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independent ' * 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.'