und tho pro
teclion of vested rights and Constitutional
government. Their relations- political,
-ornuu-reiul and financial -were of tin
most intimate charuoter; but tho Middle
xtutes joiued in the work of destruction,
md now the Houth, an- a political power,
is gone, am? the war has Bad file effect to
transfer lu-r relatione oiul connections to
the West. We are, anil can he, but an
illy of tho West. We nrU.- t look to her for
food supplies, and our trade, in all domes
tic manufactures, is fast being trausfe-rreil
to that Meet-ion.
Where will the Middle States go ? The j
East can do nothing for them —the West:
is utrendy strung enough to bid them dutt- ;
once. Of what avail is it for the great j
capitalists of the Middle to scout at the ig- i
noranee, want of statesmanship, selfish- j
ness aud rapacity of the West? Of what i
use now to lament the insecurity of all j
their vast financial interests in the lmiuls
of the hoosiers, suckers and wolverines of
the West ? Of what use to talk about re
sistance and revolution—when they are al
together powerless iu the premises, and
force would at best only sacrifice their im
mense acquisitions, which they now claim
to be only endangered.
Just this state of affairs iu the inevitable
result, of the prostration aud ruin of the
South, which as she once stood, combined
the best elements of character and position
for the security ef-the whole Union- a
wealthy, intelligent and honorable husban
dry, with all the just principles and con
servative instincts belonging to such a
population—content, outside the mere
question of their own iferfaty—-with the
| simple duties of a bread, national patriot
ism.
What is to be done it is difficult to sec,
but one thing it seems to ns the Middle
States should ?nd do. aud'thut is to got up
a sectional quum-1 vrith Hie West, It can
do them no good—it may do them much
harm. The Herald, in leading off in this
enterprise, is treading on- dangerous
ground, and is an ill-advised leader. — Ma
con Telegraph,
The Nashville Union mut Am- rican, of
l Sunday', says recent advices from Texas
give the details of a terrible crime recently i
committed in Unit State by a yoiuig mail
named Charles Gentry, son of the late
Hon. Meredith P. Gentry, of Tennessee.
Gentry and a man named Sliire, from
Missouri, were passengers ou a stage
coach running between Fort Worth and
Jacksboro, when, after in’sultiiig Shire
most grossly several times? Gentry at last
struck him, and was invited to descend
from the stage and fight, it out. The stage
was stopped, both alighted and dropped
behind, when a shot was 1 eard by the
other passengers and, tho driver whipped (
! up his horse and dashed'"off. The passen
| gers, by threatening to> shoot the driver,
I made him stop, and upon going back
| found'Shire with a. bullet hole through
J his head breathing his last, and his pocket
book-with 63,500 gone. Gentry made his
escape- into Mexico. He. was born and
reared about nine miles from Nashville,
and went, to Texas a year or two ago.
Eve was made for Adams’ express com*
puny, and'■ radical-grub* bankrupted the
company.
The ice crop of Maine is estimated- at
1,500,000. tons and may possibly reach
~2.000,000..
The nitration of Keg-roes Tkrtugh tht
South.
Tlie migration of negroes from Alabama
and Georgia is thus noticed by the New
Orleans Picayune. It is suid by the news
paper correspondents that the colored la
borers are migrating by thousands toward
Mississippi and Louisiana and forthwith
many speculations are indulged in as to
what will be the result. It is said that tin
regions bordering immediately on the
Mississippi and her lower tributaries will
receive the bulk of tbs negroes, and be
controlled politically by that race for years
to come, producing a profusion of races a.-*
well as politics. It ia deducing as a corol
lary tlmt the rest of the .South will be
speedily filled with white laborers who
will occnjiy the deserted plantations. In
Alabama, where there is alarm at the loss
of so much valuable labor, there is also
rejoicing at the opportunity now afforded
of wresting the State permanently from
the Republican party. Georgia will not
lx- affected politically by the lu-gira. The
whites are overwhelming in control of affairs
in tlmt State, anil the loss of block labor is
really replaced with white. Increased
production of cottou and cereals in Geor
gia and Alabama is due to the increased
w hite labor, in what is known in the white
districts. While the black counties last
year fell off on production oi cotton to an
enormous extent, the wdiite counties main
tained their position, and in many cases
doubled their yield. The position of
Mississippi cannot be affected, politically,
bv the invasion from Alabama. Oonimer
eiidly, she will probably be bem-fitted. In
the case of Louisiana the increase of the
black population in the country will be
more than offset by the growing disprupor
(tion between the white and black popula
tion of New Orleans. It must be borne in
miud thdt every ySr there is a flowing
population westward. Texas is filling up
so rapidly that the entire black population,
' w hich is moving across Alabama and Miss
issippi, wonld be lost in the imuieus.-
plains of the greet ernjure. (Since 1870
Texas lias received un accession of less
than 400,000 people, one-fourtli of wdiom,
if we may judge by comparison of party
votes in the late election, were negroes.
A black population of 100,000 means a
black voting population of not less than
25,000. These black voters have been
principally drawn from Louisiana and
Mississippi. Hence we conclude that nu
immigration from the eastern Gulf (Rates
of even larger population thau whut is rep
resented by the uncertain newspaper re
ports would not necessarily odd to the
number of blacks iu cither Mississippi or
Louisiana. The cxod-is of blacks is grea
ter than the influx. That this is true is
demonstrated by the fact that notwith
standing a constantly decreasing acreage
of planting, there is no doubt that the
white population of Lwiisiuna is increasing
and the black population decreasing. The
fears entertained so widely that Louisiana
will fall permanently or for any period at
all, into the hands of the negroes, may be
dismissed os oue of the delusions which so
often seize the unreflecting minds. In
speaking of a vast exodus of population,
persona who write of such matters must
remember that tlie moving of 5,000 voters
means the moving of 20,01)0 people, men,
women, ami children, and that to remove
that number would require a daily train,
such aa is run ou the Alabama Central
Railroad, for 108 days. Of the 5,000 who
go out many return after u brief experi
ence in anew home, and the places to
many oi those who do not return art* filled
by immigration from adjoining States of
tli.) cast and West. Y/e venture to say that
the present movement will not materially
affect the proportion of races in the Guff
States. Texas is the safety-valve of the ;
south. Every negro who we-w T-s in Telus
is swollowed up au lost a* a pirlif an! power.
In the meantime the white population of
the Southern States is steadily increasing.
Buried Treasure Unearthed
XV hen the war between the states broke '
out, there lived in Memphis a certain
yonng mechanic who voluntered Ins ser
vices as a soldier iu the confederate cause.
Just before receiving marching orders
he fell heir to 67.KH), which he received
in English gold, and buried 67,000 of the
same beneath the roots of a trie on a
certain lot iu the city. The said lot be- j
longed to a friend of the young man whose
family had kindly nursed him during a
protracted il.ness, and for whom lie felt a
deep sense of gratitude It chanced that
said soldier became tired of liis uure- j
quited life, and despairing of the cause
which he deemed “lost,” before many of :
his fellows came to the sanio conclusion, i
he left his comrades without the usual
preliminary of an honorable discharge, j
and passed beyond the boundary of the con
federate states into Mexico. In due course
iof time lie sailed for England and there
shipped as a sailor oa a merchant vessel.
; After various adventures around the world
j he was at length taken very ill recently,
’ while sailing in the Mediterranean, and,
; before meeting with his approaching
i death, summoned to the side ot his ham
mock the master of the vessel, revealed
! to him the above stated facts, and desired
! him to writs- a will iu which he bequeathed
! to the friend in Memphis, who lmd nursed
! him in sickness, his buried treasure. This
was accordingly done and the will signed
and witnessed.
j The master of the vessel faithfully
I carried out the dying request of the do
j ceased soldier and sailor and communi
i eated the facts with the will to the Mem
i phis legatee, who received the same. But
|he had some time-before sold'ami delivered
another party the lot on which the valuable
sovereigns were deposited, How to get
at it now without incurring opposition and
| perhaps litigation, was the question which
; arose in his mind. After taking the ad
: vice of counsel, he concluded to develop
the whole matter to the purchaser and
! owner of the place and ask for the right
:to make search. This was done, and the
new proprietor generously forwarding his
wishes and giving Hitu every facility to
possess himself of the treasure. On dig
ging at the foot of the tree described in
the will, the gold, amounting to 67,000.
was happily found the new owner made
glad by the glittering heap. Thus did the
‘ ‘bread east on the waters return after
many days.” Anil- thus is truth again
proven to-be “strosfer than fiction. ” This
remarkable statement is vouched for by
u respectable lawyer of this city*. It fur
nishes abundant foundation for an inter
esting romance, which we hope some com
petent person will work —Memphis
Register.
A colored member of the Florida Legis
lature recently had occasion to come to the
defence of the fish in St. John's river,
which be did as follows: “As you all
knowy I am a member of this legislature.
And I-live in. Jacksonville, as you all know.
There are a great many fishes in the St.
John's river, as you all know. Some of
them are big fishes aud some of them are
! little fishes. They swim around there.
As yon all know, tho people and boys are
! after these fishes, and bime by there won t
be any fislies to swim around there. And
; as yon ah know, we want, the fishes-to stay
there. So I move that nobody shant take
! fishes out of the river on a Sundays, so the
fisbes can have one day to restthemaclve*.
Death in a Wilderness
The telegraph has been furnishing ti*'
during the last few days with the particu
lar* of the death of Dr. Livingstone. His
life was truly an extraordinary one, and
his death wo* not without dramatic inter
est and pathetic detail. He seems to have
anticipated its approach and had directed
his steps homeward, but sinking from ex
haustion, turned to two or three of his
most faithful followers and said, ‘-Build
me a hut to die in.” “He spoke much
and sadly of his home and family'” says
>he account. His heart was in England; to
England In turned his eyes.
Oh the day of his illness be said he was
very cold, and “requested that more grass
be put over the hut/' But it was the
chill of death from which tire grass could
not shield him. “The Nassiek boys,” we
are told, “determined to-preserve the re
mains,” go they sei retly removed the body ;
to another but, built a high fence around
it to iusure privacy, and, aft-r removing
the internal organs, buried them under a
large tree, on which they inscribed: “Dr.
Livingstone, died May 4, 1873.” They
then salted und dried Ins body, and eu
asing it in bark to avoid detection, bore
it through the territory of unfriendly
tntx) us a roll of cloth.
It was the death of a strange man in a
strange place. He selected a strange and
hitherto sn ulmoit untied path for his am
bition. Most men who make heroic sacri
fice* for the achievement of heroic ends !
are stimulated by tbe praise and
sustained by the encouragement of those I
immediately around them who can appre
ciate their efforts. The soldier upon the
field knows that by conspicuous gulhtutrv
be wins the shouts of his eomrades, and ff
he fails, the martial cutlmsiusm which his
surroundings inspire makes him insensible
to the word’s thrust or the buHPt's thud,
and strips death of its terrors. Tlieeour-
sailor in hours of great peril finds
hi s sot-1 lashed into heroic frenzy by the
rage of the tempest, and goes down amid
tin- clamor ot waves and fury of spray,
without bring sensible of the horrors of
ingulfing seas. 80, too, the toiler in literary
pursuits is efts lied te forget that his hfe is
wasting away like the wick of his midnight
lamp, und thut even his "path of glory
leads but to the grave,” when conscious
that he is shedding light for thoee around
him—a light which will survive the ex
tinction of his life and impart pleasure and
consolation to those who come after him.
Few, however, have chosen to brave, iu
any cause, the beast of the jungle, the fury
of hostile savages and poisonous vapors of
unexplored swamps, far away from the
comforts and pleasures and inspirations of
civilization,
It is a part of our education to fear death
;in any form. Our natural dread of piu
! is appealed to, and even in earliest child-
I hood we are taught that its pangs are the
most twri'oring of all. Roth mind and
; laxly ure made to shiver at the approach
iof the grim spirit with the glass and the
i scythe. Poets and painters have exliuused
; their imagination iu pictnring the horrors
' with which bis figure is clothed. The lit
i tie child is told Hint he must walk alone
: with the stern king of tenors: that no
mother's hand will guide him; that
no tender nurse will walk by his side
through the dark valley, where all the
footprints are going and none returning;
and the robust roan .is led to believe that
he must make the sadden plunge in the
black nukbown without knowing Where
he will full or w lint will ho bis fate.
This being a part of our education, a de
sire seem to be roofed in every mind to
be surrounded at the final hour with
those who have been the dearest' to us
during our existeuoe hefe. The father
yearns for tins presence of the son, and
the dying mother presses more closely
the baby hands of her infant to her bosom.
The orphan looks in vain for the sad,
friendly figures which have vanished to
return no more, and the lover turns his
dosing eyes in search of the rainbow face
that comes not.
“On some feml breast the parting Mini relies.
gome pious drops the closing eye requires.
It was-the fate of Dr. Livingstone to be
denied this codrforfi, to perish in the w il
derness, among half-naked savages of dusky
features, jabbering their rude jargon in
his ears and with no touch of sympathy in
their eyes. Whatever may have been
his courage, his fortitude must have given
way under such a toriowr condition. It
was enough to weaken a spirit of iron si
news. and the fond dess with which the
great traveler alluded to his fumil.v shows
that all the rude surroundings to which
he had been exposed lmd not hardened his I
feelings or chilled his tenderness. Long
years of separation from the obji—ts of his
love had only exaggeratoiT their eliarin,
and, like Jacob of old, he yearned to rest
once more upon the prop of his trembling
age. But, unlike the old patriarch. Prov
idence was less kind to him, anti hr soul
took its flight to its final resting place
its last, eternal home —from the rude,
grass covered hut in the wilds of Africa
made only for him “to die i — Courier-
Jour mil.
- -* * •
[From the Fittaluirg Commercial.]
A Dreadful Death-Bed Confession.
Foist IVaynb, Ind., March 24, 1874.
Iu the month of June, 1872, Alary Belle
! Secure, aged-thirteen, was brutally out
! raged tuld afterward killed in Mercer
j county, a few miles Southwest, of this city.
1 Two men, named McLeod and Kimmel,.
who were suspected of the crime, w-ere
lynched by the infuriated' citizens,, and
: since then the afThir litis gradually grown
out of memory. A’ few days since Thomas
I>. Douglas there died of consumption,
whether lie had imigrated from this county,
hoping to be cured. One-half hour before
his deatli lie sent for a Catholic priest; and
made this startling confession:
“In this my dying hour, and in the fnll
liope of pardon by confessing the deed
that lias weighed npon my mind like a
death pall, I am the guilty wretch who
outraged and murdered Miss Seeore, near
Celina. Heaven only knows what hellish
motive prompted me, but at the time my
brain was on tire from drink. I was ver
itably a madman, past the power of con
trol. The hanging of McLeod and Kim
mel was murder, f was one of the mob
that executed them. I hope God will
pardon me, and the families of Melieod
aud Kimrnel will be relieved from the
stigna of dishonor. I have but a few mo
ments to live, and witli my latest breath I
avow the truth of my statement.
Thomas Bkaiiwklj, Douglas.”
Whan Napoleon the Great died at St.
Helena, an English physician took charge
of his heart, depositing it in a silver basin
filled with water. Two tapers burned near
it, but the custodian felt nervously anx
ious while watching it through the night,
and did not sleep. In the silence of mid
night he heard a rustling sound, then a
plunge into the wnteiyand a rebound on
the floor—all occurring with the quickness
of thought.. He sprang from his bed to
see an enormous rat dragging the preoious
relie to hie Bole ! A‘ moment more and
the heart which had been too vast ia its
ambition to be satisfied with the sover
eignty of continental Europe, wnouM'- have
been more degraded than the diist- of im l
perial Caesar.
Mark Twain believes in the "Woman
Movement if it is confined to the waslitub.
GEORGIA NEWS.
. ..ft.*',' .
Tlie grand jury of Baldwin contitv re-'
port the af sirs of that county a* mini) im*-'
proved during the past year.
Atlanta Herald: “A recent private letteE
from Mv. Stephen* to a friend in this city,
which we hate been permitted to sec, stater
that hi* health has somewhat improved/
and that lie cohtetuplates cciWing home lof
a short time, to rest and recuperate. ”
Adreitisea-Krpnbliatn: “The keeper of
the pe nut i t rad at the Custom Hou. tf
corner is a Greek, from Athens, Greeee,
we are informed, and speaks English,
French, modern OTeek and other modern
languages, and is able readily to translute'
u conversation in ode into the language of
any other. We back him against oil the
peanut dealers in Georgia.”
The Americas RepubHem says: On Sat-'
nrday night last, while Mr. Juines Pritch
urd of Webster county, was attempting
to enter the bouse of a Mrs. Williams, he
was shot at by 6Se Af tlie female inmate f
the ball entering the left breast. The
wound is considered ffirtfful Warrants
were isened'for the arrest of jffs. W. and
other* who Were i8 the house at the time
of the shooting.
Havaniiah A rfrrrlisrr-llrpublican says'
A meeting lias been held at Valdosta
for the purpose of organizing a joint stock
company to build a cotton warehouse
there. Mr. Ktegall, of Thomusvilb-, will
take stock, and guarantee* to establish tr
bank in coaneetioa with K, with a capiud
of thirty thousand dollars.
Huvnnnnh A (lueriiirr-RrjjvblicMi R*y*;-
Mr. Alexander, of Grant, Alexander it
Cos., says the convicts havenot been profit
able during tbe past six months, aqd he
jircdiets that they crinnot Re operated off
farms profitably, nor does he think thkt
they can be employed ill any labor re-"
quiring skill and judgment With sncceM.-
James Helton, of Carroll county, wrap-'
ped himself in a sheet a feff days ago art 4
i thought he would have some fun by
| frightening a negro. Ho he waylaid i
; colored fa an, and appeared in the path
with all the solemnity nf a ghost. Bui
when the negro begat! to Use his knife'
' the fun vanished. Helton is dead.
The Georgia Medical Association, af
their recent convention in Thomasville,
elected tbe following named officers: Dt
Dessanssttre Ford, of Augusta, President/
Dr. R. L. Roddev, of Forsyth, First Vice-
President; Dr. Jesse Boring, of Atlanta,
Second Vice-President; Dr. J. T. John
i -on. of Atlanta, Secretary; Dr. O’Daniel/
\ of Twiggs county, Treasurer.
The Talbotton fUimihtrd says: “4>we <#f
the most terrible affairs Occurred aSouf
l ight miles- from town, last Wednesday,
that it has ever been our lot to record. A
stout, healthy uiun, in the prime of life,-
killed himself by cutting'his throat with a
razor. His name was John MeMurraia,
auil his father hvrs ia Muscogee county.
The horrible tragedy occurred at the place
of Mrs. Nancy Burge. The norm had been
threatening for some time to pnt an end to
his life, hnt the threat had become so com
mon that nothing serious was expected.-
La.it Wednesday evening, however, he
wrote a note to his wife, telling her that he'
desired to live no longer, etc., and thei
cut his throat from ear to ear. ”
Cutliliert Appeal: On Tuesday night
last, after the exercises at Andrew Col
lege. Miss MittD Toaipkiws. from HtcwarX
county, a young lady hoarder at the col--
loge. Lent to lo r room, struck a mutch*
and lit her candle, threw the match ou
tlie Hour, set her light upon the table,
ntul turned to walk across the rdorn ffhof%
her dress was set'on tjr *’ by tlie humility
match. “V attempted to extinguish tit W
finXie. but seeing her inability to do 'so,-
rushed flora her room scgjcnwiwg fraWtie
ally, which brought 4® tier asst staffer*
Prof. Flewellen, who evught her in. Iris
arms and smothered tlie- flames by means
of a shawl, thus Having the young lady
from a horrible fate. When assistance'
came the flames were several feet abovw
her head, and she was so cffrapletMy
veloped as to render her recognition im
possible until the flumes were extingui* hed.
We are glad to learn the young lady is do
ing as well as could be expected, and that,
although her dress and hair were entirely
consumed, the injuries are not considi red*
dangerous. Medical aid was immediately/
summoned, and all done thut could be to'
alleviate her suffering.
FASHION NOTES.
[Prepared for the Danbury News.]
They are beading front breadths of black silk
m a weird style.
Irish poplins promise to be as fashionable, this
spring as ever.
lllnok velvet stripeß on tup of aun-shades will
hide the “cracks.''
Solti-- of the new street dresses are Worn ov, r
black satin underskirts.
Ami now they have Been fit to stick a gandy
bird on the new bonnet I
The new silver gray makes np beautifully ai d*
is very fashionable.
In th imported-chip bonnets the coronet front
m. slilbmaintaiOod.
Ait evening ihesses have puffed front widths
and looped high at the back.
The reilingotc is now entirely, an.i perhaps for
ever, nut of fashion.-
Large bhwdl roses are extensively used to deco
rate the now bonnet.
At a recent .opening the handling of bonnets
ocasioncd a loss of over two hundred dollars.
Beaded sunshades are worked iH patterns to'
correspond with the outside pockets now the
rage
Anew and very Gegapt fringe ia of single bars
ef-jet about an inch long with pointed top.
It i- getting late for camel s hair aacqoes hi
fact for all kinds of heavy w inter wraps.
Sashes—like everthing else, are now beaded in
an elaborates aud often exceedingly handsome
manner.
Traveling dresses adhere in make up to the
pehutaAc.-have long skirts- and- are usually of
dark brown.
A leading nifilHlef- say* there thirty differ
ent names for Spring tsiunets and yet they aro
nearly all the same shape.
The white lace covers for parasols come very
small and are intendedAo leave a wide margin of
silk.
East Tndia'goodrarsi mor Ikshiena&e this sea
son than ever before. The India fans must bo
seen to lie appreciated.
White cashmere riding. jackets oßri Bound’wftfc
white siik. made double-breasted, with recers and
have the English coat sleeve.
Striped hose continue fashionable among tKs
ladies, notwithstanding the fact that the fashinu
is of very questionable origin.
ltomau gold is the rage. The new earrings are
solid blocks of gold and the initials or monogram
is stamped on one side.
The silver gray suit* are the prettiest we have
seen for years, aud, as a rule, exceedingly be
coming.
Some clever Frenchman has made a prepara
tion for the skin which renders it soft and
“peachy" after one application, and will never
wash off. What can it Ire—and how much is it ?
Hamburg edging is used to trim summer dre r
ses aud very appropriately. Very beautiful edgn g
of this description ran be purchased as low as
cents per yard
No one ever sees a 1 broa -h or breast pin worn
note a-days. They havegone entirely out of fast *
ion, but may be ’twill not be many, months befc o
the fashion ia revived,-
Medlci'entlf-rirare qptlb tho correot thing now
that the pntt has departed;, also those wide and
deep lace collars worn ithj obf great grandmothers
years ago:-
Little note bookiS dflililfisian leather lionnd
with gold are quite the stile and generally eart cd‘
by the fashionable yoofig* ladies in New,York, o
“Misi KMcxrsßocua.'